CITIZENFOUR – Special Screening with Q&A Panel on Mass Surveillance

Join Amnesty International Canada and Amnesty Concordia on Thursday, November 26th for this special screening of CITIZENFOUR, the 2014 documentary film directed by Laura Poitras, concerning Edward Snowden and the NSA spying scandal. Part real-life thriller, part sobering examination of 21st century civil liberties, CITIZENFOUR transcends ideology to offer riveting, must-see cinema. The screening will begin … Continue reading

REMINDER: Amnesty International Concordia General Assembly TODAY

Amnesty International Concordia will be holding our GA for next years executive team on MAY 4TH Are you interested in being part a team dedicated to bringing attention/working to improve human rights? We will need dynamic and human rights driven students to create the new executive team for 2015-2016! If you are interested please come … Continue reading

Take Action! Decisive moment for Yemen. Act now.

“The shooting started from different buildings around the same time and continued for more than 30 minutes.” An eyewitness describing to Amnesty International an attack on a protest camp in Sana’a on 18 March 2011 which reportedly left 52 people dead. The human rights situation in Yemen has deteriorated rapidly this year. The most shocking … Continue reading