USA: Refugee Ban Could Have Devastating Effect
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 29, 2017 NEW YORK – The State Department today said that the Trump administration may not recognize refugee resettlement agencies as having “bona fide relationship” for […]
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7 Ways to Prepare, and Fight Back: Supreme Court Muslim Ban Decision
AI USA provides the following information for those impacted by the Executive Order barring entry into the United States for people from six Muslim majority countries; Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, […]
#IWelcome: Help tear down the walls for asylum seekers with a tweet!
Send a tweet to leaders in the Americas and help tear down the walls for people seeking asylum Mexico and US, stop sending back people to violence in Central America. […]
South Sudan: Killings, mass displacement and systematic looting as government forces purge civilians from Upper Nile
Tens of thousands of civilians in South Sudan’s Upper Nile region were forcibly displaced as government forces burnt, shelled and systematically looted their homes between January and May 2017, Amnesty […]
National Human Rights Conference hosted by Amnesty International and the University of Calgary
Activists, leaders and experts from across Canada will discuss human rights, diversity and reconciliation at a free, all-day event on Saturday, June 3rd, 2017. Tareq Hadad, Syrian refugee and founder […]
Alicia Keys speaks to Chatelaine before accepting Amnesty’s highest honour for activism
Ahead of a visit to Montreal, where the singer-song-writer will accept Amnesty International’s highest honour for activism, Keys talks politics and poutine with By Amanda Ghazale Aziz for Chatelaine For Alicia Keys, […]
One-Year of the French language Class on Human Rights (FCHR)
Junior Mandoko, far left, and Merryl David-Ismayil, front centre with some of their French students By Merryl David-Ismayil It all started with an experiment at Glendon College (York University), the […]
Why we need to keep our eyes on Chechnya
By Jackie Hansen, Major Campaigns and Women’s Rights Campaigner, Amnesty International Canada In early April, the courageous journalists at Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta reported that over a hundred men suspected […]
Amnesty calls on Justin Trudeau to make Personal Appeal for Raif Badawi’s Freedom as Five Year Anniversary Approaches
Today, World Press Freedom Day, Amnesty International called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in an open letter to make “a personal, public call” for Saudi authorities to immediately release Raif […]
Celebrating Refugee Rights
By: Marium Yousuf On a beautiful, crisp sunny day last weekend, Amnesty International, Sojurn House, Culture Link and the Centre for Victims of Torture held an event in Toronto to […]
Help families torn apart by the travel ban
By Alex Neve, Secretary General, Amnesty International Canada It is so important to understand the impact of President Trump’s travel ban. When the first Executive Order from the US President came […]
Help families torn apart by the travel ban
By Alex Neve, Secretary General, Amnesty International Canada It is so important to understand the impact of President Trump’s travel ban. When the first Executive Order from the US President came […]