With Prof. Homa Hoodfar, Mohamed Fahmy and other ex-prisoners of conscience. Friday, February 3, 2017, 6:30 to 8:30 PM University of Toronto Earth Sciences Building Auditorium, 5 Bancroft Avenue, Toronto Launching a campaign for the release of Saeed Malekpour, a Canadian permanent resident unjustly...

By Alex Neve, Secretary General, Amnesty International Canada English Branch. Originally published in the Globe and Mail.  When Dr. Homa Hoodfar was arrested in Iran 100 days ago, the circumstances and motivation behind her unfounded and illegal imprisonment were far from clear. While much of...

Canadian resident Saeed Malekpour has spent more than 8 years in Iran’s Evin prison. FREE SAEED MALEKPOUR He shouldn’t be there. He should be at home in Canada, taking walks in the country, enjoying meals with friends, working as a web programmer, or creating new pieces of art....

By: Nazila Nik On June 5, web programmer Saeed Malekpour will turn 43 behind bars in Iran. This will be the 10th birthday he has spent in Evin Prison. He was 33 when arrested and has now spent almost a decade in prison.  Almost a decade. Let it sink in for a minute: A decade […]

By Amnesty International Staff It seems like wherever you look, people have written 2016 off as a terrible year. But thanks to you, we’ve found a lot to be positive about, too.  This year, you helped us free more than 650 people – that’s nearly two each day – from unfair and often abusive...