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Amnesty International to intervene in historic Supreme Court carbon pricing challenge

Amnesty International will appear as an intervening party before the Supreme Court of Canada in Saskatchewan and Ontario’s historic legal...

Letter to York University president Dr. Rhonda L. Lenton from Amnesty International

Rhonda L. Lenton, PhD President & Vice-Chancellor York University 1050 Kaneff Tower, 4700 Keele Street Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3 By...

Global Affairs Canada Report on Saudi Exports Puts Economic Benefits Before Human Rights

A coalition of Canadian civil society organizations is deeply dismayed that Global Affairs Canada claims it has found “no credible...

Standing with First Nations children should be the first thing on the list for the Minister of Justice and Attorney General today

Ottawa, ON – In a few days, the Federal Government of Canada will take First Nations children back to court...

Canada’s export bank denounced for backing disastrous Colombian megadam

OTTAWA, November 20, 2019 / Human rights advocates are denouncing the Canadian government’s financial support for a disastrous hydroelectric project...

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...

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...

‘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...

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...

Court to hear why sending refugee claimants back to the U.S. breaks Canadian law

Demonstrators to rally outside Toronto court in support of legal challenge to flawed Safe Third Country Agreement 29 October 2019...

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