“Now I know they jailed me to teach me a lesson – and that lesson, I learnt it.” Celebrated novelist Aslı Erdoğan Turkey has earned an accolade which holds no glory: according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, it is the biggest jailer of journalists in the world....

On the occasion of World Day Against Cyber Censorship, 12 March 2017, ProtonMail and Amnesty International join forces to show how internet restrictions affect people around the world. As the world’s largest encrypted email provider, ProtonMail is the privacy tool of choice for journalists,...

SUMMARY OF AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL’S SUMISSIONS TO THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE Canada underwent its sixth review of its compliance to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights before the UN Human Rights Committee in July 2015. Amnesty International was one of 26 civil society...

SUMMARY OF AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL’S SUMISSIONS TO THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ON CANADA’S UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW Canada underwent its second Universal Periodic Review (UPR) before the UN Human Rights Council in April-May 2013. Amnesty International provided submissions highlighting our...

SUMMARY OF AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL’S SUBMISSIONS TO THE UN COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE Canada underwent its sixth review of its compliance to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in May 2012. Amnesty International provided written submissions at...

SUMMARY OF AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL’S SUBMISSIONS TO THE UN COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION Canada underwent its sixth review of its compliance to International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination in February 2012. Amnesty International provided...

WHAT IS THIS INQUIRY ABOUT? On 6 September 1995, an Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) sniper shot and fatally wounded an unarmed Indigenous man, Dudley George, after police moved to forcibly end a land rights protest at Ipperwash Provincial Park. A landmark provincial inquiry was established on 12...

In 2013 and 2014, Amnesty International advocated for prisoner of conscience Maryam Shafipour to be released from Iran’s notorious Evin Prison. In March 2017, Maryam spoke with Amnesty International in Canada about her activism, about the pressing need for continued action to end human rights...

By Kathy Price, Honduras Campaigner with Amnesty International Canada It is one year since beloved water defender Berta Cáceres was gunned down in Honduras and a vital moment for renewed action from Canada, amidst ongoing deadly violence in the Central American country. On March 2, 2016, shortly...

Authorities must ensure adequate protection for all refugees and migrants living in South Africa, amid the current protests in Pretoria and the escalating xenophobic tension and attacks in different parts of Gauteng Province, Amnesty International said today. Two protests are currently underway in...

RELEASED  WEDNESDAY 22 FEBRUARY 2017 (00.01 GMT)          Amnesty International releases its Annual Report for 2016 to 2017            Risk of domino effect as powerful states backtrack on human rights commitments            Salil Shetty, head of the global movement,...

After days of speculation and rumours, the first official meeting between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Donald Trump has been scheduled. To say there is much anticipation would be understatement. The meeting comes in a moment of great uncertainty for the relationship between the two...