Opening remarks by Alex Neve, Secretary General Amnesty International Canada (English branch)
Voices-Voix Strategizing Meeting, Ottawa, April 21, 2010
We’ve all come together today – in impressive numbers and from a remarkable array of sectors and backgrounds …

For immediate release
(Ottawa, December 3, 2009) The majority of the House of Commons has just voted in favour of compensation and a formal apology for three Canadian Muslim men who were detained and tortured overseas.
The …

November 27, 2009
Greetings everyone,
You will find below a letter from ICLMG addressed to Prime Minister Stephen Harper calling for the establishment of a Public Inquiry into the case of Afghan detainees transferred by Canada to …

By Jane Taber
The word “cover-up” is just on the tip of Alex Neve’s tongue. But in a morning press conference, Amnesty International’s Canadian chief wouldn’t go as far to characterize the Afghan detainee situation as …

By Enzo Di Matteo
What is it about Canada and torture?
Revelations this week by a high-ranking diplomat that Canadian troops handed prisoners over to Afghan authorities to be tortured has come as a shock to the …

From Amnesty International
MILAN, ITALY – The convictions of US and Italian intelligence agents for their involvement in the abduction of Usama Mostafa Hassan Nasr (better known as Abu Omar) mark a step toward accountability for …

By Faisal Kutty
Executions, torture, arbitrary detention, unfair political trials and destruction of property are among the offences catalogued in a 92-page report released in April by Amnesty International.
Most of the findings can be corroborated by …