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Does Canada’s new impact assessment legislation protect human rights?

This week, new legislation entered in force overhauling the federal government’s system to assess and approve large-scale resource development projects...

Carding and anti-Black racism in Canada

It has long been recognized that the Canadian justice system is fraught with racism, including carding that disproportionately impacts Black...

Amnesty International welcomes federal government decision to cover legal aid funding cuts for refugees and immigrants

Amnesty International welcomes the federal government’s decision to cover the legal aid funding cuts to services for refugees and immigrants...

Good News: Rebel! Love! Don’t give up your rights!

Vitalina Koval, one of the human rights defenders featured in Write for Rights 2018 is an LGBTI advocate who was...

Good news: Saeed Malekpour arrives home in Canada

On August 2, Maryam Malekpour was finally reunited with her brother Saeed in Vancouver after she had campaigned tirelessly for...

Good News: Write for Rights 2017 Human Rights Defender released

Hanan Badr el-Din was featured in Write for Rights 2017 after she was arrested for searching for her disappeared husband....

Good News: Botswana decriminalizes homosexuality

Last month’s judgment by the Gaborone High Court to decriminalize consensual same sex relations is a victory in the battle...

Good News: Aziz gets permanent residency!

At 19 years of age, Abdul Aziz Muhamat made the impossible decision to leave his family in the Darfur region...

71 YEARS OF SUFFOCATION: STORIES OF PALESTINIAN REFUGEES

Amnesty International marked the 71st anniversary of the Nakba with “70 + Years of Suffocation”, an online showcase of Palestinian...

In light of new US refugee policy, Canada must Immediately Suspend the Safe Third Country Agreement

Amnesty International is calling afresh on the Government of Canada to immediately suspend the Canada-US Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA),...

Good News: Canada has Acceded to the UN Arms Trade Treaty

After many years of hard campaigning, Canada has joined the UN Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)! Amnesty International’s efforts to establish...

Open letter from Amnesty International to TripAdvisor staff

Dear TripAdvisor employees, We are writing to ask you to join us in speaking out against TripAdvisor’s role in driving...

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