During the week of September 22, people across Canada are coming together to demand change. We believe that all workers, regardless of where they come from, should be treated with dignity and have ...

On July 28, activist Serrote José de Oliveira was shot in the leg by armed men believed to be linked to Angola’s Criminal Investigation Services (SIC) while livestreaming the first day of a strike in ...

On July 17, Robert Lugya Kayingo, a Ugandan-South African lawyer and President of the Ugandan Federal Alliance, an opposition political party, was arrested by security agents at Entebbe Airport ...

Ahmad Aabo, a Syrian asylum seeker who has lived in Türkiye since 2012, lost his temporary protection status in 2023 after being diagnosed with HIV.

Mzia Amaghlobeli, a well-known journalist in Georgia, is at serious risk of losing her eyesight because prison authorities are denying her proper medical care. She has a degenerative eye condition, ...

Here’s what you can do: Write to the Iranian Minister of Interior urging the authorities to: Immediately stop the mass expulsion of Afghans and ensure all Afghans in Iran are protected from forced ...

Here’s what you can do: Write to the Prosecutor General of Mozambique urging the authorities to: Ensure a prompt, independent, and impartial investigation into the suspected poisoning of Selma ...

Amnesty International is a human rights organization and global movement of more than 10 million people in over 150 countries and territories who campaign for human rights. We are independent of any ...

Amnesty International Canada is reviewing the Supreme Court of Canada’s July 24 decision in a constitutional challenge to aspects of Canada’s restrictive sex work laws. As an intervenor in R. v ...

On July 13, 2025, Saudi human rights defender and prisoner of conscience Abdulaziz al-Shubaily was conditionally released after serving an eight-year prison sentence. He is now subject to an ...

Journalists and media organizations have until August 17, 2025 to nominate their best work for the Amnesty International Canada Media Awards.

The International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is observed every year on August 9 in Canada to commemorate the first meeting of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations held in 1982.