The intensification of Israel’s brutal military offensive in Gaza City since mid-August has unleashed a new catastrophic phase of mass forced displacement, forcing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians – many of whom have already been uprooted multiple times. amnesty.ca/human-rights...

The Matchstick, Amnesty Canada’s Arts & Human Rights magazine, is accepting submissions from youth under the age of 25 Deadline for submission is October 31st 2025. Visit: thematchstick.org/submissions for eligibility and submission guidelines Email [email protected] if you have questions.

Every year, the world’s largest human rights campaign takes place in Canada between November and February. Whether you write letters or host an event, your words have the power to change lives. Register to join Write for Rights now: amnesty.ca/write-for-rights/#register

States have a responsibility to guarantee the Global Sumud Flotilla’s safe passage. They must step up pressure to protect the flotilla and demand an end of Israel's genocide, and of its unlawful blockade once and for all.

Today marks National Day of Truth and Reconciliation in Canada On this day, all non-Indigenous people are called upon to witness and act upon this truth, without which there can be no reconciliation 🔗 amnesty.ca/national-truth-reconciliation-day #TruthAndReconciliation #NDTR #EveryChildMatters

Enough is enough. World leaders at the UN General Assembly must do better. Say no to oppression. Say yes to courage, truth, and justice. Be brave. Be bold. #Resist #HumanityMustWin

🎉Human rights win All 10 provinces in Canada have stopped holding people in federal immigration in their jails 🍁Ontario has become the last province in Canada to block the Canada Border Services Agency from using provincial jails to incarcerate migrants and asylum seekers on administrative grounds

Amnesty International Canada responds to David Lametti’s comments on CBC Radio about Israel’s Genocide in Gaza. amnesty.ca/human-rights...

Sign our petition today calling on Canada to treat all workers with dignity and allow them to freely choose and change their employers. bit.ly/4nKzUzm Learn more about the Days of Action: bit.ly/46leUtf

As calls to cancel or restrict Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program intensify, migrant workers & their allies are delivering a unified message to Parliamentarians: changes to TFWP & other migrant labour programs must be firmly grounded in human rights amnesty.ca/human-rights...

Amnesty reps are participating in a press conference calling for rights-based changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program. The press conference is part of this year's Days of Action for Migrant Workers' Rights. Watch here:: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoRh...

Migrant workers and civil society organizations are leading a press conference on Parliament Hill responding to the growing political calls to cancel or overhaul the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP). Watch the event live: www.cpac.ca/headline-pol...

All 10 provinces in Canada have stopped holding people in federal immigration in their jails. Ontario has become the last province to block the Canada Border Services Agency from using provincial jails to incarcerate migrants and asylum seekers on administrative grounds. amnesty.ca/features/imm...

There is no more time for excuses: as the evidence of Israel’s genocide continues to mount the international community cannot claim they didn’t know that the Israeli authorities and Israeli forces have committed and are continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

🚫 It is beyond time for states, public institutions, companies, universities and other private actors to end their lethal addiction to economic gains and profits at all costs 🔗: amnesty.ca/human-rights-news/confronting-the-global-political-economy-enabling-israels-genocide-occupation-and-apartheid

States, public institutions and companies the world over are enabling or profiting from Israel’s prolonged violations of international law.

It has been three years since the #WomanLifeFreedom uprising in Iran. Amnesty stands in solidarity with survivors, victims' families and all those still enduring the devastating consequences of the Iranian authorities brutal crackdown.

📙 You're Invited: Niigaan Sinclair joins Book Club! Join us for a live online event with Anishinaabe writer, editor and professor, Niigaan Sinclair, the son of the late Honourable Murray Sinclair. 📆 When: October 5, 2025: 7 PM EDT 🔗 Register here: bit.ly/46ngBoG

Migrant workers and allies are coming together for a symbolic action on Parliament Hill, as part of the Days of Action taking place across the country to call for an end to closed work permits. ✊ Breaking Free from Closed Work Permits: Symbolic Action on Parliament Hill 📅September 22 🕕 6:00 PM

What more needs to happen before Canada will recognize Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza? 🚫 Canada must end all arms sales to Israel and do everything in its power to protect Palestinians. Failing to act now risks complicity in an ongoing genocide Justice for Palestinians cannot wait.

Three years after Mahsa Amini's death in detention at the hands of the morality police, the government of Iran continues its brutal crackdown on anyone who dares question decades of oppression & inequality Call on Iran to stop the execution spree: bit.ly/42umnDF #Iran #MahsaAmini #womenlifefreedom

The UN Commission of Inquiry’s damning report provides further confirmation of what Amnesty and others have been concluding for months: that the Israeli authorities and Israeli forces have committed and are continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

Amnesty International Canada's Regina chapter hosts a summer social every year to bring together members. HUGE thanks to everyone who attended this year's event and a special shout out to our lovely event volunteers! You can find out more information about the chapter at amnestysaskatchewan.ca

Pakistan is running a huge unlawful surveillance and censorship system. Built with foreign tech and carried out without warrants and safeguards, this is enabling human rights abuses on a massive scale. amnesty.ca/human-rights...

Pakistan’s unlawful mass surveillance and censorship expansion is powered by a nexus of companies based in Germany, France, United Arab Emirates (UAE), China, Canada, and the United States. amnesty.ca/human-rights...

BCCLA is calling on folks to take action and pledge to stop politicians from using the notwithstanding clause to violate our rights!

The proposed bill on same-sex partnerships was flawed, but in rejecting it the Hong Kong authorities have shown an alarming disdain for LGBTI rights. It is a setback which shows just how far Hong Kong has to go before everyone in the city can enjoy equal rights.

Israel must immediately halt its escalating full-scale assault on Gaza City and plans to displace hundreds of thousands of its residents which will compound an already unbearable level of civilian suffering amnesty.ca/human-rights...

Israel must immediately rescind the mass displacement order issued by the military to the residents of Gaza City on 9 September as Israel escalates its assault on Gaza City

Protesters have a right to peacefully protest and express their frustration and outrage against corruption and the government’s restriction on the right to freedom of expression including the social media ban in Nepal.

Sabrina Carpenter used protest signs in her VMA performance to show her support for trans rights and we are here for it! 💃 Trans rights are human rights!

Immigration experts say Bill C-2 dramatically rolls back long-standing protections for refugees and migrants Julia Sande, a lawyer and human rights campaigner at Amnesty Canada, breaks down what exactly is being proposed in the Liberals’ sweeping new omnibus legislation. macleans.ca/politics/can...

After a disappointing first 100 days of Canada’s 45th Parliament, the federal government under Prime Minister Mark Carney must change course and reverse the declining state of human rights protection in Canada. amnesty.ca/human-rights...

A reminder.

Good news 🎉 After a long legal fight, a stretch of Lake Huron beach has been returned to Saugeen First Nation, recognizing treaty rights dating back to 1854.

📽 Join us for an evening screening of Yintah, a powerful documentary that follows Wet’suwet’en land defenders as they stand against pipeline expansion on their territory. 📅 September 24 🕕 6:00 PM 📍 Amnesty Office — 1992 Yonge Street, Toronto Details: amnesty.ca/event/yintah-film-screening-toronto

📽 We’re hosting a FREE screening of My Friend Omar in Ottawa. 🗓️ Wednesday, September 17th 🕡 Doors open at 6:00 PM | Screening starts at 6:30 PM. ➤ Amnesty Ottawa Offices, 312 Laurier Avenue East Event Details at: amnesty.ca/event/my-friend-omar-film-screening-september-17-2025/

📢 Amnesty International expresses its deepest condolences to the families who have lost loved ones in the devastating earthquake. In times of crisis like this, it is vital that human rights protections are at the heart of the response.

The Global Sumud Flotilla is a powerful & inspiring act of solidarity with Palestinians who are struggling to survive under Israel’s cruel & unlawful blockade Israel has an obligation to ensure civilians in #Gaza have access to food, medicine & other supplies indispensable to their survival

🚨 The Israeli military’s extensive and deliberate destruction of civilian property and agricultural land across southern Lebanon must be investigated as war crimes. 🔗 amnesty.ca/human-rights-news/lebanon-israeli-militarys-deliberate-destruction-must-be-investigated-as-war-crimes

Spark is Amnesty International Canada’s monthly guide to activism and human rights in Canada. From online petitions to events and important days of action, Spark is your resource for igniting change in your classroom or community, across Canada and around the world. amnesty.ca/spark-newsle...

“They said we would die” @amnesty.org new briefing exposes grave abuses in North & South Kivu, DRC. Gang rapes, summary executions, torture & attacks on health facilities by #M23, Wazalendo & the Congolese army (FARDC). Many may amount to war crimes. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

Our new briefing exposes serious abuses committed by the Rwandan-backed M23 & DRC-backed Wazalendo forces in eastern Congo Rwanda & the DRC cannot continue shunning responsibility; they must hold all perpetrators accountable amnesty.ca/human-rights...

The U.S.’s relentless assault on the ICC’s mandate not only seeks to undermine decades of hard work to bring perpetrators of the world’s worst crimes to justice, it also empowers war criminals and fails victims globally. amnesty.ca/human-rights...

🍉 With every hour that passes without decisive international action, more Palestinian lives are lost, and #Gaza City edges closer to complete annihilation. 🔗 Call on the international community to stop Israel’s genocide against Palestinians. takeaction.amnesty.ca/page/173139/petition/1

The US authorities are using automated artificial intelligence (AI)-powered surveillance tools made by Palantir and Babel Street to deliberately target non-US citizens and pose risks to those who speak out for Palestinian rights. amnesty.ca/human-rights...

Our new briefing exposes serious abuses committed by the Rwandan-backed M23 & DRC-backed Wazalendo forces in eastern Congo Rwanda & the DRC cannot continue shunning responsibility; they must hold all perpetrators accountable amnesty.ca/human-rights-news/warring-factions-eastern-drc-horrific-abuses

A reminder on World Humanitarian Day.

Urgent action must be taken to protect those most vulnerable to systemic human rights abuses in Afghanistan. 🔗 amnesty.ca/human-rights-news/afghanistan-four-years-of-injustice-and-impunity

The Taliban de-facto authorities must immediately put an end to the arbitrary and unfair delivery of justice by reinstating a formal constitutional and legal framework and the rule of law in accordance with Afghanistan’s international human rights obligations