Picket June 27 at MP Mario Silva's Toronto Office
For those of you in the Toronto area -- message I received from the Facebook group Stop the Canada-Colombia Trade Agreement: On Saturday, June 27th, the Colombian Action Solidarity Alliance, CASA, will...
View ArticleURGENT: Vancouver-based Canadian mining company Continental Minerals is on...
E-mail from Students for a Free Tibet that was forwarded to me: Join Tibetans and supporters in Vancouver, BC June 24th and say NO! to Canadian mining in Tibet.In the past few months, Continental...
View ArticleHRW: Diamonds in the Rough.
Human Rights Watch reports on human rights abuses in the diamond fields of Zimbabwe. Here's the summary from the full report:Zimbabwe's armed forces, under the control of President Robert Mugabe's...
View ArticleAl Jazeera: military coup in Honduras.
From the Al Jazeera, here's their report of the miltary coup in Honduras:Manuel Zelaya, the president of Honduras, has called for "peaceful resistance" after the country's military forced him to leave...
View ArticlePetition to Obama: Call for reinstatement Honduran president Zelaya
Please sign this petition calling for the reinstatement of Honduran president Manuel Zaleya. The European Union and other Latin American leaders have all called for a reinstatement, but Obama's...
View ArticleWatch Blood Dimaond movie Sunday night.
If you are concerned about human rights, and haven't yet seen the 2006 movie Blood Diamond with Leonardo Dicaprio. CBC is showing it tomorrow (Sunday) at 9:00 PM. Set in Sierra Leone, it does a pretty...
View ArticleAmnesty: Oil industry has brought poverty and pollution to Niger Delta
Amnesty International has recently released a report documenting environmental damage and poverty brought to Nigeria by the oil industry. They also document how the government is not holding these...
View ArticlePictures from the tragic events in Hnduras.
Please see photojournalist James Rodriguez's photo essay an the tragic events that occurred in Honduras yesterday when President Zelaya tried to land.
View ArticleGoldcorp supports military coup in Honduras
Here's an update from Rights Action about Goldcorp's support of the military coup in Honduras. The whole alert follows: July 8, 2009GOLDCORP INC. (ENTREMARES) BUSES WORKERS TO PRO-COUP MARCHESFOR...
View ArticleProtest the Honduran military coup at Goldcorp's Vancouver office
No to the Coup!The Canadian government must demand the return of President Zelaya and refuse to recognize the military regime! Canadian mining companies out of Honduras! Reparations for the communities...
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Pictures from the protest of Goldcorp's support for the military coup in...
I took these pictures today at a protest of Goldcorp's support of the military coup in Honduras, in front of their head office at 666 Burrard. For more info, check out Rights Action. For broader human...
View ArticleNDP resolution on extractive industries.
This is unofficial, but I have it from a good source (Liz Blackwood, the co-chair of this group) that the NDP has unanimously passed a resolution at their convention for regulating the overseas...
View ArticleVancouver event - Canada as Global Citizen: Is Bill C-300 the Answer
Amnesty International - Business & Human Rights Presents:Canada as Global Citizen:Is Bill C-300 the Answer?Tuesday September 8th, 2009 / 6pmSFU Harbour Centre – 7000 Earl & Jennie Lohn Policy...
View ArticleMake your voice heard on Bill C-300
From Fiona at Amnesty. Here's more info on Bill C-300:Support Bill C-300Amnesty International is deeply concerned about human rights violations committed directly or indirectly by Canadian mining, oil...
View ArticleBusiness Ethics Mappng Workshop
From the Canadian Business Ethics Research Network:CBERN Pacific Region Hub: Business Ethics Mapping Project & Workshop, Vancouver, BCFriday, November 20, 2009Mapping the Business Ethics research...
View ArticleNo More Rape in the Congo
From the Africa-Canada Accountability Coalition:The Africa-Canada Accountability Coalition announces the launch of a new campaign NO MORE RAPE.The eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is the...
View ArticleAI Press Release: Cote d'Ivoire: Authorities must ensure toxic waste...
From Amnesty International:Amnesty International today urged the authorities in Côte d’Ivoire to ensure that $45 million compensation paid by the oil trading company Trafigura to victims of one of the...
View ArticleGraham Allen: Bill offers Canada chance to deal with concerns raised by...
Here's an article in the Georgia Straight by fellow Vancouver AI BHR volunteer Graham Allen: The Canadian government, in a March 2009 report, acknowledged it has a problem: “Within the wider community,...
View ArticleAI Film Festival - Vancouver
The Amnesty International Film Festival in Vancouver starts with a gala tomorrow night, featuring The Yes Men Fix the World, where a group of men dress up in suits to parody certain corporate...
View ArticleToronto Star editorial on Bill C-300
The Toronto Star has come out in support of Bill C-300: Canada's mining, oil and gas firms think of themselves as good offshore citizens. Certainly, they are a rich source of overseas jobs, wages,...
View ArticleGeorgia Straight article on Bill C-300
From the Straight:Simon Child has never been to Africa, but that hasn't stopped the Grade 11 student at Semiahmoo secondary school from trying to improve the human-rights situation on the continent....
View Articleassorted links related to Bill C-300
Here are a few links I've gathered over the last couple of weeks.Canadian Lawyer's Magazine supports Bill C-300Toronto Star on the Canadian government's weak CSR plan, which critics refer to as...
View ArticleIntroducing CSR Tube
You've heard of You Tube. Well, here's CSR Tube. From their 'About' page: CSRtube is the first global media platform dedicated to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) issues. CSRtube is an initiative...
View ArticleDRC article in The Guardian
I came across an article about the DRC today in The Guardian. Very interesting article by the way, written by a woman battling cancer, and her determination to heal herself mentally and physcially at...
View ArticleAmnesty criticizes UN Framework on CSR
I've been following the debate between John Ruggie, the UN Special Representative for Business and Human Rights, and Amnesty International regarding the proposed principles for a UN framework on...
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