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Sécurité nationale et droits humains
National security and human rights
The following articles are related to issues discussed at the conference Arar +10: National Security and Human Rights, Ten Years Later, organized by ICLMG, Amnesty and HRREC and CIPS of OttawaU.
Alex Neve, John Packer and Roch Tassé: Security reform should protect our freedom
Ottawa Citizen 29/10/2014 - A timely conference on Wednesday reminded us that as debate swirls about new national security measures in Canada, vital lessons have emerged over the past decade about protecting human rights. In the wake of last week's attack in Ottawa the government is rolling out proposed changes to Canada's security laws and practices. We don't yet know the full extent.  On Wednesday, a remarkable group of judges, lawyers, journalists, activists, former diplomats, academics and community leaders came together in Ottawa. We were joined by individuals whose lives have been turned upside down by human rights violations associated with national security investigations, charges, arrest and imprisonment. What came through loud and clear at yesterday's conference, though, was that strong findings, important recommendations and precedent-setting rulings from judges have been matched by almost equal failure of government to comply and implement. Maher Arar received compensation and an apology. But a proposal for strengthened national security oversight has been ignored for eight years. And a recommendation that Canada never share information with a foreign government if it is likely to cause torture has been deliberately flouted with a ministerial direction allowing precisely that.
John Major, retired Supreme Court Justice, warns over 'knee-jerk' reaction to Ottawa attack
The Huffington Post 29/10/2014 - The Conservative government is rushing to introduce legislation that expands law enforcement powers in ways that it may not need, retired Supreme Court justice John Major suggested Wednesday. "It's a knee-jerk reaction because, I think, the government feels like they need to do something," the judge who led the inquiry into the 1985 Air India bombing told reporters. "They get constituents, undoubtedly, and people like the press saying 'What are you going to do about this,' so the impetus is to act quickly and, sometimes, not so wisely." [...] Major told reporters that if the federal government cannot make the case for why  the police or security agencies need more powers to keep Canadians safe, "it's my conclusion they don't need it." "Like every Canadian, I wonder what is it they have, and what more they need? And I have an inherent fear, or concern, of arming a government with more power than they need to do an effective job," Major said. "So I think all these things need to be carefully reviewed." The government, he added, should make sure it gives the Mounties enough resources to do their job rather than rush to assume that they need more powers. Iacobucci told the audience he is also concerned that whenever incidents such as the ones last week happen, there is an immediate desire to change the laws and he said he is he's particularly concerned about the impact on Canada's Muslim community. Read more - Lire plusBilan du colloque sur la Commission d'enquête sur l'affaire Maher Arar (audio)Craig Forcese's presentation for the Arar+10 event: Accountability Challenges, Post-ArarTerrorisme: attention aux libertés civiles, disent les commissaires fédérauxLa Presse Canadienne 29/10/2014 - Le gouvernement conservateur doit renforcer son examen et sa surveillance des agences de sécurité s'il prévoit augmenter les pouvoirs de police et d'espionnage, affirment les commissaires à l'information et à la vie privée du Canada. Le  commissaire à la vie privée, Daniel Therrien, et la commissaire à l'information, Suzanne Legault, exhortent aussi le gouvernement fédéral à ne pas piétiner les libertés civiles en tentant de protéger les Canadiens. Le gouvernement Harper envisage d'adopter de nouvelles lois en réponse aux récentes attaques qui ont fauché la vie de deux soldats en plein jour. Lire plusIf you step up police powers to fight terrorism, make watchdogs more powerful, privacy czar tells ToriesOmar Khadr: Misguided security laws take a human toll
Ottawa Citizen 28/10/2014 - Ten years ago the Canadian government established a judicial inquiry into the case of Maher Arar. That inquiry, over the course of more than two years of ground-breaking work, examined how Canada's post-Sept. 11 security practices led to serious human rights violations, including torture. At that same time, 10 years ago and far away from a Canadian hearing room, I was mired in a nightmare of injustice, insidiously linked to national security. I have not yet  escaped from that nightmare. As Canada once again grapples with concerns about terrorism, my experience stands as a cautionary reminder. Security laws and practices that are excessive, misguided or tainted by prejudice can have a devastating human toll. A conference Wednesday in Ottawa, convened by Amnesty International, the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group and the University of Ottawa, will reflect on these past 10 years of national security and human rights. I will be watching, hoping that an avenue opens to leave my decade of injustice behind. Read more - Lire plusThe Toronto Star editorial: Keep cool in responding to attacks
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Oversight of security agencies
Surveillance des agences de sécurité
Global News 27/10/2014 - Just as the federal government is poised to boost the powers of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, the national spy watchdog says it has had to push CSIS to hand over crucial information. The Security Intelligence Review Committee says it  faced "significant delays" in receiving requested documentation over the last year and had to press CSIS to obtain complete and consistent answers to several questions. In its annual report to Parliament, the review committee - which has a right to see all CSIS records - says it was "seriously misled" by the spy service in one complaint investigation.
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Politique et anti-terrorisme
Politics and anti-terrorism
Common Dreams 27/10/2014 - The Canadian government is exploiting last week's attacks against soldiers in the country to push sweeping national security bills into law and give the state ever-more invasive surveillance powers, investigative journalist Glenn Greenwald said in Ottawa over the weekend. Terrorism is "the most inflammatory, but also the most meaningless word in our political lexicon," Greenwald told an audience of over 1,000 during a speech on privacy and state surveillance on Saturday. "We've allowed this word terrorism to take on such profound meaning that right before our eyes governments dismantle the protections and defining attributes of  western justice in order to keep us safer." Wednesday's attack, in which gunman Micheal Zehaf-Bibeau killed National War Memorial sentry Cpl. Nathan Cirillo. "The speed and the aggression and the brazenness and the shamelessness with which the prime minister moved to manipulate and exploit the emotions around these events to demand more power for himself was... almost impressive," Greenwald said. "These attacks are instantly seized upon as a way to further dismantle civil liberties and core principles of western justice," he continued. Greenwald, a champion of privacy rights and civil liberties and Pulitzer Prize winner who has published many of the key stories based on a cache of documents leaked by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, said the surveillance tactics exposed by those revelations are not just a threat to privacy-they are a threat to democracy itself.
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Législation anti-terrorisme
Anti-terror legislation
Ottawa songe à punir la glorification du terrorisme
Le Devoir 30/10/2014 - Le crime de pensée terroriste pourrait bien être instauré au Canada. Le ministre de la Justice, Peter MacKay, a confirmé la rumeur voulant que le gouvernement conservateur songe à ériger en infraction le fait de glorifier un attentat sur Internet. Mais déjà, les commissaires à la protection de la vie privée au Canada mettent en garde Ottawa contre la tentation d'aller trop loin au nom de la sécurité. Tout en insistant sur le fait que la décision n'est pas encore prise, le ministre MacKay a offert un avant-goût de ce qu'il avait en  tête pour donner suite à la fusillade au parlement. « Oui, il n'y a aucun doute que ce genre de matériel est souvent utilisé pour recruter, pour inciter et - je n'aime pas ce mot - glorifier, a expliqué M. MacKay. Nous regardons d'autres juridictions, la Grande-Bretagne en particulier. Ils ont une législation que nous étudions. » Le ministre fait probablement référence au Terrorism Act de 2006. Dans cette loi consultée par Le Devoir, on lit qu'il est criminel « de publier des encouragements directs ou indirects à la perpétration, préparation ou instigation d'actes terroristes ». Sont considérées comme de tels encouragements les « déclarations qui glorifient la perpétration ou la préparation (que ce soit dans le passé, le futur ou de manière générale) de tels actes ou crimes ». Il est aussi écrit dans cette loi britannique que les déclarations interdites sont celles pouvant être comprises par le public comme « l'invitant à imiter les actes glorifiés ». Lire plusTerror fight turns to Internet, sparking new free-speech debateCraig Forcese on Bill C-44: Longer arm for CSIS: Assessing the extraterritorial spying provisions
L'Australie criminalise les voyages vers l'Irak et la Syrie
Le Monde 30/10/2014 - L'Australie a durci, jeudi 30 octobre, ses lois antiterroristes, interdisant désormais tout voyage vers les pays considérés comme des foyers du terrorisme international, dans l'espoir d'empêcher les aspirants au djihad de  se rendre en Syrie ou en Irak. L'amendement aux lois antiterroristes, proposé par le gouvernement, vise à criminaliser tout déplacement, sans raison valable, dans une zone déclarée comme étant le théâtre d'activité d'une organisation terroriste ennemie. La peine maximale encourue sera de dix ans de prison.
Australia outlaws travel to terror hotspotsOpinion - Beware teen braggers: Why Australia's tough new terror laws could misfireAustralia's anti-terrorism bill forces metadata retentionFrance - Antiterrorisme : le projet de loi adopté quasi unanimementFrance may impose curbs on EU migrants under new anti-terror laws
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Surveillance et vie privée
Surveillance and privacy
Les demandes sur les abonnés des entreprises de télécom sont mal documentées
La Presse 30/10/2014 - Le commissaire à la vie privée du Canada demande aux autorités fédérales de garder une meilleure trace des requêtes informelles faites aux entreprises de télécommunications pour obtenir des données sur leurs abonnés après avoir constaté une tenue de dossier bâclée à la GRC. Dans son rapport  annuel déposé jeudi, le commissaire Daniel Therrien affirme que ces lacunes dans la tenue de dossier de la GRC font en sorte qu'il est incapable de déterminer si des mécanismes de contrôle adéquats sont en place. Il souligne qu'il lui a été impossible de dire à combien de reprises la police fédérale a recueilli des informations sur des abonnés sans avoir un mandat. Par conséquent, son bureau n'a pu juger si ces demandes étaient justifiées. Lire plus
British spy agency: We don't need warrant for Americans' data. We have 'arrangements'
Common Dreams 29/10/2014 - British intelligence agencies can access Americans' communications data without a warrant and keep it for two years, newly released documents show. The British spy agency, the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), revealed the practices, called "arrangements" by the government, to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT), a watchdog  for national surveillance practices. Some of the details of of these "arrangements" were provided to human rights organizations including Privacy International, Liberty and Amnesty International, which had brought a challenge regarding GCHQ's surveillance activities to the IPT following revelations made possible by Edward Snowden. The policies allow the British agencies to receive bulk data from the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) as well as other foreign agencies.
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Autres nouvelles - More news
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Democracy and civil liberties
Démocratie et libertés civiles
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Drones
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Guantanamo
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Guerre au terrorisme
War on terror
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Islamophobie
Islamophobia
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Militarisme et intérêt privé
Militarism and corporate interest
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Press freedom
Liberté de la presse
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Rendition to torture
Renvoi vers la torture
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Scientific freedom
Liberté scientifique
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Film
The Secret Trial 5 in Ottawa theatre
ICLMG is proud to partner with the team of The Secret Trial 5 documentary for their Ottawa screenings.
When: Sun, Nov 16, 3:45pm Mon, Nov 17, 5:00pm Tue, Nov 18, 9:15pm Where: The Bytowne cinema, 325 Rideau St. Ottawa Synopsis: Imagine spending years in prison without being charged with a crime or knowing exactly what you're accused of. A film about the human impact of the "War on Terror," The Secret Trial 5 is a sobering examination of the Canadian government's use of security certificates, a Kafkaesque tool that allows for indefinite detention without charges, based on evidence not revealed to the accused or their lawyers. More details |
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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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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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