Indigenous Children Deserve Justice and Accountability
The Indian Residential Schools Survivors Society is available for survivors and those affected at 1-800-721-0066 or on the 24 hour crisis line at 1-866-925-4419. British Columbia has a First Nations and Indigenous […]
Delivering a blueprint for a new corporate accountability law in Canada
I am excited to announce the unveiling of model legislation called the Corporate Respect for Human Rights and the Environment Abroad Act. If adopted, this law would require Canadian companies to prevent human rights and environmental harm […]
OUTCOME: Sri Lanka: Woman Migrant Workers Repatriated to Sri Lanka
DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 39/21, UPDATE 1 HERE Around 41 Sri Lankan migrant women, along with some children, who were detained in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for up to 18 […]
OUTCOME: USA: Texas Man Executed Based on Faulty Theory
DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 53/21, UPDATE 1 HERE Quintin Jones was executed on 19 May. He was on death row in Texas in connection with the 1999 murder of […]
OUTCOME: France: Trade Unionist Acquitted
DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 52/21, UPDATE 1 HERE On 20 May, long-standing trade unionist Frédéric Vuillaume was acquitted by the court in Dijon, eastern France. He was tried on […]
Op-ed: Canada must finally acknowledge Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestinian territories
By Michael Lynk and Ketty Nivyabandi Once again, missiles and rockets flew between Israel and Gaza. When the ceasefire was finally declared on Thursday, at least 242 Palestinians – including […]
OUTCOME: Venezuela: Government Back Tracks on Threats to NGOs
DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 46/21, UPDATE 1 HERE On 3 May 2021, after outrage from international and local civil society, the Venezuelan government issued a new administrative regulation reversing […]
OUTCOME: Brazil: Urgent Treatment of Security Bill Approved
DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 40/21, UPDATE 1 HERE On 20 April 2021, the Chamber of Deputies approved the requirement to process Bill nº 6.764/2002 on National Security Issues as […]
OUTCOME: Myanmar: Satire Performers Released from Prison Early
DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 147/19, UPDATE 4 HERE Three members of the satirical poetry troupe Peacock Generation were among over 23,000 prisoners released in a general amnesty on Myanmar […]
To the Canadian government, provinces and municipalities: Can we get some real action on climate change?
People understand climate change as an environmental issue of course, but tend to forget that it affects our basic human rights too. The rights to life, health, food, water, housing, […]
Amnesty International Book Club: The Dime Box
Written by Karen Grose. Amnesty International announced The Dime Box as its 2021 March/April Book Club novel to coincide with International Women’s Day. As a new Canadian author, I am deeply humbled […]
Show your solidarity #StandWithBelarus
Since the widely disputed presidential election in August 2020, the Belarusian regime has engaged in a brutal crackdown on all forms of dissent, real or imaginary. Police have used rubber […]