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Amnesty International Canada announces 2023/24 Media Awards winners
14. November 2024 10:00 ET | Amnesty International Canada (English)
Ottawa, Ont., Nov. 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Amnesty International Canada is delighted to announce the winners of its 29th annual Media Awards, which honour excellence in human rights reporting...
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Nominations now open for 2023-2024 Amnesty International Canada Media Awards
28. Juni 2024 09:15 ET | Amnesty International Canada (English)
Ottawa, ON, June 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nominations are now open for Amnesty International Canada’s 2023-2024 Media Awards. First held in 1996, the Amnesty International Canada Media Awards...
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Canada’s largest free book club announces summer speaker series featuring literary stars Omar El Akkad, R.F. Kuang
06. Juni 2024 09:30 ET | Amnesty International Canada (English)
Ottawa, ON, June 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Two award-winning fiction authors will shine new light on some of the most pressing human rights issues of our time as part of the Amnesty International...
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Canada: Amnesty International report tracks years-long campaign of criminalization, unlawful surveillance against Wet’suwet’en land defenders
11. Dezember 2023 08:00 ET | Amnesty International Canada (English)
Ottawa, Ont., Canada, Dec. 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A new report by Amnesty International traces the years-long campaign of violence, harassment, discrimination, and dispossession against...
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Canadian landmarks light up, Amnesty International supporters write thousands of letters in celebration of Human Rights Day on Dec. 10
08. Dezember 2023 07:15 ET | Amnesty International Canada (English)
Ottawa, Ont., Dec. 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This weekend, thousands of human rights supporters across Canada will write letters – and some of the country’s most recognizable landmarks will be...
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Amnesty International Canada announces 2022/2023 Media Awards winners
28. September 2023 10:30 ET | Amnesty International Canada (English)
Ottawa, ON, Sept. 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Amnesty International Canada is thrilled to announce the winners of its 28th annual Media Awards, a celebration of the best human rights reporting by...
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Amnesty International Canada calls for nominations for 2022-2023 Media Awards
01. Juni 2023 09:30 ET | Amnesty International Canada (English)
Ottawa, ON, June 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nominations for Amnesty International Canada’s 28th annual Media Awards are now open. The Media Awards — which will be handed out in person for the...
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Amnesty International’s Annual Report denounces Canada’s record on Indigenous People’s rights, climate justice
28. März 2023 07:00 ET | Amnesty International Canada (English)
Ottawa, ON, March 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In its flagship yearly analysis on the state of human rights around the world, Amnesty International raises serious and urgent concerns about...
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Amnesty International Canada announces winners of 2021-2022 Media Awards
14. September 2022 11:32 ET | Amnesty International Canada (English)
Ottawa, Ontario, Sept. 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Journalists shining a light on environmental racism, the horrifying legacies of residential schools, and gaps in government oversight of Canadian...
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Canada: British Columbia to End Immigration Detention in Jails
21. Juli 2022 15:33 ET | Amnesty International Canada (English)
British Columbia, July 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a historic move, British Columbia’s Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General, Mike Farnworth, announced today that the province will...