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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....

Zimbabwe: Historic moment as President signs into law a bill to abolish death penalty for ordinary circumstances  

Reacting to news that Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has signed the Death Penalty Abolition Bill into law today, Amnesty International Zimbabwe’s...

Syria: Preserve Evidence of Mass Atrocities

Urgent Need to Document Assad Government’s Abuses The transitional Syrian authorities should urgently take steps to secure and preserve evidence...

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...

Use of inherently inaccurate weapons to launch unlawful Hezbollah attacks in Israel violates international law

Crimes under international law Over the last three months, Amnesty International has investigated crimes under international law committed in the...

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....

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....

Amnesty International investigation concludes Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza

Amnesty International investigation concludes Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza Read full report Share: ‘You Feel Like You...

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...

Amnesty International Canada announces 2023/24 Media Awards winners

The Amnesty International Canada Media Awards honour reporting by Canada-based journalists and Canadian journalists reporting abroad....
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