Any absence of human rights from the agenda of the first meeting between President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping, due to take place in Florida on Thursday and Friday, […]

By Gloria Nafziger: Refugee Coordinator Amnesty International “It was like Donald Trump had awakened a dormant volcano that was ready to erupt at any time; and I didn’t want to […]

By Gloria Nafziger: Refugee Coordinator Amnesty International “It was like Donald Trump had awakened a dormant volcano that was ready to erupt at any time; and I didn’t want to […]

“I was beaten with cables and told to kneel before a picture of Bashar Al-Assad.” Former detainee Abu al-Najem Six years of crisis in Syria, which began after anti-government protests […]

Amnesty International has long advocated for human rights to be respected, protected, and fulfilled in the United States. Since President Trump took office last month, the US government has rapidly […]

RELEASED  WEDNESDAY 22 FEBRUARY 2017 (00.01 GMT)          Amnesty International releases its Annual Report for 2016 to 2017            Risk of domino effect as powerful states backtrack on human […]

After days of speculation and rumours, the first official meeting between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Donald Trump has been scheduled. To say there is much anticipation would be […]

In an Open Letter released today, Amnesty International is calling on Prime Minister Trudeau to raise critical human rights concerns during his first meeting with United States President Trump. No […]

By Amnesty International Canada Staff Thank you to the hundreds of thousands of Amnesty International supporters worldwide who took action so quickly to urge safety and protection for the civilians trapped last week […]

                                    Armoured vehicle sales, forgotten residential school survivors, Bangladeshi climate refugees and Tanzanian girls fleeing FGM are among the human rights issues recently explored by Canadian journalists. Today, journalists who...

Did You Know That Your Social Media Has the Power to End Human Rights Abuses?   These days, many government bodies and heads of states have Twitter accounts and Facebook […]

We share our world, and we share responsibility for making it the kind of place we want to live in. This includes responsibility for protecting each other’s human rights and […]