Police misuse of rubber bullets kills and maims peaceful protesters
Security forces across the world are routinely misusing rubber bullets, plastic bullets and other law enforcement weapons to violently suppress peaceful protests and cause horrific injuries and deaths, said Amnesty […]
Canada: Groundbreaking human rights defender Nell Toussaint remembered
Neil Toussaint fought courageously for equal access to essential health care for people with irregular immigration status in Canada.
Canada: Indigenous land defenders criminalized, surveilled and harassed as pipeline construction continues on Wet’suwet’en territory
January 7, 2022 marks the fourth anniversary of the RCMP’s first raid on a checkpoint established by Wet’suwet’en and other land defenders.
Human Rights wins in 2022
Confronted with what can sometimes seem like an endless cycle of bad news in the media, it’s easy to feel despondent. But, amid the gloom, there were plenty of good news […]
Joint Statement in Solidarity with Indigenous Families Mourning the Murders of Four Indigenous Women
Amnesty International Canada stands in solidarity with the families and loves ones of Rebecca Contois of Crane River First Nation, Marcedes Myran and Morgan Harris, both of Long Plain First […]
Making climate justice action accessible: Amnesty’s “Stop Paving Over Our Rights” comic
Amnesty International Canada has published a new comic book that makes the connections between transportation, climate, and human rights easy to understand. Stop Paving Over Our Rights: How to have […]
2022 FIFA World Cup: Open letter to Canada Soccer on workers’ rights in Qatar
Amnesty International Canada urges Canada Soccer to call on FIFA to compensate workers harmed in the build-up 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
Manitoba becomes 4th province to say it will end immigration detention
Manitoba will end immigration detention in its provincial jails, joining British Columbia, Nova Scotia, and Alberta. The four provinces have committed to stop locking up refugee claimants and migrants based […]
Russia: Vladimir Kara-Murza, jailed prisoner of conscience, awarded Václav Havel Prize
Responding to the news that Vladimir Kara-Murza, a prominent Russian political activist and journalist who has been detained since April 2022 for his anti-war views, has been awarded the Václav […]
Chile: A change based on justice
By Pilar Sanmartín, Americas crisis researcher at Amnesty International This blog was originally published in Spain’s El Diario The Chilean Attorney General’s Office is continuing investigations, seemingly now very seriously, […]
Ethiopia: UNHRC decision underscores critical need to continue monitoring human rights abuses
In response to the United Nations Human Rights Council’s (UNRC) decision to extend the mandate of the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia (ICHREE) to continue to monitor […]
“Women, Life, Freedom!” Protect the Protest in Iran
“Please be our voice… We are standing firm in the streets. We are risking our lives on the street [protesting], please please stand up for us.”Protester from Esfahan, Iran Nationwide […]