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Bill C-51 and the rush to insecurity for human rights

By Alex Neve, Amnesty International Canada’s Secretary General. Follow Alex on Twitter @AlexNeve Amnesty , The rushed passage through Parliament...

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...

7 reasons why ‘I’ve got nothing to hide’ is the wrong response to mass surveillance

When we launched #UnfollowMe, our campaign to end governments’ use of mass surveillance, the Amnesty Facebook and Twitter feeds were...

Al Jazeera journalists case in Egypt: Juris and Lois Greste ask “what about the others?”

In the lead up to World Press Freedom Day on May 3rd, the parents of Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste,...

‘When I was rescued, I felt like I was born again’ – Ali’s story

An Amnesty International delegation has just returned from the Italian island of Lampedusa and elsewhere in Sicily, after collecting the...

Recognizing Young Journalistic Talent in Human Rights Activism

For the first time, Amnesty International Canada has announced that a new Youth Media Award will be added to its...

Omar Khadr Bail Ruling: Once Again the Courts Stand Up for Rights and the Rule of Law

UPDATE May 7, 2015: After a temporary stay while an Alberta court ruled on the government’s unsuccessful attempt to seek...

#StopTorture in Mexico: Charges against police officers are one more step towards justice

By Alex Neve, Secretary General, Amnesty International Canada The tremendous news that three Mexican police officers have been criminally charged...

‘History will exalt those who fought for freedom’ – letter to a Saudi Arabian prison

A letter from Samar Badawi to her imprisoned husband, the Saudi Arabian human rights lawyer, Waleed Abu al-Khair. Samar is...

The need for accurate and comprehensive statistics on missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls

By Craig Benjamin and Jackie Hansen Last month, federal Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt disclosed previously unreleased RCMP statistics about...

The need for accurate and comprehensive statistics on missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls

By Craig Benjamin and Jackie Hansen Last month, federal Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt disclosed previously unreleased RCMP statistics about...

Private members bill an opportunity for Canadian leadership on the human rights of Indigenous peoples

Amnesty international is urging Canadian Parliamentarians to support Bill C-641, a private member’s bill to help implement the United Nations...

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