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 by leaving Ukraine to seek safety in other countries. In […]
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 right is far from the reality for racialized or marginalized […]
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 feel stuck in their cars. Compounding matters, for over half […]
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 pipeline. On April 7, they travelled to Toronto to attend […]
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 need of an update! On February 9, 2022, the government […]
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 north-western British Columbia and raised several thousand dollars for supplies […]
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 Equatoria State in southern South Sudan. Magai was a 15-year-old […]
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 immigration detainees in provincial jails is inconsistent with international human […]
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 an indefinite stay of execution to Melissa Lucio, two days […]
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, 2021 was largely a story of betrayal in the corridors […]
“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 Russian invasion would not happen. This night was sleepless for […]
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 the 1995 execution of her husband by the Nigerian military […]