Human rights victories to celebrate in 2022
We’ve reached the midway point of 2022 and, as ever, it’s been a busy year for Amnesty International. With the world facing human rights challenges on so many fronts, one […]
Queer/Muslim/Canadian
Momin Rahman (he/him) is a Professor of Sociology at Trent University. His current research is on the conflicts between LGBTQ2S identities and Muslim cultures, and the experiences of LGBTQ2S Muslims, […]
Land defenders face criminal charges, despite UN concern over pipelines and policing in Canada
Wet’suwet’en land defenders say they expect work on the Coastal GasLink pipeline to resume in the next few weeks and fear they will face further arrests and human rights violations […]
Epimotew Tastawayik Niso Askiya – Walking in Two Worlds
Rachel Wuttunee is Anishinaabekwe from Kitchenuhmaykoosib in Northwestern Ontario and is from the Bear Clan. Rachel has been an Indigenous and human rights activist for 20 years and holds a […]
Industry, Police, and MMIWG2S in Wet’suwet’en Yintah
Jennifer Wickham is a member of Cas Yikh (Grizzly Bear House) in the Gidimt’en (Bear/Wolf) Clan of the Wet’suwet’en people. She currently lives in Gidimt’en yintah in what is now […]
Indigenous Women, Girls and Gender-Diverse People Are Humans With Rights
Lynne Groulx is a Métis woman from the Treaty Three historic Métis community of Rainy River/Lake of the Woods, and is the Chief Executive Officer for the Native Women’s Association […]
LGBTQI+ Afghans Need a Safe Way Out
Kimahli Powell (he/him) is the Executive Director of Rainbow Railroad and the Chair of Dignity Network. Rainbow Railroad is a global not-for-profit organization that supports LGTBQI+ people facing persecution based […]
On Intersectionality, Access to Justice, and Walking Between Worlds
Benjamin Vandorpe (they/them) is a Two Sprit, trans, queer Inuk based in Odawa and is the founder of the non-profit organization, JusticeTrans, whose mission is to improve access to justice […]
Keep the memory of Tiananmen Square alive
On the evening of June 3-4, 1989, Chinese tanks rolled into Tiananmen Square in Beijing to brutally crush an unprecedented democracy movement. Hundreds, possibly thousands, of people were killed when […]
Death Penalty: Facts and Figures
Facts about the death penalty Amnesty International recorded 579 executions in 18 countries in 2021, an increase of 20% from the 483 recorded in 2020. This figure represents the second-lowest number of executions recorded by Amnesty […]
Amnesty International has left Hong Kong but there will still be candles in the darkness
By Chow Hang-tung, human rights activist, Tiananmen vigil organizer and barrister, currently jailed in Hong Kong It was a sad moment when Amnesty International closed its Hong Kong offices after standing for more […]
Write for Rights 2021: Your Words are Changing Lives
More people took part in Write for Rights 2021 in Canada than ever before! More than 5,800 people across Canada gathered at 180 virtual and in-person events to send more […]