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Budget proposes changes that could see high-risk immigrants detained in federal prisons
Asylum seekers line up to enter Olympic Stadium Friday, August 4, 2017 near Montreal, Quebec. A program that covers health costs for refugees and asylum seekers in Canada is getting a funding boost of $283 million over the next two years, thanks to a cash infusion into Canada's immigration system in Budget 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
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EU lawmakers approve overhaul of migration law, hoping to deprive the far right of votes
Members of European Parliament participate in a series of votes as they attend a plenary session at the European Parliament in Brussels, Wednesday, April 10, 2024. Lawmakers are voting Wednesday on a major revamp of the European Union's migration laws aiming to end years of division over how to manage the entry of thousands of people without authorization and deprive the far-right of a vote-winning campaign issue ahead of June elections. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
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In blow to Spain’s PM, parliament rejects amnesty bill for Catalan separatists
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and First Deputy Prime Minister Maria Jesus Montero attend a debate on the legislative proposal to grant amnesty to those involved in Catalonia's failed independence bid in 2017, in Madrid, Spain January 30, 2024. REUTERS/Ana Beltran
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EU migration and asylum pact has been reached, making deportations easier, increasing border control
FILE PHOTO: European Union flags fly outside the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium November 8, 2023. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo
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Police violated protesters’ rights in Wet’suwet’en pipeline blockades, Amnesty says
Supporters of the Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs and who oppose the Costal GasLink pipeline, work on a support camp just outside of Gidimt'en checkpoint near Houston B.C., on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020. A report by Amnesty International says police in British Columbia conducted arbitrary arrests and "aggressive surveillance, harassment and intimidation" of First Nations protesters blocking a pipeline project. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
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Israeli attack that killed Reuters journalist, wounded others must be investigated as a war crime, Amnesty International says
Dylan Collins, Agence France-Presse (AFP) video coordinator for Lebanon and Syria, Aya Majzoub, Amnesty International's Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Ramzi Kaiss, Lebanon researcher at Human Rights Watch and Al Jazeera reporter Carmen Joukhadar attend a press conference by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch as they released findings from their investigations into the deadly October 13 strikes by Israel on southern Lebanon, in Beirut, Lebanon, December 7, 2023. REUTERS/Emilie Madi
opinion
Ottawa keeps firing blanks on gun buybacks
The Editorial Board
politics
Liberals extend amnesty order for ‘assault-style’ firearms until after next election
world
No agreement yet with Azerbaijan on security guarantees or amnesty, Karabakh Armenians say
A view shows the Armenian border guard post next to the Azerbaijani border guard post on the road leading from Armenia to Azerbaijan's Nagorno-Karabakh region, as seen from the outskirts of the village of Tegh, Armenia September 21, 2023. REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze
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Researchers find Israeli-made spyware deployed across Armenia
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Israeli cyber firm NSO Group is seen at one of its branches in the Arava Desert, southern Israel July 22, 2021. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
opinion
Turkey’s reconstruction will depend on rebuilding its democracy
Daron Acemoglu and Cihat Tokgoz
opinion
In Turkey’s devastating earthquake, it’s the poor paying the price again
Adnan R. Khan
world
Former government minister, writer among prisoners granted amnesty to mark Myanmar’s independence day
Htin Lin Oo, center, a writer and former information officer of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party, stands with his colleagues after he was released from Insein Prison, in Yangon, Myanmar, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023. (AP Photo)
soccer
Amnesty accuses Canada Soccer of ‘deafening silence’ and ‘failure of leadership’ ahead of Qatar World Cup
opinion
Amnesty International must renew its solidarity with the oppressed in Ukraine
H.A. Hellyer
world
Head of Amnesty’s Ukraine office quits after group accuses Kyiv of endangering civilians
world
Evidence shows Russian troops committed war crimes near Kyiv, Amnesty International says
world
Ethiopia grants amnesty to prominent political detainees
world
Western countries express concern over alleged Afghan killings as Taliban reject accusations