human rights

A federal official says Canada remains unclear about the measures Saudi Arabia is taking in response to Canadian criticism of its human rights policies.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says diplomatic talks with Saudi Arabia will continue but he's not backing down on Canada's criticism of the kingdom over the arrest of several social activists last week.

The sudden deterioration in the Saudi-Canadian relationship is likely grabbing the attention of people in the city of London, Ont., more than anywhere else in the country.

Probably the strangest attempt at retaliation came when Saudi bots started tweeting in support of Quebec independence, implying that Saudi Arabia could have meddled in Canada’s internal affairs during the 1995 referendum, but gracefully chose not to.

While Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said Ottawa will wait to hear more details from Saudi Arabia before responding to the country's decision to freeze new trade deals and expel Canada's ambassador, she defended Canada's position, insisting Ottawa will always stand up for human rights.

Amnesty International says the global community should form a united front with Canada and speak out to protect two recently arrested women, including the sister of jailed blogger Raif Badawi.

Saudi Arabia said on Sunday, August 5, 2018, it is ordering Canada's ambassador to leave the country and freezing all new trade and investment transactions with Canada in a spat over human rights.

Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi is being removed from a display at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.

The controversial speakers, Sam Harris and Jordan Peterson, were in town to debate each other on Saturday evening. It was the first time that these two have met on stage.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will not "play politics" over immigration policies when it comes to the controversial U.S. practice of charging and separating illegal migrants from their children when they cross the border into the United States.

Threats have been made against her life, but the 55-year-old Honduran journalist shrugs them off as easily as she would an online troll. It’s all in a day’s work when you report on feminism, politics and human rights in a country ruled by corruption, organized crime and men.

Newly disclosed documents show a top secret federal report — kept under wraps for over a decade — criticized Canada's spy agency for shortcomings as its members increasingly travelled overseas to interrogate people in foreign prisons in the name of fighting terrorism.

More than 2,000 Indigenous Xinka people took to the streets of Guatemala City on April 9 to show lawmakers they exist and they're not going anywhere.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s new federal budget doesn’t offer any new funding to support a new human rights watchdog that was recently announced to keep an eye on Canadian companies that operate abroad.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's state visit to India is officially underway as he arrived with his family in New Delhi at sundown on Saturday, February 17, 2018.