Indigenous peoples and human rights groups say that a new United Nations report on Canada’s human rights record should be a wake-up call for all Canadians. The UN Human Rights Committee, which […]

A sobering look at Canada’s human rights record By Alex Neve, Secretary-General of Amnesty International Canada  “This is not the Canada I once knew.”  Those were the words of a […]

For a good part of the past year I received almost weekly phone calls from Abdi.   He told me he was stateless and had spent most of his childhood in […]

In a forgotten corner of South Sudan – a country itself mired in war, human rights violations and a staggering humanitarian catastrophe – refugees from a largely overlooked human rights […]

by Gloria Nafziger, Campaigner, Refugees & Migrants, Amnesty International Canada On June 14, under the banner of ‘My Door is Open for Refugees,’ Amnesty members and friends walked in support […]

By Gloria Nafziger, Refugee, Migrants and Country Campaigner There is nothing bogus about the real life events which Gary shared with me. As a gay man in a small Caribbean Island […]

  Standing with individuals, tackling global problems 2013 year-end message from Amnesty International – by Alex Neve Secretary General, Amnesty International Canada   One thing so powerful and important about […]

By Alex Neve, Secretary General, Amnesty International Canada Earlier this fall the Canadian government significantly down-scaled the diplomatic and financial resources devoted to helping make a difference in Sudan when […]

By Kathy Price , Kathy Price leads AI Canada’s campaigning on human rights issues in Latin America. , It has come to be known as “the other 9-11” – an […]

By Kathy Price Kathy Price leads AI Canada’s campaigning on human rights issues in Latin America. It has come to be known as “the other 9-11” – an infamy that […]

By Refugee and Migrants Campaigner Gloria Nafziger and Secretary General Alex Neve With over 2 million Syrian refugees having fled to neighbouring countries and well over 4 million Syrians internally […]

April 4 is Refugee Rights Day in Canada. This day marks the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s 1985 Singh decision. In this decision the Supreme Court found that the Canadian […]