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New federal cabinet ministers must uphold and protect human rights: Amnesty International

(Lire la version française ici) OTTAWA – Today, two days before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveils his new cabinet, Amnesty...

Chile: Amnesty International requests meeting with President Piñera, will announce results of investigation in press conference

Amnesty International will announce the findings of its investigation into grave human rights violations committed during protests in Chile at...

Hong Kong: Police must defuse campus standoff to avoid more tragedy

Following the most violent confrontations of the Hong Kong protests so far during a police siege at the Hong Kong...

Write for Rights: Amnesty International launches global campaign championing youth activists

Amnesty International has today launched Write for Rights, the world’s biggest human rights campaign, which this year champions children’s rights...

Inuk artist to unveil walleye banner dedicated to Grassy Narrows First Nation youth

OTTAWA – On November 20, Universal Children’s Day, Ottawa-based Inuk artist Sabrina Taqtu Montague will unveil a walleye fish banner...

Burton family donates $3M to United Way, Médecins Sans Frontières and Amnesty International

TORONTO – United Way, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and Amnesty International today jointly announced an incredible gift of $3 million...

Saudi Arabia: Categorizing feminism, atheism, homosexuality as crimes exposes the Kingdom’s dangerous intolerance

Responding to an official announcement and a promotional video published by Saudi Arabia’s state security agency which categorizes feminism, homosexuality...

Amnesty International USA on SCOTUS Hernández Hearing: Justice is Not a Privilege, It is a Right

As the Supreme Court of the United States prepares to hear arguments on November 12 in the case of Hernandez...

‘I will never give up’: Grassy Narrows youth campaign for justice

Amnesty International campaign shines global spotlight on Indigenous youth fighting mercury crisis WINNIPEG – Indigenous youth and mercury survivors from...

Turkey: Hundreds arrested in crackdown on critics of military offensive in Syria

Hundreds of people have been detained in Turkey for commenting or reporting on Turkey’s recent military offensive in northeast Syria...

Israel/ OPT: Amnesty staff member faces punitive travel ban for human rights work

The Israeli authorities’ decision to prevent an Amnesty International staff member from travelling abroad for “security reasons”, apparently as a...

Grassy Narrows youth at centre of Amnesty International’s global letter-writing campaign

Write for Rights demands justice for youth from First Nation in northwestern Ontario WINNIPEG – Amnesty International’s annual global letter-writing...

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