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Canada's extradition law: A legal conundrum
Ottawa Citizen 15/11/2014 - Hassan Diab's lawyers, who had plenty of ammunition in terms of the French evidence against him, based their pitch to the top court on the confused state of Canada's 1999 Extradition Act and the lack of adherence to a key 2006 Supreme Court ruling. That ruling, known in the Canadian extradition world as 'Ferras,' essentially told provincial courts to stop rubber-stamping extradition requests and start weighing evidence from countries requesting the extradition  of Canadian citizens. If the evidence is unreliable, then it's OK to turn down the request. British Columbia lawyer and author Garry Botting, one of Canada's foremost authorities on extradition, says that provincial courts are disregarding the Ferras ruling and continue to do their own thing. Instead of the more balanced national standard of fairness and justice the Supreme Court was striving for, there is inconsistency across the country. [...] "Canadians get the short end of the stick every time," he added. "Their own government has sold them down the river Read more - Lire plusAttentat de la rue Copernic : Hassan Diab mis en examenUpdate: Ottawa's Hassan Diab charged with murder in France after extradition Friday
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Sécurité nationale et droits humains
National security and human rights
Monia Mazigh: Ten years after the Arar Inquiry, what has changed?
rabble.ca 14/11/2014 - The Maher Arar case isn't a horrible story of rendition and torture turned into a fairy-tale; it remains a real story with real consequences. Abdullah Almalki, Ahmad Abou Elmaati and Muayyed Nureddin are other real stories with no fairy-tale ending. Omar Khadr, the first person since the Second World War to be prosecuted in a military commission for alleged war crimes committed while still a minor and who spent 10 years in Guantanamo, is still another concrete example of political revenge and legal vendetta. Security certificate victims are still in legal limbo. Education is key. Educating ourselves about security issues, about human rights issues and about politics. We lack education as we lack a healthy dose of skepticism about the real motives of our politicians and law enforcement forces.Do we really need security for all or for some? Do we need security or an illusion of security? Accountability. Ten years ago Maher Arar asked for accountability. Democracy goes hand in hand with accountability. But also we need accountability in implementing these recommendations. Perhaps we need a public campaign to ask the government to implement Justice O'Connor's recommendations. We need vigilance and most of all we need open and free minds to continue to discuss these issues with no fear and no censorship. Read more - Lire plus
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Surveillance et vie privée
Surveillance and privacy
Collection of private communications under CSEC's cyber defence program
Lux Ex Umbra 18/11/2014 - Documents recently released under the Access to Information Act reveal that thousands of "private communications" of Canadians were collected and used or retained by CSE in the course of its cyber defence operations during a recent one-year period. The precise number of communications used or retained is redacted in the documents released to  Globe and Mail reporter Colin Freeze. But analysis of the size of the redactions indicates that the number is somewhere between 1000 and 3996, which means that it is 15 to 60 times as large as the total of 66 private communications collected and used or retained by CSE's foreign intelligence program during fiscal year 2012-13, as recently reported by the CSE Commissioner.Read more - Lire plus Michael Geist: The end of online anonymity?
Agence France-Presse 13/11/2014 - Les autorités américaines ont mis en place un dispositif d'espionnage par avions qui récupère des données de téléphones portables de dizaines de milliers de personnes, pour tenter de localiser et de capturer des criminels, écrit jeudi le Wall Street Journal. Selon le journal, le US Marshals Service opère de petits avions à partir d'au moins cinq importants aéroports aux États-Unis, qui transportent des boîtiers imitant les signaux émis par des tours de relais de téléphonie mobile. Ainsi dupés, les  téléphones portables s'y connectent et partagent à leur insu certaines informations comme des numéros d'identifiants uniques et des données de localisations, affirme le quotidien. Ces boîtiers dits «dirtbox» tireraient leur nom de l'acronyme de Digital Recovery Technology Inc., filiale de Boeing qui fabriquerait cet appareil. Le Wall Street Journal, citant des sources anonymes proches du programme, avance que ces avions survoleraient le pays de façon régulière pour recueillir les données de dizaines de milliers de téléphones portables. La majorité de la population américaine serait concernée. Lire plusAmericans' cellphones targeted by secret DOJ program
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Autres nouvelles - More news
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Afghanistan
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Anti-terror legislation
Législation anti-terroriste
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Citizenship, immigration and refugee rights
Citoyenneté, immigration et droits des réfugié.es
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Criminal law & national security
Droit criminel & sécurité nationale
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Drones
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Freedom of expression
Liberté d'expression
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Guantanamo
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Guerre au terrorisme
War on terror
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Intimidation of dissent
Intimidation de la dissidence
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Islamophobie
Islamophobia
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Press freedom
Liberté de la presse
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Terrorism cases
Procès pour terrorisme
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Terrorist listing
Liste d'entités terroristes
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Torture and rendition to torture
Torture et renvoi vers la torture
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Action
Write a Letter to the Editor About Online Spying Bill C-13
Openmedia.ca - Bill C-13 will enable authorities to monitor the private lives of innocent Canadians, without any real oversight. It will even give telecom providers legal immunity for handing over your private information to the government without a  warrant. That means people harmed wouldn't even have the right to sue. This reckless Bill has been rammed through the House of Commons and will soon be voted on by the Senate. We urgently need to get the word out in local communities across Canada. |
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Action
Help stop Harper's thought police. Write a letter to your local media
Ceasefire.ca - Prime Minister Harper is manipulating last week's tragic killings to further erode precious Canadian democratic  freedoms. If you want to stop Harper from creating a national "thought police," please write to your local media. We need to let people know what is going on! |
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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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