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Register for Amnesty’s Annual General Meeting

Toronto Solidarity Protest against Uganda’s ‘Anti-Homosexuality Bill’ March 2023. Photo by: Brayo Bryans v

Anti-2SLGBTQIA+ Hate in Canada Must End

An earlier version of this article erroneously reported Norfolk County voted to exclude pride and other non-civic flags from being...

Solidarity with Women Human Rights Defenders in Exile in Canada

Who are Women Human Rights Defenders? Women human rights defenders (WHRDs) is an inclusive term used to represent the struggle...

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Fight Back Against the Safe Third Country Agreement Expansion

The Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA) puts refugees at risk, which is why Amnesty and our partners have been fighting...

Respect Indigenous rights on Wet’suwet’en territory

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Air Canada must publicly apologize for racist treatment of Amnesty International Canada’s Secretary General

On Thursday 30 March, Air Canada staff denied Ketty Nivyabandi, the Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada’s English-speaking section, permission...

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Canada: RCMP raid of Wet’suwet’en territory a ‘flagrant attack’ on Indigenous rights

The RCMP’s March 29 raid is the latest act in a “campaign of violence, intimidation and dispossession,” Amnesty International says....
A woman wearing a white t-shirt and red pants holds a feather while she participates in a march for Indigenous rights on a street in downtown Toronto.

Amnesty International’s 2022/23 Annual Report denounces Canada’s record on Indigenous People’s rights, climate justice

Amnesty International's 2022/23 Annual Report highlights how Canada unfairly criminalizes Indigenous defenders for protecting their lands....
Two hands hold up a sign that reads, "Abolish Immigration Detention in Provincial Jails Now."

Canada: Jail deaths underscore lethal nature of immigration detention

Ending immigration detention in provincial jails was a key recommendation of the jury in the inquest into the 2015 death...

Save the Date(s): International Women’s Day

International Women’s Day is March 8th – here are some of the events taking place!  If your Amnesty chapter or...

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‘Rights Back At You’ Podcast is Here!

Just in time for Black History Month – Amnesty Canada’s Rights Back At You podcast has arrived. We’ve chosen to...

A group of protesters on the sidewalk hold up a banner stating "Hands Of Wet'suwet'en" and featuring a red hand print in the middle of the text.

Criminalization of Wet’suwet’en land defenders 

Background As we begin yet another year, the Wet’suwet’en land defenders are still under continued surveillance and criminalization by the...

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