There were concerns about governmental responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, Indigenous land defenders, climate change and past cases of forced and coerced sterilization of Indigenous women and girls.

Mamadou Konaté is a migrant worker from Ivory Coast who has lived in Canada for over six years who was at imminent risk of deportation on 5 October. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he worked in facilities accompanying vulnerable seniors. Following a decision by the Federal Court on 30 September,...

Mamadou Konaté is an immigrant worker from Ivory Coast who is at risk of deportation on 30 September. In 2021, global mobilization by Amnesty International stopped his deportation but the Canadian government has set a new date. Risking his life if returned to Ivory Coast, the Canadian government...

Wet’suwet’en land defenders in Canada are at risk of serious human rights violations as the construction of a pipeline is slated to begin in late August 2022. Hereditary chiefs oppose the liquified natural gas pipeline and have not given their consent to the project. Wet’suwet’en and other land...

Wet’suwet’en land defenders in Canada are at risk of serious human rights violations and could be arrested on their territory by Canadian Police. Hereditary chiefs oppose a liquified natural gas pipeline and have not given their consent to the project. Wet’suwet’en and other land defenders have...

Mamadou Konaté is an immigrant worker from Ivory Coast who has lived in Canada for six years who was at imminent risk of deportation on 19 November. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he worked in facilities accompanying vulnerable seniors. He contracted COVID-19 in the workplace. In 2020, the federal...

Mamadou Konaté, an immigrant worker from Ivory Coast who has lived in Canada for six years, is at imminent risk of deportation, which has been scheduled for 19 November. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he worked in facilities accompanying vulnerable seniors. He contracted COVID-19 in the workplace....

On 27 May, the remains of 215 Indigenous children were found on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia. Remains have also been found on the grounds of the former Brandon Indian Residential School in Manitoba, and it is expected that remains could be...

Azizi Mirmahaleh, a 60-year old woman from Iran, is currently in a detention centre in Laval, Québec, awaiting her scheduled deportation on 28 February. If deported to Iran, she would be at risk of serious human rights violations, including torture and ill-treatment.

US servicewoman and Iraq war resister, Kimberly Rivera, faces deportation from Canada to the USA by 20 September where she risks being court-martialled for desertion and jailed for between two to five years. If imprisoned, she would be a prisoner of conscience.

On 12 August the military commission trial of Omar Khadr was postponed for at least 30 days after his military lawyer collapsed in court. Amnesty International considers that this delay presents the US authorities with an opportunity to abandon this trial once and for all.

An Appeal Court judge has stayed an order requiring Canada to propose remedies for violations suffered by Omar Khadr, a Canadian citizen who has been in US custody for eight years. Unless the US authorities drop plans to try Omar Khadr before a military commission, he could face an unfair trial...

The Canadian Department of Justice has announced that it will appeal the Federal Court’s decision that ordered the Canadian government to propose remedies for violations of Omar Khadr’s rights. Omar Khadr faces unfair trial by military commission at Guantánamo beginning on 10 August.