How can you use social media to fight for human rights?
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 […]
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Saudi Arabia: Mass death sentences in ‘spy trial’ a travesty of justice
The condemning of 15 people to death by the Specialized Criminal Court today after a grossly unfair trial is a travesty of justice and a serious violation of human rights, […]
Ai Weiwei joins call on Obama to pardon Snowden
World-renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is joining forces with Amnesty International to mobilize hundreds of thousands of supporters around the world to inundate the White House with messages in support […]
On the path to freedom for Mohammad Ali Taheri
Ezat Taheri, Mohammad Ali Taheri’s mother, sits front and centre as Amnesty International campaigner Gloria Nafziger thanks everyone for their commitment. In Amnesty International’s Toronto office there is a bookcase full […]
Room – Discussion Guide
Unravel the intense bond between mother and child in a story of survival, hope, and resilience.
Nauru: Australia’s shame and a warning for Europe
By Anna Neistat, Senior Director for Research at Amnesty International , “I have lumps in my breasts, in my throat, and in my uterus…” – Halimeh spoke softly, but as […]
Nauru: Australia’s shame and a warning for Europe
By Anna Neistat, Senior Director for Research at Amnesty International “I have lumps in my breasts, in my throat, and in my uterus…” – Halimeh spoke softly, but as she […]
Amnesty In Action for detained prisoner Narges Mohammadi
By Gloria Nafziger, Amnesty International Canada’s Campaigner for Iran , Where would you spend a Sunday in July? , On Sunday July 17, the members of Amnesty International’s TriCities Group […]
World Refugee Day 2016
Written by Amnesty Canada Refugee Coordinator, Gloria Nafziger @refugeescanada , Champions. Prevention. Solidarity. Rights. Empowerment , I’m not at home, I’m a refugee. I left my rights behind. , In the […]
Chios chronicle: Here’s how Europe welcomed a young Afghan man who fled the Taliban
By Conor Fortune, News Writer at Amnesty International , You can’t stop a ship dead in its tracks, but sometimes you can change its course. , And that’s what happened […]
Bearing witness: My life in crisis response
Written by Tirana Hassan, Crisis Response Director Amnesty International’s Crisis Response Director Tirana Hassan has spent the last ten years living and working in conflict zones. Here she describes the events […]
Canadian Refugee Champions: Ottawa Mennonite Church Refugee Assistance Program
Written by the Ottawa Mennonite Church Refugee Assistance Program TAKE THE REFUGEES WELCOME HERE PLEDGE Ottawa Mennonite Church (OMC) has been involved with refugee sponsorship since 1979, when Canadians […]