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Walid al-Hathloul, the brother of jailed women's rights defender Loujain al-Hathloul, writes: "Let’s not be fooled once again: Saudi Arabia is trying to use its G20 presidency to refurbish its horrendous image. Canada and the other members of the G20 must seize this opportunity to demand the release of my sister and the other human rights defenders. Otherwise, their silence will be interpreted as tacit consent." Amnesty International joins Walid in calling on Canada to demand... the urgent release of all women human rights defenders who are unlawfully detained in Saudi Arabia. Walid al-Hathloul, the brother of jailed women's rights defender Loujain al-Hathloul, writes: "Let’s not be fooled once again: Saudi Arabia is trying to use its G20 presidency to refurbish its horrendous image. Canada and the other members of the G20 must seize this opportunity to demand the release of my sister and the other human rights defenders. Otherwise, their silence will be interpreted as tacit consent." Amnesty International joins Walid in calling on Canada to demand the urgent release of all women human rights defenders who are unlawfully detained in Saudi Arabia. https://nationalpost.com/.../walid-al-hathloul-canada... See more

12,160 people in Canada are calling on Minister François-Philippe Champagne to urge authorities in Saudi Arabia to release the jailed women’s rights defenders Minister Champagne please make this your top priority as you participate in the G20 Leaders’ Summit hosted by the Kingdom this week!

Saudi women human rights defender Loujain al-Hathloul has been on a hunger strike for three weeks. Why? To demand access to phone calls and visits with her family. Loujain shouldn’t even be in jail! Call on Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs to raise the ongoing detention of Loujain and other activists at this week’s G20 Leaders’ Summit, hosted by Saudi Arabia.

Amnesty International welcomes the temporary release of unjustly jailed human rights lawyer and women's rights defender Nasrin Sotoudeh from prison in Iran. She should never have been imprisoned for defending human rights!

AI Canada's SPARKING CONNECTIONS Conference, for grassroots by the grassroots - Nov 7th - 21st. On Saturday Nov 7th, 2:30pm EST join us for our session on "Digital Activism: Tips, Tricks, Tactics and Inspiration". In this session, we’ll share all of the above. How to move traditional organizing online and how to be creative in our use of digital activism. We may not be able to take our message to the streets right now, but we can still TAKE ACTION! Register for Sparking Con...nections here: https://forms.gle/crkSyKRaHRnWJUcz7 Visit our website for more details and how to get involved: https://www.aicanadagrassroots.ca #SparkingConnections #DigitalActivism #TakeAction #AmnestyInternational #HumanRights #Activi

Come sit around Amnesty International's virtual fire pit for 'Kanata: Our Home & Native Land, Indigenous Storytelling Workshop with Kim Wheatley'. The evening will culminate in an action to support Indigenous rights. November 10th, 2020, 5pm PST / 6pm MST / 7pm CST / 8pm EST / 9pm AST / 9:30pm NST; Here's the link to register: https://linktr.ee/amnestytoronto