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GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - NOVEMBER 25: Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar (2nd, L) joins people as they take part in a St Andrew's Day anti-racism and anti-fascism rally on November 25, 2023 in Glasgow, Scotland. Trade unions and community activists march together to protest against the Far Right in Scotland and their attempts to capitalise on what they see as the UK Government's unwelcome approach to asylum and anti-refugee rhetoric. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Years of Advocacy by Rights Holders and Task Force’s Review Leads to Important Changes to Employment Equity Act

December 15, 2023 – This week, the Hon. Seamus O’Regan Jr., Minister of Labour, announced the government’s commitment to make...

Chief Na'Moks overlooks CGL Pipeline construction road cutting through Wet'suwet'en Territory

Amnesty report tracks years-long campaign of criminalization, unlawful surveillance against Wet’suwet’en land defenders

A new report traces years-long campaign of violence, harassment, discrimination, and dispossession against Indigenous land defenders in Canada....

Kanahus Manuel: “Canada must end violence against Indigenous women and 2SLGBTQQIA+ land and water defenders”

Kanahus Manuel is a land and water defender, tattoo artist and traditional birth keeper belonging to the Secwepemc and Ktunaxa...

The Hidden Figures of #DropKiwiFarms

Liz Fong-Jones is a developer advocate, labor and ethics organizer, and Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) with 18+ years of experience....

A man wearing a blue suit jacket and a red tie speaks into a microphone while seated while two women beside him look on

Canada extols its human rights record at United Nations while criminalizing Indigenous land defenders at home

A delegation from Amnesty International Canada attended Canada’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the United Nations in Geneva on Friday....
Canada: support an immediate ceasefire by all parties in the occupied Gaza Strip and Israel KHAN YUNIS, GAZA - OCTOBER 19: Palestinian emergency services and local citizens search for victims in buildings destroyed during Israeli air raids in the southern Gaza Strip on October 19, 2023 in Khan Yunis, Gaza. Gazans are evacuating to the south as advised by the Israeli government, ahead of an expected Israeli ground offensive (Photo by Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images).

Call on Canada to work towards an immediate ceasefire by all parties in the occupied Gaza Strip and Israel

We are witnessing horror unfolding on an unimaginable scale in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Write to the Prime...

A sign that reads "Do Not Enter" located on the side of a dirt road near a riverbank.

Canada: Charges must be dropped against Wet’suwet’en land defenders, their supporters

Amnesty International calls on British Columbia to drop the charges facing Wet'suwet'en land defenders after a series of brazen RCMP...

Canada: Drop charges against land defenders

The Indigenous Wet’suwet’en Nation is protecting its ancestral lands and waterways against the construction of a gas pipeline. Wet’suwet’en land...

Ontario ruling on sex work law endangers workers’ rights: Amnesty International Canada

Responding to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice’s dismissal of a constitutional challenge against Canada’s criminal laws forbidding sex work,...

A young woman stands at a microphone wearing a red dress and a red handprint painted on her face while holding a sing that reads #HeartlessHeather #SearchTheLandfills

Take Action on September 18: International Day of Action to #SearchtheLandfills

International Day of Action: September 18 2023   September 18 is the International Day of Action to Search the Landfills. This...

#WelcomeToCanada: Celebrate human rights victories to end immigration detention

In August, Nova Scotia became the first province to end immigration detention in its provincial jails. In the coming months,...

Four workers in an agricultural field pick produce and carry boxes on a bright day.

Canada Foreign-Worker Programs a ‘Breeding Ground’ for Contemporary Forms of Slavery: UN Special Rapporteur

Canada must act to protect people in its temporary foreign-worker programs, the UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery...
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