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UN Review Should Urge Canada To Reform Immigration Detention System

Joint Submission to UN by HR Groups Says Treatment of Children and Persons with Mental Health Conditions Violates International Obligations...

New Ministerial Directions against Mistreatment a Positive Step, but Concerns Remain

The new Ministerial Directions announced today by the Minister of Public Safety to avoid complicity of Canadian law enforcement and...

Approval of the Site C dam was irresponsible and must be reversed

The BC Utility Commission’s interim report on the Site C megaproject – released on Wednesday – provides further proof that...

Canada: Amnesty among 40 Signatories to Joint Letter raising serious concerns with C-59 National Security Reform Bill

September 19, 2017 — Today, 40 organizations and individuals from across Canadian civil society issued a joint letter to government...

10th Anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Canada needs a legislative framework to fulfill the promise of this vital human rights instrument

The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples provides a crucial framework to achieve reconciliation. Such a human...

Amnesty International welcomes Canada’s protection of LGBTI refugees from Chechnya

Amnesty International welcomes the initiative of the Canadian government, and non-governmental partners Rainbow Railroad and Russian LGBT Network, which has...

Canada Must Act on UN Recommendations

Amnesty International urges the Canadian government to act on all the recommendations made for Canada by the UN Committee for...

CMA Advocates for Refugee Protection from Detention

Amnesty International Canada welcomes the efforts of the Canadian Medical Association to protect migrants and refugees, including children, within our...

First Nations take Site C fight to the United Nations

First Nations from the Peace River Valley are asking the United Nations’ top anti-racism body to help defend their Treaty...

Continued discrimination against First Nations children violates global anti-racism treaty

Federal government’s failure to comply with Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruling at issue next week during United Nations review Federal...

North Korea: Pastor Lim Hyeon-soo released after more than two years of imprisonment

Amnesty International welcomes the release of Lim Hyeon-soo to receive urgent medical treatment. The Canadian pastor and humanitarian worker has...

Review before UN anti-racism committee an opportunity for Canada to move from rhetoric to urgently needed action

Amnesty International is calling for concrete action to improve the situation of Indigenous peoples, migrants and refugees as Canada prepares...

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