279 results for 'water defenders'

Take Action for Amnesty Chair Taner Kiliç

After spending almost 8 months in jail on unjust charges, an Istanbul court ordered that Amnesty Turkey Chair Taner Kiliç be released on bail on January 31st. In unprecedented flip […]

Canada: Ban Israeli Settlment Goods

50 YEARS OF OCCUPATION. 50 years of dispossession. 50 years of forced evictions, demolitions and forcible transfer. 50 years of arbitrary arrests, detention and unfair trials. 50 years of unlawful […]

Crisis in Guatemala: Why hope must guide us

Last month, Amnesty International Canada’s Tara Scurr and Kathy Price joined a delegation of Amnesty colleagues from Spain, Sweden, Mexico and the United States for a research and solidarity mission […]

A Meaningful Land Acknowledgement Example

Are you wondering how to acknowledge Indigenous territories at public events and meetings? Our guide will help provide a process for reflection and a meaningful land acknowledgement example.  Acknowledging the […]

Defending the land with their lives

By Kathy Price, AI Canada’s Honduras campaigner. Follow Kathy on Twitter @KPriceAmnesty “Admirable, courageous, inspiring”: those were the words we heard over and over again from the Members of Parliament, […]

Take Action for Mount Polley

On August 4th 2014, the tailings dam burst at Imperial Metals’ Mount Polley Mine in central British Columbia, releasing a catastrophic 24 million cubic metres of mine waste into Polley Lake, […]