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Reject fear. Stop Harper's "secret police" bill C-51!
LeadNow.ca - We call on MPs to reject Stephen Harper's fear campaign and stop the bill, unless it's amended to: -- Include strong safeguards for Canadians, including a dedicated, high-level Parliamentary committee to oversee our spy agencies.  -- Strip out the outrageous attacks on civil liberties, including the sweeping expansion of spy powers, criminalization of speech, and preventative arrest for those who have committed no crime. -- Clarify that the vague parts of the bill, to be certain it will only be used to target people who pose a violent threat to the lives and physical security of people 
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Signez la pétition pour libérer le blogueur saoudien Raif Badawi
 Amnistie internationale - Raif Badawi, prisonnier d'opinion en Arabie saoudite, risque la mort pour avoir offert un débat sur la liberté religieuse. Exigeons des autorités saoudiennes que les coups de fouet cessent immédiatement, que Raif soit libéré sans condition, et qu'il soit réuni avec sa famille réfugiée au Canada. Exigeons de cet État qu'il respecte ses obligations en matière de droits humains et qu'il abolisse la flagellation. English petition
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Stop spying on us!
OpenMedia - Breaking: leaked documents reveal that the Canadian spy agency CSE is conducting widespread, warrantless surveillance targeting use of our favourite downloading websites.  Tell Prime Minister Harper: I will not give up my right to privacy. These rights are more important than ever. End warrantless surveillance and rein in CSE now.
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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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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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respects the entrenched rights of Canadians and is safe for Canadians. Terrorism is a threat throughout the world, including Canada. We cannot adopt a passive attitude toward it. We must invest in discovering terrorist threats and in stopping them. But national security also means defending our democracy, and that depends on holding the loyalty of citizens and maintaining their confidence in a just and stable government. This requires tolerance for diverse opinions, respect for personal integrity and timely and effective accountability for governmental conduct, including security operations. Shortchanging these will only weaken our strength as a nation - and our security. The Prime Minister should withdraw this bill. If it is not withdrawn, Parliament should vote it down. Possibly, then, a more limited and focused statute would be worth debating. Security agencies may feel that their present powers constrain their ability to protect Canada. But let us have an open discussion of this claim within Parliament and its committees before rushing to impose politically motivated "solutions." Our rights as citizens are at stake.
integrity of Canada" that includes "terrorism," "interference with critical infrastructure" and "interference with the capability of the Government in relation to ... the economic or financial stability of Canada." But wait. If a terrorist blew up critical infrastructure - a pipeline, for instance - wouldn't that be terrorism? So what is this other class of security-underminer the bill refers to? A political party that advocates Quebec independence (there goes our "territorial integrity")? Indian activists who disrupt a train line? Environmental activists denounced as radicals by a cabinet minister? These things are on a par with terrorism now?
"red tape" and the opposition parties choosing to focus on process rather than substance.
these proactive successes. Those suspected of terrorism already have a second set of Kafka-esque laws to allow their detention through security certificates. Oversight of the operations of Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) was reduced in the 2012 omnibus Bill C-38. Put simply, Canada has already significantly intruded on charter rights to give the RCMP, CSIS and the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) broader powers and less oversight. 
all." Why was it so important, in the midst of a debate over controversial new policing powers, to detain 25-year-old Awso Peshdary, who appears to have been under surveillance for a good five years, for the alleged crime of raising money to send two Canadians to fight in Syria in 2012 and 2014? In addition, why were the Mounties suddenly issuing warrants that named two individuals overseas (one of them reportedly killed last December) whose activities have long been public knowledge? The federal government's ability to create a mirage of cascading terror threats was further enhanced by its introduction of C-51 before two long-scheduled terrorism proceedings were set to begin. The defendants in those trials - the Toronto Via Rail plot and the BC Canada Day pressure cooker plan - were also arrested at convenient times.
immédiatement écrit M. Mohamed sur son compte Twitter. La décision de justice intervient moins de deux semaines après l'expulsion de l'Australien Peter Greste. Le troisième des journalistes de la chaîne qatarie avait été condamné avec ses confrères, mais a quitté l'Égypte le 1er février en vertu d'un décret présidentiel autorisant l'expulsion des étrangers condamnés ou en instance de jugement. [...] «Je n'ai pas choisi de renoncer à ma nationalité égyptienne, un responsable de la sécurité m'a rendu visite et m'a demandé d'abandonner ma nationalité parce que l'État veut se débarrasser de cette affaire qui a tourné au cauchemar», a affirmé M. Fahmy, agitant un drapeau égyptien à la fin de son allocution.
