A resolution for a new decade: put human rights first
As 2020 dawns, we face consequential times for human-rights protection around the world. If ever there was a need for a resolution for a new decade, this is it: put […]
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Showing Up for Human Rights in 2019
“This is one of those times; one of those moments in history. You either show up or you prepare to face your conscience.” That was how an over-stretched immigration […]
Climate change ranks highest as vital issue of our time – Generation Z survey
Climate change was the most commonly cited among most important issues facing the world, in a survey of more than 10,000 young people, including Canadians Young people living inside a […]
Write for Rights: Meet the young people overcoming the odds and seeking justice in a bid to change our world
From calling out climate injustice to calling for women’s rights, tackling homelessness to exposing police brutality, children and young people are a leading force for change. At 3.1 billion, they […]
Punished for committing no crime: How the Safe Third Country Agreement violates the Charter rights to gender equality, liberty and security of the person
Jaya Bordeleau-Cass and André Capretti are the 2019-2020 Public Interest Articling Fellows at Amnesty International Canada. They will be posting updates about the Safe Third Country Agreement hearing throughout the […]
Court to hear why sending refugee claimants back to the U.S. breaks Canadian law
Demonstrators to rally outside Toronto court in support of legal challenge to flawed Safe Third Country Agreement 29 October 2019 From November 4th to 8th the Federal Court of Canada will […]
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Leadership & Board of Directors Meet Amnesty International’s leadership in Canada, including the Board of Directors and our staff leadership. THE INTERNATIONAL BOARD Amnesty International is a global, member-based organization […]
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Amnesty’s Top 10 Election Asks
Canada will have its next federal election by October 21st, 2019. Hateful rhetoric and divisive politics are on the rise, but many human rights issues will be left off the […]
Hungary: Syrian man unjustly jailed finally allowed home to Cyprus
Authorities in Cyprus have finally allowed Ahmed H, a Syrian man unjustly convicted in Hungary in a blatant misuse of terrorism-related charges, to return to his family today. Responding to […]
Bangladesh: Parents fear for ‘lost generation’ of Rohingya children
Amnesty International urges Canada to lead on providing education for Rohingya youth, following new report Two years after a brutal ethnic cleansing campaign forced around 700,000 Rohingya to flee Myanmar […]
30 human rights wins worth celebrating
January As a tribute to Julián Carrillo, an environmental rights defender killed in October 2018, we launched Caught between bullets and neglect, a digest on Mexico’s failure to protect environmental human rights […]