The 2022 federal budget was announced on April 7th and was keenly scrutinized for its gender-based analysis in all domains, financial commitments towards Indigenous reconciliation, and the continued COVID-response. With […]

New #WelcomeToCanada campaign actions in British Columbia, Quebec, and Nova Scotia (Ottawa, April 4, 2022) – Canada’s practice of incarcerating immigration detainees in provincial jails is inconsistent with international human […]

Amnesty International releases its Annual Report for 2021 Peddling false promises of a fair recovery from Covid-19 to address deep-seated inequalities world leaders colluded with corporate titans to hoard power […]

Alarming assaults on women’s rights around the world in 2021/22.   Legal protections dismantled, and women human rights defenders now at unprecedented risk.  Protection and promotion of women’s and girls’ […]

Reacting to the Council of the European Union’s activation of the Temporary Protection Directive (TPD), which will grant immediate protection in EU countries to people fleeing the conflict in Ukraine, […]

As we celebrate the continued accomplishments of women in our communities, heavy on our minds are the enduring challenges for women in all areas of our societies. In the past […]

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 159/19, UPDATE 5 BELOW In December 2021, there were unconfirmed reports of human rights defender Idris Khattak being declared guilty of espionage after a secret […]

It’s been a busy year for Amnesty International with positive changes taking place around the world. Laws have been rewritten, awards have been won, prisoners of conscience released and our […]

By Ketty Nivyabandi  One year ago, Germain Rukuki, a well-known activist from Burundi, was languishing in the overcrowded Ngozi jail, serving a 32-year sentence. UN experts determined that his charges, which included rebellion and […]

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 95/21 HERE 32 Afghans are stuck at the Polish-Belarus border following pushbacks by Polish authorities to Belarus in August. They have been stranded for weeks […]

We, members of the Canadian Campaign for Afghan Peace, and the undersigned, represent a cross-section of voices from the Afghan community in Canada, Canadian civil society, international organizations, nonprofits, activists, […]

“I am an example because the government’s suspicion that I was a criminal was totally and one hundred percent wrong. I was never charged, let alone convicted, of any crime. […]