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Amnesty International Canada announces 2022/2023 Media Awards winners

Amnesty International Canada will hand out the honours on October 19 at the organization’s first in-person Media Awards ceremony since...

Canada: Search the landfills and return Indigenous women’s remains home

Manitoba's refusal to search for the remains of three murdered Indigenous women is ‘indefensible,’ Amnesty International Canada says....

Amnesty International Canada announces new nominations deadline, venue for 2023 Media Awards

The 2023 Amnesty International Canada Media Awards will be held on October 19 at the Gardiner Museum in Toronto....

Canada fails to respond to Wet’suwet’en Nation’s claims in hearing at Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

Canada’s response shows an “embarrassing disrespect” towards the rights and experiences of Indigenous Peoples, the Wet’suwet’en Nation said....

MEDIA ADVISORY: Wet’suwet’en Nation hearing at Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

Wet’suwet’en leaders will highlight the unjust criminalization of land defenders opposing the building of the CGL pipeline on their territory....

Extension of B.C, Alberta immigration detention contracts ‘appalling and unnecessary’

Amnesty International Canada condemns the temporary extension of immigration detention in British Columbia and Alberta jails....

Open letter: Civil society groups decry inadequate consultation on Bill C-20

Bill C-20 proposes an oversight body for the Canada Border Services Agency and changes to how complaints about the RCMP...

Supreme Court decision on Safe Third Country Agreement ultimately fails refugees

The Supreme Court of Canada's decision today on the Safe Third Country Agreement misses the mark on refugee rights, but...

Uganda: President’s approval of anti-LGBTI Bill is a grave assault on human rights

Responding to the news that President Yoweri Museveni assented to Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2023, which criminalizes same-sex sexual acts between...

Uganda: President’s failure to veto anti-LGBTI Bill an ‘abhorrent’ violation of LGBTI rights

Responding to the news that Uganda’s Parliament has passed the Anti-Homosexuality Bill after President Yoweri Museveni sent it back to...

Sri Lanka: Authorities must exercise restraint in use of force and facilitate the right to peaceful assembly

Responding to the news that one protestor had been killed and dozens injured as a result of the unlawful use...

Victims’ rights in Ukraine must be central

The international community must develop a robust plan to support victims’ rights in Ukraine. The international community must develop a...

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