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 […]

By Eskinder Nega, with Kaliti Prison – Originally published on Ze-Habesha Website The mistakes of my life. Ah! I could go on and on and on about them. (Warning, I am aiming […]

, By, Kim Irving Cahill, Maritimes Regional Activism Coordinator , Our thoughts are with the family and friends of Loretta Saunders, a young Inuk women who went missing in Halifax on […]

  Standing with individuals, tackling global problems 2013 year-end message from Amnesty International – by Alex Neve Secretary General, Amnesty International Canada   One thing so powerful and important about […]

By Alex Neve, Secretary General, Amnesty International Canada Earlier this fall the Canadian government significantly down-scaled the diplomatic and financial resources devoted to helping make a difference in Sudan when […]

By Donatella Rovera, Amnesty International’s Senior Crisis Researcher As the threat of military intervention looms over an alleged chemical weapons attack near Damascus, in a far-flung corner of Syria the […]

We’re deep in Pride season here in Canada. People are out and loud and proud and celebrating. But in many parts of the world, simply the perception that a person […]

  The trial against former Guatemalan leader General José Efraín Rios Montt for genocide during his time in office has restarted. Here are 10 facts that show why the Central […]

Campaigner Hilary Homes on today’s negotiations Once upon a time, treaty negotiations literally took place behind closed doors. Unless you had some good friends among the delegates, you had to […]

Footage of Egyptian soldiers mercilessly beating a “red-hooded woman” during a protest went viral last year. Now, AZZA HILAL SULEIMAN tells Amnesty International Senior Editor, Clare Fermont, her story. NOTE: Amnesty […]

By Diana Eltahawy, Amnesty International’s North Africa Researcher Arriving in Cairo a few days before the constitutional referendum held on Saturday 15 December, I couldn’t remember a more bitterly divided […]

Amnesty International Canada’s Colombia campaigner Kathy Price reports on the urgent crisis facing Indigenous Women in Colombia. “Each sentence that you send to the government of Colombia, every letter that […]