BOWDEN INSTITUTION V. OMAR KHADR
Amnesty International was represented in this case by Fannie Lafontaine, François Larocque, and David P. Taylor. WHAT IS THIS CASE ABOUT? Omar Khadr is a Canadian citizen who in 2002 was […]
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CANADA V. KHADR
Amnesty International was represented in this case by Sacha R. Paul, Vanessa Gruben, and Michael Bossin. WHAT IS THIS CASE ABOUT? Omar Khadr is a Canadian citizen who in 2002 […]
HINZMAN V. CANADA
Amnesty International was represented in this case by David Baker and Faisal Bhabha. WHAT IS THIS CASE ABOUT? Mr. Hinzman was an American soldier. He applied for conscientious objector status […]
SUBMISSIONS FOR THE REVIEW OF THE THIRD AND FOURTH PERIODIC REPORTS OF CANADA BY THE UN COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
SUMMARY OF AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL’S SUMISSIONS TO THE UN COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD Canada underwent its third and fourth reviews of its compliance to the Convention on the […]
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CANADA AND BRITISH COLUMBIA CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION V. CANADA (AFGHAN DETAINEES CASE)
Amnesty International was represented in this case by Paul Champ. WHAT IS THIS CASE ABOUT? Until late 2005 Canada’s policy and practice was to transfer prisoners apprehended in Afghanistan into […]
‘Politics of demonization’ breeding division and fear
RELEASED WEDNESDAY 22 FEBRUARY 2017 (00.01 GMT) Amnesty International releases its Annual Report for 2016 to 2017 Risk of domino effect as powerful states backtrack on human […]
Uniting for Peace in Syria: Global Civil Society Appeal to UN Member States
The UN Security Council has failed Syrians. In almost six years of conflict, close to half a million people have been killed and eleven million have been forced to leave […]
Your words really did change lives
Write for someone’s life: SIGN UP TODAY FOR WRITE FOR RIGHTS Last year Amnesty supporters across the world wrote an astonishing 3.7 million letters, messages, emails, tweets and much more as […]
Nauru: Australia’s shame and a warning for Europe
By Anna Neistat, Senior Director for Research at Amnesty International , “I have lumps in my breasts, in my throat, and in my uterus…” – Halimeh spoke softly, but as […]
Nauru: Australia’s shame and a warning for Europe
By Anna Neistat, Senior Director for Research at Amnesty International “I have lumps in my breasts, in my throat, and in my uterus…” – Halimeh spoke softly, but as she […]
Upholding the Norms that Protect Humanity
This speech was delivered at the World Humanitarian Summit on 24 May 2016 by Amnesty International Secretary General Salil Shetty. Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen: When thinking of how best to […]
Chios chronicle: Here’s how Europe welcomed a young Afghan man who fled the Taliban
By Conor Fortune, News Writer at Amnesty International , You can’t stop a ship dead in its tracks, but sometimes you can change its course. , And that’s what happened […]