Submission to the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples on the Militarization of Indigenous Lands
Submission to the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Poeples
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Valentines for Land Defenders: Show You Care
Show you care by sending a Valentine to a Wet'suwet'en Land Defender
The Rising Floodwaters Won’t Hide the Shameful Criminalization of Land Defenders
All eyes were on Wet’suwet’en territory in Northwest British Columbia again this November as militarized RCMP officers arrested peaceful Indigenous land defenders and their supporters. This is the third time since 2019 that the RCMP have enforced an injunction to evict and arrest those opposed...
Open letter: Amnesty International urges federal government, BC and RCMP to protect the rights of Wet’suwet’en land defenders
Amnesty International is writing with grave concern over the arrival on November 17 and 18 of new contingents of Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers in Wet’suwet’en territory in northern British […]
Wet’suwet’en: Three ways you can take action
All eyes have been on Wet’suwet’en territory over the past week. The situation is changing rapidly, and solidarity actions have been taking place across the country to highlight the disturbing […]
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Youth Media Award Winner Announced!
This year marks the fifth presentation of Amnesty International Canada’s Youth Media Award. Annually this prestigious award is granted to a student journalist, who produces a human rights story with […]
Red Women Rising: In conversation with women who collaborated on a survivor-centred report on the experiences of Indigenous women in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
On April 3rd, the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre (DEWC) in Vancouver released Red Women Rising: Indigenous Women Survivors in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, a report based on the lived experience, leadership, […]