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In light of new US refugee policy, Canada must Immediately Suspend the Safe Third Country Agreement

Amnesty International is calling afresh on the Government of Canada to immediately suspend the Canada-US Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA),...

Government of Canada turns back on communities harmed by Canadian mining overseas, loses trust of Canadian civil society

Ottawa, July 11, 2019 –Today all fourteen civil society and labour union representatives of the government’s Multi-Stakeholder Advisory Body on...

From Bad to Worse on Mining: Groups Urge B.C. Government to Reform Outdated Laws

(Victoria/Vancouver, B.C., July 4, 2019) – As Taseko Mines once again attempts to force its way with an injunction to...

Canada: concrete action to end violence against First Nations, Métis, and Inuit women, girls, and two-spirit persons needed now

The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls released its final report on June 3, 2019. The...

BC Government Must Intervene to Protect Tsilhqot’in Rights Threatened by Needless Mining Exploration

“The Panel is convinced that the Tsilhqot’in cultural attachment to Fish Lake (Teztan Biny) and the Nabas areas is...

Open Letter Urges Federal Government to Investigate Canadian Firm’s Contract with Sudan Military

The Honourable Chrystia Freeland The Honourable David Lametti Minister of Foreign Affairs Minister of Justice Ottawa, Ontario Ottawa, Ontario June...

No turning back the clock on implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Indigenous human rights advocates horrified that handful of Senators blocked Bill C-262 Filibuster a blow to democracy and human rights...

Coalition statement on Canada’s accession to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)

We Canadian civil society organizations, namely, Amnesty International Canada, Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, Oxfam Canada,...

Open Letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Ahead of Possible Meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping

The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau Prime Minister of Canada 80 Wellington Street Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A2 June 20, 2019 Dear...

Canada’s new guidelines to support human rights defenders a step in the right direction

With human rights defenders increasingly under attack around the world, civil society organizations today welcomed the Government of Canada’s new...

Hyperbole and misrepresentation must not prevent Senate passing Bill C-262

We are hopeful that in a matter of days the Senate will vote to adopt a private member’s bill that...

UN Special Rapporteur on toxics shines light on Grassy Narrows mercury crisis

Today, Baskut Tuncak, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and toxics, said the government has “failed” to answer why...

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