By Mohammed al-Nimr, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia Every time I enter and leave my house through our garage, a bicycle in the corner catches my eye, shining brightly.  Looking at […]

Media workers Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed are free. Just weeks after a court sentenced them to another three years in prison, Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has cut short […]

Indigenous peoples and human rights groups say that a new United Nations report on Canada’s human rights record should be a wake-up call for all Canadians. The UN Human Rights Committee, which […]

A sobering look at Canada’s human rights record By Alex Neve, Secretary-General of Amnesty International Canada  “This is not the Canada I once knew.”  Those were the words of a […]

, Happy Canada Day! We mark today by celebrating amazing Canadians, from coast to coast, who are incredible human rights activists. , , Canadians across Canada organize events from flash […]

Around the world, people face violent attacks and threats simply because of who they are or who they have sex with. But some brave activists are still standing up for […]

By Alex Neve, Amnesty International Canada’s Secretary General. Follow Alex on Twitter @AlexNeve Amnesty , The rushed passage through Parliament of Bill C-51, the furthest-reaching national security reforms in Canada […]

When 12 people working at the satirical magazine Charlie Hedbo were gunned down at their offices in central Paris in January, the world woke up to the grim reality of […]

When we launched #UnfollowMe, our campaign to end governments’ use of mass surveillance, the Amnesty Facebook and Twitter feeds were swamped. A lot of people told us: “If you’ve got […]

By Alex Neve, Secretary General, Amnesty International Canada. Follow Alex on Twitter: @AlexNeveAmnesty How best to describe the rushed hearings the House of Commons’ Public Safety Committee held over the […]

by Alex Neve, Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada. It’s worth repeating, Bill C-51 is important, very important. Rarely does legislation touch so directly on two of the most fundamental […]

By Alex Neve, Secretary General, Amnesty International Canada. Follow Alex on Twitter @AlexNeveAmnesty Want to feel more secure?  Bill C-51, which is being examined by a Parliamentary committee in  three […]