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Syria: Ammar Khatib
Ammar Khatib was scheduled to be forcibly returned to Syria by Canadian authorities on November 15, 2004. Although this removal has been postponed, Amnesty International believes that, were it to take place in the future, he would be at grave risk of incommunicado detention, torture and other serious human rights violations in Syria.

Syria: Arwad Al-Boushi
Amnesty International has recently learned that Syrian-born Canadian national Arwad Muhammad ‘Izzat Al-Boushi (spelling corrected) received a grossly unfair trial in July 2003 at which he was apparently sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment. He was reportedly tortured during the 12 months he was detained awaiting trial. Amnesty International believes he may be a prisoner of conscience, held solely for the non-violent expression of his political beliefs.

Stolen Sisters
On November 12, 1971, 19-year-old Helen Betty Osborne was abducted by four white men in the town of The Pas, Manitoba and then sexually assaulted and brutally killed. More than three decades later, on March 25, 2003, her 16-year-old cousin Felicia Solomon disappeared on her way home from school in Winnipeg. Her body parts were found that summer. "When will the Canadian government finally recognize the real dangers faced by Indigenous women?" says family spokesperson Darlene Osborne "Families like mine all over Canada are wondering how many more sisters and daughters we have to lose before real government action is taken."
Amnesty International has launched a campaign to stop violence against Indigenous women in Canadian cities. ACT NOW

Indigenous Peoples of Canada: Calling for Justice
On January 28, 2000, two Saskatoon police officers picked up Darrell Night, a 34 year old Indigenous man, and drove him to the outskirts of town where they abandoned him. TAKE ACTION

The Rights of the Lubicon Cree
Over the last quarter century, the Lubicon Cree have seen the land on which they depend transformed by logging and large-scale oil and gas extraction to which they've never consented. TAKE ACTION

Refugees and Immigrants
Amnesty International is concerned that a recent decision giving the Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness responsibility for all immigration enforcement in Canada will have serious repercussions for how refugees and immigrants are treated and perceived. Take action