Amnesty International is calling for concrete action to improve the situation of Indigenous peoples, migrants and refugees as Canada prepares for a review before the UN Committee in the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Canada’s human rights record is reviewed at roughly five year intervals...

  ·         Spokespeople available on the ground   Proposals to send warships to police Libyan territorial waters are a shameful attempt by the Italian authorities to circumvent their duty to rescue refugees and migrants at sea and to offer protection to those who need it, said Amnesty...

  Spanish multinational Ferrovial continued to make millions from the abuse of refugees and people seeking asylum on Nauru and Manus Island in the first half of 2017, despite attempts to distance itself from Australia’s deliberately cruel refugee “processing” system, Amnesty International...

  Refugees, Greek islanders and activists today called on European leaders to heed their plight in a flash mob on a beach on the island of Lesvos symbolising the spirit of “refugees welcome”, organized by Amnesty International and Lesvos Solidarity.   The #ActionLesvos flash mob wrapped a...

Amnesty International (AI) and the Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR) released a brief today calling for Canada to suspend the Safe Third Country Agreement with the United States. The 52-page brief, Contesting the Designation of the US as a Safe Third Country, outlines the many ways that the US...

By Khairunissa Dhala Khairunissa Dhala is a researcher on refugee and migrant rights at Amnesty International. At just 37 years of age, Joyce has seen it all. She’s stared into the abyss of human cruelty and lived to tell the story. In September 2016, soldiers stormed her home in Kajo Keji,...

By Khairunissa Dhala Khairunissa Dhala is a researcher on refugee and migrant rights at Amnesty International. At just 37 years of age, Joyce has seen it all. She’s stared into the abyss of human cruelty and lived to tell the story. In September 2016, soldiers stormed her home in Kajo Keji,...

Rich countries are failing in their obligation to help Uganda support thousands of refugees fleeing death, rape and other human rights violations in South Sudan, said Amnesty International in a damning report launched ahead of a high level donor summit in the Ugandan capital Kampala. More than...

Celebrated global music artist and activist Alicia Keys and the inspirational movement of Indigenous Peoples fighting for their rights in Canada have been honoured with Amnesty International’s Ambassador of Conscience Award for 2017, the human rights organization announced today. The award will...

Amnesty International was represented in this case by Michael F. Battista and Michael Bossin.  WHAT IS THIS CASE ABOUT? Manickavasagam Suresh was a refugee from Sri Lanka who applied for landed immigrant status in Canada. In 1994, the government of Canada alleged that he was a security risk to...

SUMMARY OF BILL C-31 AND AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL’S CONCERNS WITH THE PROPOSED LAW Bill C-31, the Protecting Canada’s Immigration System Act, was tabled in the House of Commons in February 2012. The Bill made several amendments to Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA),...

WHAT IS THIS PETITION ABOUT? Nell Toussaint lived and worked in Canada as an undocumented migrant from 1999 to 2008. In November 2008, Ms. Toussaint became too ill to work but remained in Canada. She applied for health care coverage under Canada’s Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP), which is...