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Supreme Court decision to hear Safe Third Country Agreement appeal is a promising step for refugee rights

OTTAWA – Amnesty International, The Canadian Council of Churches, and The Canadian Council for Refugees are welcoming the Supreme Court...

Postmedia’s apology further silences young Palestinian journalist

Amnesty International is deeply concerned to learn that Postmedia issued an apology to a pro-Israel organization for publishing an Amnesty...

The Rising Floodwaters Won’t Hide the Shameful Criminalization of Land Defenders

All eyes were on Wet’suwet’en territory in Northwest British Columbia again this November as militarized RCMP officers arrested peaceful Indigenous...

Canada: Act now to respect Indigenous rights on Wet’suwet’en territory

Take action in solidarity with land defenders in British Columbia, Canada...

Solidarity Against Environmental Racism in Kanehsatà:ke, Quebéc

Amnesty International has added its voice to a community-led campaign calling on the Federal government to decontaminate a waste disposal...

Photo-op: Amnesty International urges Thai government to immediately drop unjustified charges against peaceful protest leader 

OTTAWA – On Friday, Nov. 26, 2021, Amnesty International will hold a photo-op outside the Royal Thai Embassy in Ottawa...

Op-ed: Sounding the alarm: Canada must address a growing crisis in Guatemala

As our new Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly assesses priorities for Canada’s foreign policy, it’s crucially important that Guatemala be...

Open letter: Amnesty International urges federal government, BC and RCMP to protect the rights of Wet’suwet’en land defenders

Amnesty International is writing with grave concern over the arrival on November 17 and 18 of new contingents of Royal...

COP26: Leaders’ catastrophic failure on climate shows they have forgotten who they should serve

At COP26, world leaders chose to ignore and bargain away our rights. People must be at the centre of our...
A Taliban fighter stands guard as Afghan women shout slogans during an anti-Pakistan protest rally, near the Pakistan embassy in Kabul on September 7, 2021. - The Taliban on September 7, 2021 fired shots into the air to disperse crowds who had gathered for an anti-Pakistan rally in the capital, the latest protest since the hardline Islamist movement swept to power last month. (Photo by Hoshang Hashimi / AFP) (Photo by HOSHANG HASHIMI/AFP via Getty Images)

Crisis and Tactical Round-Up Fall 2021: Focus on Afghanistan

Afghanistan Afghanistan is at risk of losing the human rights gains made in the last 20 years. Amnesty was among...

The provinces need to end the horrific practice of detaining migrants in prisons

By Efrat Arbel Most people would probably be shocked to learn that every year, Canada locks up hundreds of migrants...

Canada: Stop Incarcerating Immigration Detainees in Provincial Jails

National Campaign Urges Provinces to Cancel Contracts Enabling Abuses(Ottawa, October 14, 2021) – Provincial governments should sever their contracts to...

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