Amnesty International

Alex Neve: There is no doubt that governments across Canada have launched important programs and announced unprecedented funding, but they do so without a thorough human rights analysis

After 64 months in prison, Toronto man opens up on his ordeal

The Military Police Complaints Commission has released its final report on the inquiry brought after Amnesty International and the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association “alleged a failure on the part of certain Military Police (MP) to investigate the Canadian Task Force Commanders in Afghanistan for directing the transfer of detainees to Afghan authorities in the face of a known risk of torture.”

A few weeks after NDP MP Don Davies suggested Dick Cheney should be barred from entering Canada, Amnesty International says Canadian authorities should arrest George W. Bush when he visits next week. It’s not clear that we have the power to do so. Jason Kenney is unimpressed.

Arar’s body has recovered, but the memories of his torture persist

Whenever Jason Kenney picks a fight with an organization, it is helpful to ask, among several other questions, this one: “Hey, has the organization in question recently found itself on the wrong side of Israel’s most vocal defenders?” And indeed, in the case of Amnesty International, the answer is yes.

My latest column points out that a lot of people are just generally fed up with Amnesty International and that a lot of them are political conservatives. Here’s what that’s about, since it will be news to many readers.

Further to my column on Jason Kenney’s exchange with Amnesty International:

From the print edition, my column revisits the letter exchange between Jason Kenney and Amnesty International.

Paul Wells on why the immigration minister waded into a fight with Amnesty over war criminals, and was in the right

Aid flows into Mogadishu after al-Shabaab retreats, while NATO forces see a deadly week in Afghanistan

Jason Kenney explains the inspiration for his exchange with Amnesty International