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Open letter to Ministers Freeland and Wilson-Raybould about Hassan Diab

Dear Ministers Freeland and Wilson-Raybould, and Mr. Alghabra, Amnesty International is alarmed at the continued detention of Lebanese-Canadian dual national...

South Sudan: Killings, mass displacement and systematic looting as government forces purge civilians from Upper Nile

Tens of thousands of civilians in South Sudan’s Upper Nile region were forcibly displaced as government forces burnt, shelled and...

National Security Reforms a Mix of Promise and Disappointment

Extensive national security reforms announced by the federal government today, in tabling Bill C-59, the National Security Act, 2017, represent...

Hassan Diab Case: New exculpatory evidence and Amnesty International Intervention

Media Advisory Strong new evidence uncovered in the past few days that could help in the case of Canadian citizen...

‘Give a Home’: Massive global concert series will show solidarity with refugees

1,000 musicians to play at Amnesty International and Sofar Sounds events globally in September Laura Mvula, Mumford and Sons and...

Donors failing almost a million South Sudanese refugees in Uganda

Rich countries are failing in their obligation to help Uganda support thousands of refugees fleeing death, rape and other human...

Mexico: human rights defenders and journalists should be protected against illegal surveillance

Responding to a NYT’s article that disclosed the use of software to spy on Mexican journalists and human rights defenders,...

Saudi Arabia: Release blogger Raif Badawi, still behind bars after five years

Marking the fifth anniversary of the arrest of Saudi Arabian blogger and prisoner of conscience Raif Badawi, Samah Hadid, Middle-East...

Canada’s Foreign Minister must raise human rights issues in Central America talks

Canada’s Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland is participating in a high level Central American prosperity and security conference in Miami today....

Canada: Human rights protections extended to trans people

The Trans Equality Canada Coalition, a loose coalition of human rights groups and individual activists advocating in support of Bill...

Hungary: Appeal must overturn 10 year ‘terrorism’ sentence for stone-thrower

Ahead of the appeal against a 10-year sentence handed down to a Syrian man for committing an “act of terror”...

USA-Mexico: Trump’s border crackdown pushes refugees into dangerous limbo

An already dangerous journey for tens of thousands of refugees has become deadlier thanks to President Trump’s Executive Order on...

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