NYAAC Members Reflect on Write for Rights 2020 Cases
Members of Amnesty Canada’s National Youth Action and Advisory Committee (NYAAC) share their thoughts on the cases from Write for Rights 2020. It’s not too late to sign-up, you can […]
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New interactive online platform set to raise awareness about rape
New innovative and interactive online tool launched today will help raise awareness about rape as a violation of human rights and challenge pervasive stereotypes in society, said Amnesty International on […]
Activists in Latin America battle to guarantee access to safe abortion in COVID-19 world
By Josefina Salomón & Christopher Alford For decades, women human rights defenders across Latin America have been fighting an uphill battle to ensure sexual and reproductive rights, including access to […]
The urgent need for rights-compliant hydro in Manitoba
Manitoba Hydro states that its operations are “good for Manitobans, good for our environment.” But good for which Manitobans? Decades of Manitoba Hydro operations in the north of the province […]
Mexico: Amnesty International once again requests high-level meeting with President López Obrador in light of human rights crisis
Amnesty International sent an open letter to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador today requesting a meeting and expressing its concern over the government’s response to the grave human rights crisis […]
Human rights battlegrounds of the decade
From uprisings across the Arab world and the rise of global protest movements, to the resurgence of the politics of hate, and concerns over the misuse of big data and […]
Showing Up for Human Rights in 2019
“This is one of those times; one of those moments in history. You either show up or you prepare to face your conscience.” That was how an over-stretched immigration […]
Climate change ranks highest as vital issue of our time – Generation Z survey
Climate change was the most commonly cited among most important issues facing the world, in a survey of more than 10,000 young people, including Canadians Young people living inside a […]
Mexico: Amnesty International issues warning about lack of progress on human rights after one year of the new government
Nearly one year after Andrés Manuel López Obrador took office as president, his government has failed to make substantial progress on resolving the human rights crisis in Mexico, said Amnesty […]
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Amnesty’s Top 10 Election Asks
Canada will have its next federal election by October 21st, 2019. Hateful rhetoric and divisive politics are on the rise, but many human rights issues will be left off the […]
Canada: Two federal political party leaders are ‘Up for Debate’ on gender rights – what about the rest?
OTTAWA – Today, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May publicly committed to participating in a federal leaders’ debate on women’s rights and gender equality in the […]
