By Kathy Price, Mexico Campaigner with Amnesty International Canada I’m betting that no one who met Garifuna defender and former prisoner of conscience Angel Amílcar Colón Quevedo during his recent visit to Canada will forget his incredible smile or his inspiring words. I certainly won’t! At...

by Alex Neve, Secretary General, Amnesty International Canada (English branch) – September 8, 2014, from Guadalajara, Mexico UPDATE: Ángel Colon was released in October 2014! He’s now struggling for justice in his case and speaking out against torture in Mexico. Take Action...

By Kathy Price, Mexico campaigner for Amnesty International Canada. It may not have grabbed headlines but it was nonetheless long overdue good news from Mexico! The CNDH, the Mexican government’s human rights commission, issued an important public statement on September 10, calling for action by...

March 8th is International Women’s Day and we’re taking a moment to reflect on how your support has changed women’s lives around the world in the past year. From policy breakthroughs to freedom for courageous women human rights defenders, here are just a few of the ways you’ve defended...

One year ago, Amnesty International launched a global campaign to Stop Torture. And it’s working. We have shone a light on torture taking place in Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, the Philippines, and Uzbekistan. In each of these countries we have campaigned alongside families of torture survivors and...

By Kathy Price, Mexico Campaigner for Amnesty International Canada , The messages that arrived in my inbox could not be ignored! They were bursting with positive emotion as they told of an important victory over injustice in Mexico. , The texts were sent by Claudia Medina, a woman whose experience...