By Alex Neve, Secretary General, Amnesty International Canada. Follow Alex on Twitter: @AlexNeveAmnesty There is so much packed into the government’s current national security law reform, it is hard to […]

“No Burqas Behind Bars” –screening at AI Toronto Reel Awareness Human Rights Film Festival, Saturday Nov 22nd, 6pm @Carlton Cinema, 20 Carlton Street, Toronto by Adriana Dragomir, Media Intern – […]

By Omar Khadr, former Guatanamo Bay detainee Ten years ago the Canadian government established a judicial inquiry into the case of Maher Arar. That inquiry, over the course of more […]

, by Elena Dumitru, Regional Activism Coordinator , On Saturday June 14th Amnesty International Toronto Organization (AITO) had its Regional Meeting and the day was a special one in very […]

GLOBAL FIGURES At least 778 people were executed in 22 countries in 2013. In 2012, Amnesty International reported at least 682 executions in 21 countries worldwide. Most executions took place […]

By Justin Mazzola, attorney and researcher with Amnesty International USA , Let’s all take a trip down memory lane to our Sesame Street days and engage in the following exercise […]

by Alex Neve, Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada “Perhaps the one positive thing coming out of all I have been through is to know that there are so many […]

How long was Omar Khadr in US custody? Omar Khadr was held in US custody for over ten years. He was detained at the age of 15 during a firefight […]