by Alex Neve, Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada Follow Alex on Twitter @AlexNeveAmnesty CANADA: WELCOME SYRIAN REFUGEES Canada’s commitment to resettling refugees has been modest and processing rates painfully slow. Remind […]

By Gloria Nafziger, Amnesty Canada’s Refugee Coordinator. , The recent announcement to bring 10,000 Syrian and Iraqi refugees to Canada by September 2016 has the appearance of being a step […]

More than 40 civil-society organizations are calling for urgent changes to the Temporary Residence Visa for Gazans with family in Canada.

Amnesty International urgently calls on Canada to reinstate its approval of Arwa Almsrawi, a trans woman from Syria, to settle in Canada.

Canada incarcerates thousands of people on administrative immigration-related grounds every year, including people who are fleeing persecution, those seeking employment and a better life, and people who have lived in […]

Since November 1, 2023, at least 300,000 Afghan refugees in Pakistan have been deported to Afghanistan. Others have been subjected to arbitrary arrests and unlawful detentions, with many families being […]

On January 25, 2024, at 7:30 ET, join us for a discussion on the #WelcomeToCanada campaign to end immigration detention. In this interactive gathering, Amnesty staff and activists will share […]

The Supreme Court of Canada's decision today on the Safe Third Country Agreement misses the mark on refugee rights, but offers some hope.

The decision to expand the Safe Third Country Agreement threatens the rights and safety of people trying to claim refugee status in Canada.

Ending immigration detention in provincial jails was a key recommendation of the jury in the inquest into the 2015 death of Abdurahman Ibrahim Hassan

by Marilyn McKim, AI Canada Group 18 Persistence. Is that not the best quality in an Amnesty International member?  Persistence is what community groups in Hamilton/Burlington, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ottawa, Thornbury, Toronto […]

The organization’s annual report on the state of human rights in Canada was released one day before UN Human Rights Day.