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Citoyenneté, immigration et droits des réfugié.es
Citizenship, immigration and refugee rights
Des avocats aux aguets
Le Devoir 15/07/2014 - Autre levée de bouclier contre les réformes apportées à la Loi sur la citoyenneté par le gouvernement conservateur, et qui, à peine entrées en vigueur, éveillent de nouvelles craintes chez les défenseurs des droits civils et des libertés individuelles. Selon eux, ces modifications législatives donneraient désormais un pouvoir supplémentaire à Ottawa dans le partage, avec d'autres pays, d'informations personnelles touchant des citoyens canadiens et des ressortissants étrangers vivant au Canada. Et  ce, avec une absence de vérification de la véracité de ces informations qui pourrait porter préjudice à certains voyageurs. « Le langage [de la nouvelle loi] donne [au gouvernement conservateur] une autre base légale pour partager de l'information », s'est inquiété dimanche dans les pages du Globe and Mail l'avocat Lorne Waldman. L'homme a, entre autres, représenté le Canadien d'origine syrienne Maher Arar, déporté et torturé dans son pays d'origine en 2002 sur la base d'informationsofficielles de la GRC qui en avait fait, à tort, un terroriste. « Partager de l'information, c'est bien, mais quand on le fait, il faut s'assurer de la qualité et de la véracité des informations partagées. » |
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Omar Khadr is still a pawn
Ottawa Citizen 16/07/2014 - The government doesn't seem to get it when it comes to Omar Khadr. Despite legal decisions and expert opinions to the contrary, minister after minister has insisted that he is a very dangerous man. He is invariably referred to as a "convicted terrorist" or "war criminal". Yet recently revealed secret information in the United States suggests that there was never any legal basis for charging him with war crimes in  the first place. It is true that Khadr pleaded guilty to five war crimes in 2010, including murder in violation of the law of war and attempted murder in violation of the law of war. The reality is that there was a plea bargain: Khadr was desperate to escape the hell-hole that is Guantánamo Bay; the U.S. government was anxious to get rid of the last Western, and youngest, detainee, whose imprisonment and treatment there had long been a flashpoint for international opprobrium. |
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Libertés civiles et démocratie
Civil liberties and democracy
Opinion: Stephen Harper, Khaled Al-Qazzaz needs your help
The Toronto Star 15/07/2014 - The following is an open letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper from a group of 129 high-profile Canadians and several organizations, including ICLMG, regarding the case of Khaled Al-Qazzaz, a Canadian permanent resident being held without charge in an Egyptian prison. To The Right Honourable Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada: We, the undersigned, are calling upon you as concerned Canadian citizens and organizations to use the full power of  your office to demand the immediate release of Canadian permanent resident Khaled Al-Qazzaz who has been illegally detained in Egypt for over 365 days without charge and is in present danger of suffering a heart attack. He should have been promptly charged with a recognizable criminal offence or released. One year is most certainly not prompt. His illegal detention was, in fact, recently extended by an Egyptian court. Your intervention is critical in securing his immediate release and safe return home to Canada.
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Intimidation de la dissidence
Intimidation of dissent
How Tories bully charities and abuse power
The Huffington Post 16/07/2014 - Canadian charities are experiencing an "advocacy chill" and changing the way they go about their work as a result of what they say is "bullying" by the Harper Conservative government. My just completed Master's thesis research finds that the denunciatory rhetoric of government ministers against charities, followed by stepped up audits is having its toll not only on charity operations, but  also on the strength of Canada's public discussions and thus on the vigor of democracy itself. For my thesis, I interviewed 16 charity leaders and five experts including lawyers, academics, and former government administrators, who were guaranteed anonymity in exchange for an openness that they would not provide publicly. What I learned was that the government has, by design or by accumulation of tactical actions with unintended consequences, damaged Canada's civil society, including charities, and hence the likelihood that Canadians choose the best routes to our future. Read more - Lire plusDes groupes caritatifs ciblés, selon le NPDPolitical audits of charities 'threatens' integrity of CRA: NDP |
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Rogers, Telus will no longer hand customer info to police without a warrant
The Canadian Press 17/07/2014 - Two major telecommunications firms - Rogers and Telus - say they will no longer routinely give basic customer information to police and security agencies without first seeing a warrant. The moves follow a recent landmark Supreme Court of Canada decision affirming the right to online privacy. In the case of  Rogers Communications Inc., concerns voiced by subscribers also played a role in tightening the disclosure policy, the company said Wednesday. In June, the Supreme Court ruled police need judicial authorization to get personal information about customers from Internet providers. The high court rejected arguments the federal privacy law governing companies allows providers to hand over subscriber identities voluntarily. Read more - Lire plusCSEC Commissioner calls for safeguards on 'Five Eyes' info sharing
The Canadian Press 14/07/2014 - The watchdog that keeps an eye on Canada's electronic spy agency says it cannot be sure the intelligence service's Five Eyes partners abide by promises to properly protect information about Canadians. A newly declassified report shows the federally appointed watchdog has recommended that Defence Minister Rob Nicholson issue a directive to Communications Security Establishment Canada that sets out expectations for safeguarding  Canadians' privacy when CSEC shares information with its key allies. The watchdog, known as the CSEC commissioner, has also urged the spy agency to regularly report detailed statistical data to the minister about the international information sharing. The Canadian Press obtained a heavily censored copy of the commissioner's findings and recommendations under the Access to Information Act. Ottawa-based CSEC monitors foreign communications of intelligence interest to Canada, and exchanges a large amount of information with similar agencies in the United States, Britain, Australia and New Zealand. Read more - Lire plusBreak a window, and pay for life |
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Mass surveillance around the world
Surveillance globale dans le monde
Dangerous practice of digital mass surveillance must be subject to independent checks and balances - Pillay
UN Media Centre 16/07/2014 - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay warned Wednesday that studies by her office and others have revealed a "disturbing" lack of transparency about governmental surveillance policies and practices, "including de facto coercion of private sector companies to provide sweeping access to information and data relating to private  individuals without the latter's knowledge or consent." "This," she said, "is severely hindering efforts to ensure accountability for any resulting human rights violations, or even to make us aware that such violations are taking place, despite a clear international legal framework laying down governments' obligations to protect our right to privacy, and other related human rights." Pillay said her Office has been working for over a year on the complex web of issues relating to the right to privacy in the face of modern digital technology and surveillance measures. Read more - Lire plusUN human rights chief: World owes 'great deal' to Edward SnowdenHacking online polls and other ways British spies seek to control the Internet
The Intercept 14/07/2014 - The secretive British spy agency GCHQ has developed covert tools to seed the internet with false information, including the ability to manipulate the results of online polls, artificially inflate pageview counts on web sites, "amplif[y]" sanctioned messages on YouTube, and censor video content judged to be "extremist." The capabilities, detailed in documents provided by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, even include an old standby for pre-adolescent prank callers  everywhere: A way to connect two unsuspecting phone users together in a call. The tools were created by GCHQ's Joint Threat Research Intelligence Group (JTRIG), and constitute some of the most startling methods of propaganda and internet deception contained within the Snowden archive. Previously disclosed documents have detailed JTRIG's use of "fake victim blog posts," "false flag operations," "honey traps" and psychological manipulation to target online activists, monitor visitors to WikiLeaks, and spy on YouTube and Facebook users. Read more - Lire plusUnprecedented new powers in UK surveillance bill, campaigners warnHard to justify Britain's data collection law: UN's PillayHearing begins in new surveillance litigation against UK security servicesIn the name of security, German NSA committee may turn to typewritersHors ligneGlobal opposition to U.S. surveillance and drones, but limited harm to America's image |
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Autres nouvelles - More news
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Afghanistan
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Anti-terrorist legislation
Législation antiterroriste
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Criminalization of dissent
Criminalisation de la dissidence
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Guantanamo
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Guerre au terrorisme
War on terror
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Liberté de la presse
Press Freedom
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Primauté du droit
Rule of law
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Rendition to torture
Renvoi vers la torture
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Terrorism cases
Procès pour terrorisme
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Les opinions exprimées ne reflètent pas nécessairement les positions de la CSILC - The views expressed do not necessarily reflect the positions of ICLMG
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News from ICLMG
ICLMG on the Hill to ask PM Harper to help Khaled Al-Qazzaz
Our National Coordinator, Roch Tassé, was at a press conference on Parliament Hill, with Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada, Alex Neve, writer and activist Dr.  Monia Mazigh, and Sarah Attia, Khaled's Toronto-born wife, to ask PM Harper to intervene for the immediate release of Khaled Al-Qazzaz, imprisoned in solitary confinement for more than a year without charge in Egypt. |
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Action
Free Khaled Al-Qazzaz
Khaled Al-Qazzaz has been detained without charge for almost a year in Egypt. Download and print the postcards below asking John Baird, Canadian Minister of  Foreign Affairs, and Prime Minister Stephen Harper to call the President of Egypt and demand that Khaled Al-Qazzaz be immediately released and reunited with his family. |
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Action
Egypt must release journalists and protect freedom of expression
Send a message to Minister of Justice Nayer Abdel-Moneim Othman calling on the Egyptian authorities to release Mohamed Fahmy and his Al Jazeera colleagues immediately and unconditionally.
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Action
Egypte - Arrêtez cette exécution de masse - Stop the mass execution
En Égypte, une parodie de justice vient de condamner à mort 528 personnes. C'est certainement la plus grande décision d'exécution de masse de notre siècle, et un seul homme peut arrêter ce massacre.
Sign and share the petition now!
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Action
Signez la déclaration Protéger notre vie privée maintenant
Le gouvernement est sur le point d'adopter le projet de loi C-13 qui assure une immunité aux entreprises de télécommunications lorsque celles-ci donnent nos informations privées aux autorités, même quand ces dernières n'ont pas de mandat.
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What is the News Digest? Qu'est-ce que la Revue de l'actualité?
The News Digest is ICLMG's weekly publication of news articles, events, calls to action and much more regarding national security, anti-terrorism, and civil liberties. The ICLMG is a national coalition of thirty-eight Canadian civil society organizations that was established in the aftermath of the September, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States. +++
La revue de l'actualité est notre publication hebdomadaire de nouvelles, d'évènements, d'appels à l'action, et beaucoup plus, entourant la sécurité nationale, la lutte au terrorisme, et les libertés civiles. La CSILC est une coalition nationale de 38 organisations de la société civile canadienne qui a été créée suite aux attentats terroristes de septembre 2001 aux États-Unis.
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