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Red Dress Day 2025, held every May 5th, is a National Day of remembrance and activism honouring the lives of...
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Iran: Urgent global action needed to halt imminent execution of Kurdish humanitarian worker Pakhshan Azizi

Responding to reports that Iran’s Supreme Court rejected the request for judicial review of the conviction and death sentence of...

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Myanmar: Four years after coup, world must demand accountability for atrocity crimes

The international community must take urgent action to ensure accountability for atrocities in Myanmar, 46 organizations said today ahead of...

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Temporary Foreign Workers Report

‘Canada has destroyed me’: Amnesty report exposes systemic abuse of migrants in Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program....
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Amnesty’s human rights wins of 2024

This year people around the world continued to prove that change is possible. From changing laws to ensuring justice prevails,...
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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....
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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...

Iran: Kurdish activist faces execution after unfair trials

Verisheh Moradi, a member of Iran’s Kurdish minority, faces the death penalty after a deeply unfair trial in Tehran’s Revolutionary...

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Amnesty International Canada attends the UN CEDAW Committee’s 89th Session

(October 14, 2024) Amnesty International and a coalition of Indigenous-led and civil society organizations attended the 89th Session of the...

The Candle: Updates from around the world – Fall 2024

DONATE Back to The Candle The Candle: Updates from around the world IOPT VENEZUELA UKRAINE IRAN SUDAN EGYPT Thank you...

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Iran: Two years after ‘Woman Life Freedom’ uprising, impunity for crimes reigns supreme

People in Iran continue to endure the devastating consequences of the authorities’ brutal crackdown on the “Woman Life Freedom" uprising....
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