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Human rights in Canada

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Border crossers wears a mask for protection against COVID-19 on April 1, 2020, on the Paso del Norte International Bridge in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. – Both Ciudad Juarez and El Paso, Texas, are on stay-at-home orders, but many people who live on the border are essential workers who live on one side and work on the other, and are still crossing. (Photo by Paul Ratje / AFP) (Photo by PAUL RATJE/AFP via Getty Images)

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Governments Must Halt Dangerous and Discriminatory Detention of Migrants and Asylum Seekers

April 2, 2020 | americas

VANCOUVER, March 31, 2020.A sign showing the direction of a drive-through COVID-19 test site for health care workers is seen in Vancouver, Canada, March 31, 2020. Several satellite sites around the cities are operating 7-day a week offering drive-through COVID-19 test. (Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua via Getty) (Xinhua/ via Getty Images)

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COVID-19 Response in Canada Needs Human Rights Oversight

April 1, 2020 | amnesty canada

Amnesty International USA activists speak out against a ban and a wall against people
AIUSA Executive Director Margaret and AI Secretary General Salil Shetty delivered a letter to the Department of Homeland Security Secretary, outlining numerous personal stories of people who are affected by the Muslim ban, asking DHS to release full information about how the ban has been implemented, and demanding that DHS help roll back the ban. As a part of the protests outside, we projected “No Ban, No Wall” on the building along with photos of refugees in Lebanon and Kenya provided by Magnum Photography.

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U.S. Border Closure is Cruel, Short-sighted, and Opportunistic

March 20, 2020 | ASYLUM

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