Nominations now open for 2023-2024 Amnesty International Canada Media Awards
June 28, 2024 09:15 ET
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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...
Canada’s largest free book club announces summer speaker series featuring literary stars Omar El Akkad, R.F. Kuang
June 06, 2024 09:30 ET
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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...
Canada: Amnesty International report tracks years-long campaign of criminalization, unlawful surveillance against Wet’suwet’en land defenders
December 11, 2023 08:00 ET
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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...
Canadian landmarks light up, Amnesty International supporters write thousands of letters in celebration of Human Rights Day on Dec. 10
December 08, 2023 07:15 ET
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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...
Amnesty International Canada announces 2022/2023 Media Awards winners
September 28, 2023 10:30 ET
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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...
Amnesty International Canada calls for nominations for 2022-2023 Media Awards
June 01, 2023 09:30 ET
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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...
Amnesty International’s Annual Report denounces Canada’s record on Indigenous People’s rights, climate justice
March 28, 2023 07:00 ET
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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...
Amnesty International Canada announces winners of 2021-2022 Media Awards
September 14, 2022 11:32 ET
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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...
Canada: British Columbia to End Immigration Detention in Jails
July 21, 2022 15:33 ET
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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...
Amnesty International supports the Black Class Action’s pursuit of justice for Black employees
March 03, 2022 09:00 ET
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Amnesty International Canada (English)
Ottawa ON, March 03, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Amnesty International announced its support to the Black Class Action’s landmark pursuit of justice for current and former Black members of the...