Refugees Welcome Here
By Gloria Nafziger, Refugee Campaigner for Amnesty International Canada Late Friday bombs exploded in Paris. People out for an evening of friendship and entertainment were gunned down without warning. Horror, […]
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Refugees Welcome Here
By Gloria Nafziger, Refugee Campaigner for Amnesty International Canada , , Late Friday bombs exploded in Paris. People out for an evening of friendship and entertainment were gunned down without […]
Syrian refugees start a new life in Norway through resettlement
By Ina Strøm from Amnesty Norway Resettlement is a lifeline open to some of the world’s most vulnerable refugees. A young family from Syria tells us what a huge difference moving […]
Syrian refugees start a new life in Norway through resettlement
, By Ina Strøm from Amnesty Norway , , , Resettlement is a lifeline open to some of the world’s most vulnerable refugees. A young family from Syria tells us […]
Volunteers help refugees survive while Europe’s leaders still search for solutions
By Eliza Goroya in Kos, Greece and Khairunissa Dhala and Lorna Hayes in Berlin, Germany. From Greece to Germany, volunteers are joining forces to help newly-arrived refugees and migrants get […]
UN human rights report shows that Canada is failing Indigenous peoples
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 […]
This is not the Canada I once knew
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 […]
Immigration Detention: Canada’s Black Hole
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 […]
‘Stop education, lose a generation’ – Tough lessons for refugees fleeing Sudan’s overlooked crisis
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 […]
My Door is Open for Refugees
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 […]
Response to The Bogus Rhetoric about Bogus Refugees:* And If I had a Magic Wand
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 […]
2013 Year-end message from Amnesty International Canada
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 […]