Earth Day 2024 will be celebrated on April 22. It’s a day to support protecting our beautiful blue planet and all its life. Amid the urgency of the climate crisis, it’s clear that action is needed every day to protect the environment on which our shared future depends. It’s a matter of...

The 2023 Human Rights Agenda lays out Amnesty's calls to action for parties and politicians vying for power in Canada’s next federal election.

Canada has a long history of harm and human rights abuses against Indigenous land and water defenders who are opposing colonial expropriation and protecting their lands and waters from extractive and resource development industry projects.  Indigenous women, Two Spirit and gender diverse...

On March 8, people around the country will come together to celebrate International Women’s Day 2024 in Canada. It’s a global day organized annually that recognizes and celebrates women’s social, economic, cultural, and political achievements. But International Women’s Day is more...

The land defenders have been arbitrarily prosecuted for protecting the rights of the Wet'suwet'en Nation, Amnesty International says.

Background Amnesty International’s new research report, “Removed from our land for defending it: Criminalization, Intimidation and Harassment of Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders”, was launched on December 11, 2023. The research is a years long collaborative project between...

A new report traces years-long campaign of violence, harassment, discrimination, and dispossession against Indigenous land defenders in Canada.

By Graciela Martinez, Americas Regional Campaigner, Amnesty International This piece was originally published in Spanish in Open Democracy The Americas is the world’s deadliest region for those defending land, territory and the environment. As companies and authorities continue to destroy...

Amnesty International has released a new report in the lead-up to COP28 about threats facing environment and land defenders in the Americas.

A delegation from Amnesty International Canada attended Canada’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the United Nations in Geneva on Friday.

Are you a teacher or educator looking for resources to share Write for Rights with your students? We’ve prepared some helpful lesson plans and other educational materials below. Feel free to reach out to us at writeathon@amnesty.ca for any additional resources or support. We have posters,...

Amnesty International Canada will present to the Universal Periodic Review about the poor state of Canada’s relations with Indigenous Peoples.