Amnesty report tracks years-long campaign of criminalization and unlawful surveillance against Wet’suwet’en land defenders The pipeline has already caused environmental destruction and cut the Wet’suwet’en people off from their ancestral territory. Land defenders who take action to protect...

Kyrgyzstan: Rita Karasartova released from prison following Amnesty’s Urgent Action https://amnesty.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/294144.mp4 If we have a dream, then fears can be overcome. Rita Those are the words of Rita Karasartova, a peaceful human rights defender and expert in civic...

Good News YEMEN AFGHANISTAN IRAN CONGO YEMEN On 16 April 2023, Yemeni journalists Akram al-Walidi, Abdelkhaleq Amran, Hareth Hamid, and Tawfiq al‑Mansouri were released as part of a prisoner exchange after being detained by the Huthi de facto authorities for more than seven years. Arrested in...

Regina Group of Amnesty International Activist Volunteers Celebrate 40th Anniversary Gord Barnes and Crystal Giesbrecht are AI Canada Grassroots Activist Leaders, and are two of the 15 members who meet monthly to advance human rights in Regina and everywhere! The informal group became Amnesty...

A Lasting Impact: A tribute to Frank Flaman On 9 October 2023, Amnesty International lost a dedicated supporter, Frank Flaman. He was an accomplished businessman and a great philanthropist.  Frank started the Flaman Group of Companies in 1959. It evolved into a thriving enterprise and in 2005,...