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Surveillance des agences de sécurité
Oversight of security agencies
Andrew Mitrovica: Why is Harper content to let CSIS keep him in the dark?iPolitics 16/04/2015 - When it comes to strengthening what passes for oversight of Canada's spy service, Stephen Harper doesn't listen to his critics. Maybe he'll start listening to his friends. Earlier this week, I spoke at length with a former senior government official who not only spent decades deep inside the Canadian spy biz, he also worked closely with, and remains a political ally of, the prime minister. This former official - who agreed to be quoted only on condition of anonymity - is an experienced hand in the netherworld of intelligence.  Academics, journalists and politicians of all political stripes - including, no doubt, Harper himself - would all attest to his ability to navigate the tricky bureaucratic terrain where politics and espionage meet. So when a universally respected ex-official - someone who helped Harper settle into office when he first arrived in Ottawa - suggests that the sweeping powers the Canadian Security Intelligence Service will get under Bill C-51 demand stronger mechanisms to keep our spies in check, the prime minister can't blow it off. He can ignore it at his peril, but he has to acknowledge he's the only one left in the know who thinks CSIS can be trusted with these new powers without someone looking over its shoulder. Read more - Lire plus
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Surveillance globale
Mass surveillance
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Autres nouvelles - More news
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Immigration and refugee rights
Immigration et droits des réfugié.es
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Information sharing
Partage de l'information
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Islamophobie
Islamophobia
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Omar Khadr
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Press freedom
Liberté de la presse
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Privacy
Vie privée
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Action
Canada: Prevent torture in detention centres around the world
Amnesty International - Thirty years ago, the international community agreed to ban torture and adopted the Convention against Torture. Yet in recent years, the practice remains widespread as governments justify any means to combat security threats and organized crime or simply suppress dissent. Key safeguards that would reduce and prevent the use of torture remain unimplemented.  Send a message to Canada's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Rob Nicholson, calling on him to ensure Canada fully commits to ending the use of torture around the world.
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Action
Stop Bill C-51 with these 4 easy actions!
Bill C-51 could be voted in Parliament at third reading as soon as next week. This bill is reckless, dangerous and unnecessary. Here are four things you can do to stop Bill C-51:
- Write a letter to your MP
- Call your MP
- Sign the petition
- Spread the word by forwarding this email and sharing on social media
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Action
Walk with refugees
CCR - Organize or join a Walk with refugees 15-21 June 2015 as a way to mark World Refugee Day. A Walk with refugees is a guided tour with stops highlighting significant places and stories from refugees and others in your community, but it can take many forms.  A guided walking tour like a Walk with refugees helps connect the voices and stories refugees and others seeking protection to common landmarks and shared community experiences. See your community through new eyes and use your feet to join the national Walk with refugees.
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Tell the U.S. government to free Slahi
ACLU - Tell the Secretary of Defense: Mohamedou Slahi is being held indefinitely despite his innocence. His ongoing imprisonment is unlawful, as was the torture he survived. I'm asking you not to contest Slahi's habeas case. Please release Mohamedou Slahi without delay.
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Ressource
Bill C-51: List of briefs presented to the Parliamentary Committee on National Security
The ICLMG has compiled a non-exhaustive list of briefs and speaking notes presented to the House of  Commons Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security on Bill C-51. Consult them here
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Action
UnfollowMe: Tell governments to ban mass surveillance
Amnesty International Canada - Governments are snooping on everything we do online. State intelligence and security agencies are using mass surveillance to collect our private emails, calls, internet searches, contact lists, phone locations, webcam images and more.  Sign our petition today, and call on Canada, the USA, UK, Australia and New Zealand - to end indiscriminate mass surveillance today. 
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Action
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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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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rights and liberties and would only serve to undermine the health of our democracy. On the thirty-third anniversary of the signing of the Charter, we should demand that Parliament scrap Bill C-51 altogether. The guarantees of the Charter are not absolute. The Charter itself is clear on this point. However, any limits imposed by Parliament on our basic rights and fundamental freedoms must be "reasonable"; they must not be overbroad; and they must be "demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society". As many commentators have pointed out, Bill C-51 fails on all of these counts. Below, we highlight some of the most troubling aspects of the proposed legislation.
change our business climate for the worse:
other First Nations to do the same. "Eventually if you're categorized as a terrorist, you're going to be spending the rest of your life in prison and for myself, spending time in jail for our action, I didn't really appreciated that," Morris told CBC News. "It was humilating." Morris and five other leaders of Kitchenuymaykoosib Inninuwug were jailed for more than two months for protesting against a mining company operating on the community's traditional lands. The Court of Appeal eventually ordered their release and Ontario bought out the company's claims in the area.
Canadians. [...] CSE is barred by statute from targeting or tracking Canadians under its foreign signals mandate, but it says it is allowed under the current interpretation of the rules to incidentally collect metadata and emails. The agency is obligated to delete private communications unless they are deemed essential to foreign intelligence, but not metadata. Tamir Israel, a lawyer with University of Ottawa's Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic, says CSE's definition of when it is targeting Canadian is "deeply flawed" and contradicts privacy laws. In cases involving third-party online tracking, typically used for advertising, the federal privacy commissioner has found that extensive tracking of metadata, even when the companies don't know the name of an individual, constitutes a violation, says Israel. The extensive monitoring creates a detailed profile, making identifying the individual too easy. Part of the problem, he says, is that the CSE is "in this isolated sort of internal bubble where they get to determine the legal interpretation of everything they do."
