New report documents government failure to protect rights and calls for rigorous protections for Indigenous women and girls in all development decisions in Canada Decades of unchecked resource development and government policy failures have strained the social fabric of communities in northeast...

A massive hydro-electric dam now under construction in the Canadian province of British Columbia violates Canada’s commitments to uphold the human rights of Indigenous peoples, says a new brief by Amnesty International. The release of the brief on the International Day of the World’s Indigenous...

China, Germany, UK top index measuring public acceptance of refugees; Russia bottom Globally, 1 in 10 would let refugees stay in their home, 3 in 10 in their neighbourhood Call on World Humanitarian Summit to back “Global Compact” for helping refugees The vast majority of people (80%) would welcome...

The US military’s repatriation of detainee Omar Khadr from the Guantánamo Bay naval base to his native Canada is a small step towards ending the decade-long human rights vacuum at the US-run detention centre, Amnesty International said. Following his transfer to Canada on Saturday, the 26-year-old...

Unprecedented police powers granted by a new law in the Canadian province of Quebec violate freedoms of speech, assembly and movement in breach of Canada’s international obligations, Amnesty International said.  What began as protests led by student groups in Quebec over a proposed hike in tuition...

Amnesty International today urged governments in the Americas to stop prioritizing development projects at the expense of Indigenous Peoples’ rights.The call came ahead of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People on 9 August. “The ongoing human rights violations against tens of...

Amnesty International today called on the US authorities to address any human rights violations committed against Canadian national Omar Khadr, in spite of him pleading guilty to the charges against him at a military commission at the Guantánamo Bay detention centre. This morning, Omar Khadr...

Gender discrimination, sexual violence and poverty are undermining global progress in tackling HIV/Aids, Amnesty International said on World Aids Day.   Women are at greater risk of HIV infection and HIV has a particularly devastating impact on women and their families. Unless these gender...

Amnesty International’s Secretary General has called on the G-20 grouping that brings together the world’s leading economies to lead by example and show real commitment to human rights. “To be truly global leaders, the G-20 must subscribe to global values and confront their own tarnished records...

The fifth Summit of the Americas has failed to recognize that human rights must be placed at the centre of efforts to confront the many fundamental challenges facing the region. Governments from every country in the Americas, except for Cuba, took part in the four-yearly meeting held in Port of...

An Amnesty International delegation has arrived in Trinidad and Tobago to take part in the Summit of the Americas. At the four-yearly meeting 34 heads of state and government will discuss some of the key challenges facing the Americas region. The summit – the fifth such regional encounter bringing...

US President-elect Barack Obama is being urged to back up his pledge to close the detention facility at Guantánamo Bay by calling a halt to the military commission trial scheduled to begin there six days after his inauguration. Amnesty International and other human rights groups are calling on the...