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Canada must withdraw from Safe Third Country Agreement with the United States

Canada must exit the Safe Third Country Agreement because of the dire situation for migrants and refugees in the U.S....

Temporary Foreign Workers Report

‘Canada has destroyed me’: Amnesty report exposes systemic abuse of migrants in Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program....

International Women’s Day 2025 Canada

On March 8, people around the country will come together to celebrate International Women’s Day 2025 in Canada. It’s an...

Write for Rights features a powerful artistic piece by Wet’suwet’en artist, Satsi Naziel

Amnesty International Canada’s Write for Rights campaign is proud to feature Yinka Dini, a powerful piece by Satsi Naziel, an...

Amnesty International Canada welcomes change to New Brunswick’s Policy 713

New Brunswick has reversed part of Policy 713 that banned teachers from using trans kids' chosen names and pronouns without...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s notwithstanding clause threat ‘cruel and unnecessary’

Premier Danielle Smith has threatened to use the notwithstanding clause to deny Alberta youth access to gender-affirming health care....

Closing arguments heard in court case of Wet’suwet’en land defenders

The court case involves three land defenders criminalized for their efforts to protect the unceded territory of the Wet’suwet’en Nation....

Write for Rights 2024 targets Canada’s criminalization of Wet’suwet’en land defenders

It's only the second time that Amnesty International's Write for Rights global letter-writing campaign has featured a Canada-focused case....

Open Letter: Coalition of 100+ Organizations Urge Ontario to Declare Intimate Partner Violence an Epidemic

More than 100 civil society organizations and service providers in Ontario have signed an open letter to Premier Ford, calling...

16 Days of Activism: #NOEXCUSE UNiTE to End Gender-Based Violence

The #16Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence is a global campaign that raises awareness about the systemic nature of gender-based...

Canadian government’s decision to split Bill C-63 a ‘step in the right direction’

Amnesty International Canada welcomes the federal government’s plan to split Bill C-63, the Online Harms Act, into two separate pieces...

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