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Write for Rights: Nassima & Germain are free!

We have more exciting news to share about some of the courageous people you supported during our global Write for Rights...

Defending Water, Defending Land

The climate crisis is becoming ever more urgent. It is nothing less than a global emergency and the greatest human...

Colombia: Amnesty International publishes a ‘letter from the world’ demanding protection for defender Jani Silva

Today, on Earth Day, Amnesty International launched its “A Letter from the World” campaign to demand that Colombian authorities immediately...

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Youth Programs

Youth have always been at the frontlines of human rights movements. Join us, get active, and make a difference!...

NYAAC Members Reflect on Write for Rights 2020 Cases

Members of Amnesty Canada’s National Youth Action and Advisory Committee (NYAAC) share their thoughts on the cases from Write for...

Write for Rights: Meet the people inspiring calls for justice around the world

Every year, on or around December 10th, International Human Rights Day, people from across Canada and around the world write...

We have come far and have far to go still 

35 years ago, on a wintry evening in early 1985, I attended my first Amnesty International meeting. I had just...

Hong Kong’s national security law: 10 things you need to know

On 30 June, China’s top legislature unanimously passed a new national security law for Hong Kong that entered into force...

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Corporate Accountability & Climate Justice

Corporate Accountability & Climate Justice Multinational companies play a major role in the climate crisis, the greatest human rights challenge...

CAUTION: Activists at work!

If there is one thing that COVID-19 has taught us, it is the power of ingenuity in the face of...

Voices for Human Rights: Shantel Watson, National Organizer

Following my experience in high school as a member of a human rights initiative created to raise awareness about Missing...

Voices for Human Rights: Navjot Jassar, National Youth Organizer

In my life I have always been driven by a strong desire to seek out justice that governments and institutions...

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