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Justice for Quesnel Lake – A personal reflection

On August 4, 2021, the Concerned Citizens of Quesnel Lake marked the seventh anniversary of the Mount Polley mining disaster...

Call on China to Free Xinjiang Detainees

Imagine if you were detained in an internment camp or sentenced to prison for years because of your ethnicity or...

OUTCOME: Venezuela: Women and Girls’ Rights Defender is Free

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 80/21, UPDATE 1 HERE Venezuelan teacher and human rights defender Vannesa Rosales was released on...

OUTCOME: Belarus: Pratasevich and Sapega Under House Arrest

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 57/21, UPDATE 1 HERE Belarusian journalist Raman Pratasevich and his partner Sofya Sapega have been...

Mount Polley: 7 years on mining in BC remains risky for communities

BC mining remains a risky business 7 years after the Mount Polley tailings dam disaster Guest blog from the BC Mining...

“I am so, so happy. I still can’t believe it.” After two years in ICE detention, Maura is free!

After a campaign to free Maura, a 41-year-old transgender woman originally from Nicaragua, generated thousands of emails — including at...

Write for Rights: Nassima & Germain are free!

We have more exciting news to share about some of the courageous people you supported during our global Write for Rights...

Defending Water, Defending Land

The climate crisis is becoming ever more urgent. It is nothing less than a global emergency and the greatest human...

“She couldn’t be separated from her children”: In conversation with Johanne Durocher

Johanne Durocher is the mother of Nathalie Morin, a Quebec woman who has lived in Saudi Arabia since 2005 with...

Stop burning our rights – A new climate policy briefing by Amnesty International

What is Amnesty’s position on decarbonizing our economy, protecting human rights in the face of climate change, and the roles...

Everyone should have the right to a healthy environment!

All people should have the right to a healthy environment, including clean air, water and soil, and a safe and...

Moving from rhetoric to action to end violence against First Nations, Métis, and Inuit women, girls and two-spirit people

On June 3, 2019, the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls released its final report, with 231...

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