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Quesnel Lake residents continue to call for justice 6 years after Mount Polley disaster

In the six years since the Mount Polley tailings pond burst through its containment dam, a small group of committed...

Organizations call on federal government to immediately stop sending refugee claimants back to the United States

On July 22, 2020 the Federal Court ruled that sending refugee claimants back to the USA under the Safe Third...

Immigration New Zealand has accepted Behrouz Boochani’s asylum claim

Good News comes from New Zealand, after Behrouz Boochani, Kurdish journalist from Iran who fled persecution and attempted to seek...

PRIDE 2020: What has Pride got to do with police violence and racism?

By Daniella Barreto WHAT IS PRIDE? Pride is a celebration of 2SLGBTQ+ communities. Every year these communities host events to...

Black and Indigenous Solidarity Against Systemic Racism

The history of colonization around the world is a story about control of land and perceived resources: the juggernaut of...

Hong Kong’s national security law: 10 things you need to know

On 30 June, China’s top legislature unanimously passed a new national security law for Hong Kong that entered into force...

Lifesaver for ages 9 and up – Chile: Blinded by police, Gustavo needs justice!

DOWNLOAD THE SUMMER LIFESAVER HERE Your eyesight allows you to read this sentence. That’s something Gustavo Gatica can’t do anymore....

Kelly Aguilar, finally free!

Kelly is a 24-year-old asylum seeker from Honduras. She fled the country when she was just 12 due to violence...

Will the coronavirus pandemic obliterate a last frontier in our privacy: our biological selves?

By Tanya O’Carroll, Director of Amnesty Tech Since the start of the pandemic, an army of companies – from the...

Turkey: Convictions of human rights defenders in the Büyükada case

The verdict On 3 July 2020 the first instance court issued its verdict on the Büyükada case. It convicted Taner...

Rohingya: The world should not leave us behind, caged in a camp like this

By Mohammed Tofail is a Rohingya refugee living in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Follow Mohammed on Twitter @MdTofaiL339 Almost half a...

Rohingya: Repatriation with our rights is as urgent as a vaccine for the treatment of COVID-19

By Ro Mehrooz, a Rohingya refugee living in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Follow Ro in Twitter @romehrooz Human rights are incomparable...

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