Join Amnesty International Canada in taking action during the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence that starts on November 25, the International Day of Elimination of Violence against Women, and runs through to December 10, International Human Rights Day. This year’s Human Rights Day...

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The RCMP’s March 29 raid is the latest act in a “campaign of violence, intimidation and dispossession,” Amnesty International says.

Ottawa is facing new calls to stop violating Indigenous rights as UN Special Rapporteur Francisco Calí Tzay kicks off his visit to Canada.

As government delegations at last November’s UN climate change conference debated what action to take to confront our global climate emergency, activists outside projected images of community leaders murdered for their courageous efforts to protect the environment. More than a thousand...

Hundreds of Amnesty members and supporters showed their love and solidarity with Wet’suwet’en land and water defenders this February: you sent over 500 Valentine messages of solidarity and gratitude to land defenders at Gidimt’en Checkpoint! Messages came from members and supporters, schools,...

Stay hopeful by being organized If the hit movie, Don’t Look Up, taught us anything, its that organizing ourselves and not leaving it solely to the self-interested and powerful, is humanity’s best chance for survival. Spoilers ahead! For those who haven’t yet seen it, the film depicts the...

Take action in solidarity with land defenders in British Columbia, Canada

The Right to a Healthy Environment: An Update on Quesnel Lake and the Mount Polley Disaster Many of us are looking forward to the late summer when physical distancing measures may ease and we can begin to venture out again to our favorite campsites, cabins, and fishing spots. Last August, I spent a...

In my life I have always been driven by a strong desire to seek out justice that governments and institutions have failed to provide and this is what brought me to be involved with Amnesty International. What I love about Amnesty is that the organization is a powerful international network made...

In my life I have always been driven by a strong desire to seek out justice that governments and institutions have failed to provide and this is what brought me to be involved with Amnesty International. What I love about Amnesty is that the organization is a powerful international network made...

The youth of Asubpeeschoseewagong (Grassy Narrows) First Nation are demanding the Canadian government keep its promises to finally address the mercury crisis in their community. Because of government inaction for 50 years, generations of young Indigenous people have grown up with devastating...