Solving the world’s refugee crisis
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 […]
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Setting the record straight on protecting the human rights of sex workers
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 […]
Setting the record straight on protecting the human rights of sex workers
, 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 […]
UN human rights report shows that Canada is failing Indigenous peoples
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 […]
This is not the Canada I once knew
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 […]
Torturing a 10-year-old rape victim: how Paraguay authorities are complicit in a pregnant girl’s suffering
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 […]
Torturing a 10-year-old rape victim: how Paraguay authorities are complicit in a pregnant girl’s suffering
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 […]
Where bombs rain terror from the sky while the world looks the other way
, 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 […]
5 brave ways activists are fighting for LGBTI rights worldwide
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 […]
Tahoe AGM: will investors reject ‘business as usual’?
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 […]
World Press Freedom Day: Shooting the messenger
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 […]
In Solidarity with Egyptian Students on #Jan25
By Tarek Chatila, Montreal-area activist and writer for Amnesty Canada’s Isr/OT/PA co-group “The more things change, the more they stay the same,” wrote French critic Alphonse Karr in 1849. Turbulent […]
