Hong Kong: “I have not seen anything like this in decades”
By Mabel Au, Director of Amnesty International in Hong Kong. The streets of Hong Kong are hard to recognize these days. The exhilarating energy filling the city’s main roads, crowded […]
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“I want Canadians to care” – a conversation with Bev Jacobs
Bev Jacobs, a Mohawk lawyer and grandmother from Six Nations, was the lead researcher on Amnesty International’s 2004 Stolen Sisters report. Bev went on to serve as President of the […]
We can’t wait on the government’s political will: Conversation with Ellen Gabriel
Ellen Gabriel, a Mohawk artist, educator and activist from Kanehsatà:ke, is well known in Canada as a powerful voice for rights of Indigenous peoples. Amnesty International has been honoured to work alongside […]
A time to grieve and a time to dance
By Conor Fortune, News Writer at Amnesty International, who recently returned from St Petersburg Ekaterina Khomenko’s throat was slit when a street cleaner found her in a car with the […]
Am I next?
By Jackie Hansen, Major Campaigns and Women’s Rights Campaigner, Amnesty International Canada , , The images are haunting. The message shocking. “Am I next?” , , Holly Jarrett, cousin of […]
Seven things you need to know about torture in Mexico
Travel guides describe Mexico as one of the world’s great civilisations, whose landscapes are as stunning as they are diverse. But there’s a dark flipside to the family-friendly resorts and […]
‘It starts right here’ – the road ahead for South Sudan
By Alex Neve, Secretary General, Amnesty International Canada So many moments stay with me. During the course of this recent mission in South Sudan people recounted unimaginable suffering and acute […]
Tweet now for student facing jail after Twitter use in Turkey
By Milena Buyum, Amnesty’s Turkey Campaigner On 2 June last year, Özge Ünlütezcan, a 24-year-old drama student, grabbed her phone to send out a series of tweets. Shortly after, she […]
Your activism has made visible in Canada the hidden emergency for Indigenous peoples in Colombia
By Kathy Price, Colombia Campaigner It was two years ago that courageous Indigenous women and men in Colombia sent photo messages to Canada to tell us about deadly assaults on […]
Brazil 2014: The fight is even fiercer off the pitch
By Atila Roque, Director at Amnesty International Brazil Brazil is about to host the biggest football frenzy on the planet, where teams from around the world fight for the Cup […]
New UN report highlights “crisis” for the human rights of Indigenous peoples in Canada
by Craig Benjamin, Indigenous Rights Campaigner, Amnesty International Canada A leading United Nations human rights expert says the situation of First Nations, Inuit and Métis in Canada has reached “crisis […]
New UN report highlights “crisis” for the human rights of Indigenous peoples in Canada
by Craig Benjamin, , Indigenous Rights Campaigner, Amnesty International Canada , A leading United Nations human rights expert says the situation of First Nations, Inuit and Métis in Canada has […]
