The Canadian Council for Refugees, Amnesty International and The Canadian Council of Churches responded with disappointment to the Federal Court of Appeal’s decision overturning the lower court’s ruling that the […]

Governments across Latin America and the Caribbean must prioritize high risk groups for COVID-19 vaccination and ensure complete transparency in the design and implementation of their vaccination plans and their […]

Amnesty International interviewed 41 survivors and witnesses to mass killings in November Troops carried out extrajudicial executions, indiscriminate shelling and widespread looting Satellite imagery analysis shows evidence consistent with new […]

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The Safe Third Country Agreement will be back in court early in 2021. The Federal Court has ruled that the agreement between the United States and Canada is unconstitutional and violates […]

New: Close Guantanamo! The incoming administration in the US represents a fresh opportunity to press for closure of the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay. Forty men continue to be held […]

Leaders ignore their responsibilities at their peril. Across the globe, people are organizing in extraordinary numbers, with a sense of common purpose that unites them across race, gender, age and […]

Members of Amnesty Canada’s National Youth Action and Advisory Committee (NYAAC) share their thoughts on the cases from Write for Rights 2020. It’s not too late to sign-up, you can […]

It’s been a difficult year, but there’s been a lot to celebrate in 2020. From writing letters and taking action to signing petitions and protesting in a safe way, people […]

Spokespersons available to take media interviews Amnesty International can today confirm the that scores, and likely hundreds, of people were stabbed or hacked to death in Mai-Kadra (May Cadera) town […]

On Friday 23 October 2020, the Federal Court of Appeal will hear arguments on the Canadian government’s request to stay the decision finding that Canada is violating the rights of […]

35 years ago, on a wintry evening in early 1985, I attended my first Amnesty International meeting.    I had just begun studying law at Dalhousie University in Halifax, with an entirely unformed notion of becoming […]