Connie Greyeyes is a grassroots activist from Fort St. John, a small community in northeastern British Columbia. She volunteers with the Fort St. John Women’s Resource Society, started the Women […]

By Tara Scurr, Campaigner, Business and Human Rights     One year ago, Alex Neve and I were sitting in the Hotel Continental in Guatemala City, waiting for reporters to turn […]

The EU takes one step forward, with a long way left to go. EU leaders have taken a positive step forward by agreeing to share responsibility for 120,000 asylum-seekers. But […]

Amnesty International has been in the news recently for our position on how to protect the human rights of sex workers of all genders (women, men, gender non-conforming). There’s been […]

, Amnesty International has been in the news recently for our position on how to protect the human rights of sex workers of all genders (women, men, gender non-conforming). There’s […]

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 […]

By Guadalupe Marengo, Deputy Director Americas Program Amnesty International. , Every now and then there comes along a case that seems too tragic to comprehend — where cruelty from one […]

By Guadalupe Marengo, Deputy Director Americas Program Amnesty International. Every now and then there comes along a case that seems too tragic to comprehend — where cruelty from one individual […]

, By Alex Neve, Secretary General for Amnesty International Canada Section , SOUTHERN KORDOFAN – Time and again, as we have interviewed women, men and young people throughout Sudan’s besieged […]

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 Tara Scurr, Amnesty International Canada Business and Human Rights Campaigner “We have faith that Amnesty International’s campaigning will inform investors in Tahoe Resources about our suffering in Guatemala.” Resident […]