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CANADA MUST PUT AN END TO SAUDI ARMS EXPORTS

MEDIA ADVISORY June 11, 2020 CANADA MUST PUT AN END TO SAUDI ARMS EXPORTS A broad coalition of civil society...

Brazil: Amnesty International condemns the government’s omission of data relating to the COVID-19 pandemic

With ever-growing numbers of infections and deaths from COVID-19, the removal of cumulative data on COVID-19 from Ministry of Health...

Malaysia: Authorities must not put rescued Rohingya refugees at risk of COVID-19

Responding to news of a Rohingya boat intercepted off the coast of Langkawi and the subsequent detention of the 269...

Canada: New interactive project explores COVID-19 solutions in Indigenous communities

OTTAWA – As COVID-19 restrictions begin to relax across Canada, remote and Indigenous communities are developing their own solutions specific...

Open letter urges Canadian government to explicitly oppose West Bank annexation plan

The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau Prime Minister of Canada 80 Wellington Street Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A2 June 3, 2020 Dear...

Hong Kong: National anthem law is an insult to freedom of expression

Responding to Hong Kong’s Legislative Council passing a law that makes it illegal to insult China’s national anthem, Amnesty International’s...

Canada must protect the rights of sex workers during COVID-19 by ensuring access to emergency income supports

On May 22, over 20 women’s rights and equality-seeking organizations in Canada wrote a joint letter to the federal government,...

Canadian government must work urgently within international community to head-off imposition of China’s national security law in Hong Kong

OTTAWA – The Canadian government must advance consistent and globally-coordinated action to reverse China’s deeply problematic decision to apply its...

USA: President Trump tramples right to protest

Responding to remarks by President Donald Trump today in the Rose Garden, Ernest Coverson, the End Gun Violence campaign manager...

Hong Kong: People must be allowed to peacefully mark Tiananmen anniversary

Responding to the authorities’ banning of Hong Kong’s annual June Fourth Tiananmen anniversary vigil for the first time in 30...

Not just in the US: Amnesty International Canada strongly condemns anti-Black racism

The shocking death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer has once again highlighted that anti-Black...

Minneapolis police officer must be held accountable for use of deadly force

Responding to a May 25 video showing a Minneapolis police officer using his knee to pin down a man by...

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