http://www.amnesty.org/en/adv_search/feed/library Download Documents from Amnesty International Library Search Results en http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/analysis-hiv-progress-blunted-discrimination-and-sexual-violence-20091201 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR20/012/2009/en Indigenous women in Canada experience high levels of violence. This report shows that government responses to the threats facing Indigenous women have been inadequate and piecemeal. The Canadian government has a clear and inescapable obligation to ensure the safety of Indigenous women, to bring those respons Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR20/010/2009/en The Long Point First Nation have been repeatedly uprooted from their lands to make way for industrial developments. The community is now under mounting pressure from the federal government to become an "Indian reserve" under the Indian Act. Despite these pressures, the Long Point First Nation continue to def Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR20/011/2009/en Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR20/002/2009/en Indigenous peoples in Canada experience much greater levels of poverty than the rest of the population. In this Demand Dignity campaign digest Amnesty International urges the Canadian government to work with Indigenous Peoples to implement the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including pro Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR20/003/2009/en The Sacred Headwaters region provides the Indigenous Tahltan people with both a source of subsistence and a link to culture and identity. The region is also rich in mineral deposits. In this document Amnesty International highlights the economic and cultural importance of the Sacred Headwaters to the Tahltan Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR04/001/2009/en By refusing to seek the repatriation of its national, Omar Khadr, from US custody in Guantánamo Bay, the Canadian government is betraying human rights principles and perpetuating injustice, while also failing to offer a remedy for its own participation in the violation of his human rights. Amnesty Internati Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR01/004/2009/en Indigenous Peoples in the Americas have long experienced marginalisation and discrimination. Denied a voice in decisions which affect their lands, lives and livelihoods, Indigenous Peoples are disproportionately affected by poverty, even when living in areas rich in minerals and other natural resources. In t Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/NWS21/004/2009/en 1) A wound that never heals: International Day of the Disappeared 2) Algeria: Long wait for justice 3) Livewire: Seeking justice at the UN Human Rights Council; Reaction to Youtube video of expulsion; Demanding Dignity with an E-action from Kenya 4) A cruel betrayal of women and girls 5) Congolese minerals t Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/NWS21/004/2009/fr Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International