Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada The report is being launched at a pivotal juncture for Canada, as the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, the climate crisis, and surging anti-rights ...

Their recommendations often echoed those Amnesty International issued last year. Not only are human rights the right or legal thing to do. They are the smart thing to do. We hope the recommendations ...

Journalist Sarah Jones chronicles the gaps in the nation's health care system and social safety net that were highlighted by ...

That’s because this March, the five-year statute of limitations on COVID-era fraud prosecution is set to expire. Criminals ...

Prosecutions are expected to continue for at least the next five years, thanks to new provisions passed at the height of the pandemic, giving law enforcement and prosecution agencies a longer statute ...

Argentina’s decision is based on “profound differences in health management, especially during the (COVID-19) pandemic,” spokesperson Manuel Adorni told a news conference in Buenos Aires.

The data suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic, at its peak, impacted all pregnant women. But “once we went back to ‘usual activities,’ then the impact of systemic racism and unequal access (to ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A jury was seated Monday in the trial of the alleged ringleader of a scheme that federal prosecutors say exploited the COVID-19 pandemic to steal $250 million from a program ...

UPDATE Feb. 5 – Avery Hines, Jr., 18, of Jordan St., New Iberia, turned himself in to the Franklin Police Department on a warrant for attempted second degree murder. He’s being held with no ...

A four-week firearms amnesty for a specific type of weapon has begun in West Yorkshire. Police have urged anyone in possession of a Turkish manufactured top-venting blank firer (TVBF) to hand them in.

“With enough H5 in these animals and enough seasonal flu in humans, you get them together, and you have a recipe for a potential pandemic virus.” The recent bird flu outbreak is being regarded ...