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Canada’s Responses to Refugee Crises 

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, over 5 million people have made the agonizing choice to protect themselves and their families...

Climate Justice is Racial Justice

The UN Human Rights Council recently recognized the universal right to a clean, healthy, safe, and sustainable environment. However, this...

Just transportation: make it clean, make it accessible, make it public!

Owning a private car is a huge expense for many people, yet due to lack of other options, many people...

RBC’s financing of the Coastal Gaslink Pipeline

Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs met with RBC on February 25 to demand the bank end its financing of the Coastal Gaslink...

Tell Canada to Strengthen Environmental Protections

Did you know that Canada’s Environmental Protection Act – CEPA – is over 20 years old? It is drastically in...

Ongoing call for solidarity with Wet’suwet’en defenders

Earlier this year, Amnesty members and supporters sent hundreds of solidarity Valentines cards and messages to Wet’suwet’en land defenders in...

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Magai Matiop Ngong is Free! South Sudan High Court releases man who was sentenced to death when he was a child

Magai Matiop Ngong was released from prison on March 22, 2022 after a decision by the High Court in Eastern...

Canada: Jailing Immigration Detainees Infringes on Rights

New #WelcomeToCanada campaign actions in British Columbia, Quebec, and Nova Scotia (Ottawa, April 4, 2022) – Canada’s practice of incarcerating...

USA: Texas Appeals Court Blocks Execution

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 29/22, UPDATE 1 BELOW On 25 April 2022, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted...

THE STATE OF THE WORLD’S HUMAN RIGHTS

Has the world tried to ‘build back better’ in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic?   From a human rights perspective,...

“Everything is on fire”: One month since the Russian invasion of Ukraine

On the night of 24 February, I couldn’t sleep, constantly checking Twitter and looking for any signs that the long-predicted...

The Hague: Esther Kiobel vows to continue her fight for justice

Human rights defender Esther Kiobel today lost her civil case against oil giant Shell, which she accuses of complicity in...

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