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BC Government Continues to Play Russian Roulette with Citizens’ Future on 3rd Anniversary of Largest Mine Disaster in Canadian History

Three years after Canada’s largest mine waste disaster, communities in the Cariboo-Central Interior of British Columbia learned that the Province...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL WELCOMES BC GOVERNMENT COMMITMENT THAT FINAL DECISION ON SITE C DAM WILL CONSIDER IMPACTS ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

Yesterday, the newly elected government of British Columbia sent the Site C dam to the provincial utilities commission for a...

Court victory in Inuit rights case a wake-up call for urgently needed overhaul of how government makes decisions on resource development in Canada

Amnesty International is standing with the Inuit people of Clyde River in celebrating a Supreme Court ruling that represents a...

New threats to Fish Lake highlight profound flaws in BC mining regime

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

Threat of unnecessary destruction of Peace River Valley farms a clear violation of Canada’s international human rights commitments

Amnesty International is deeply concerned that farm families in northeast British Columbia face the imminent threat of destruction of their...

Amnesty International welcomes official announcement from Canadian government about compensation and apology for Omar Khadr

Amnesty International welcomed the official announcement today from Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale and Minister of Justice Jody Wilson-Raybould that...

Legal challenge of Safe Third Country Agreement launched

The Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR), Amnesty International (AI) and the Canadian Council of Churches announced today that they are...

Redress for Omar Khadr is welcome and long overdue

Amnesty International welcomes the news that the Canadian government has apologized to Omar Khadr and compensated him for Canada’s role...

Supreme Court of Canada denies appeal of First Nations challenge to Site C dam

Amnesty International is deeply concerned by the announcement that the Supreme Court of Canada will not consider a further appeal...

Safe Third Country Agreement must be suspended, say Canadian Council for Refugees and Amnesty International in comprehensive brief to Canadian government

Amnesty International (AI) and the Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR) released a brief today calling for Canada to suspend the...

National Security Reforms a Mix of Promise and Disappointment

Extensive national security reforms announced by the federal government today, in tabling Bill C-59, the National Security Act, 2017, represent...

Canada: Human rights protections extended to trans people

The Trans Equality Canada Coalition, a loose coalition of human rights groups and individual activists advocating in support of Bill...

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