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Revue de l'actualit� - News Digest 
7 mai 2015 - May 7, 2015
Omar Khadr
 
Omar Khadr est libre, tranche une Cour d'appel

Le Devoir 07/05/2015 - Omar Khadr, l'ex-d�tenu canadien de la prison militaire am�ricaine de Guant�namo, a �t� lib�r� sous caution jeudi, le gouvernement f�d�ral n'ayant pas r�ussi � emp�cher sa mise en libert� sous certaines conditions. La juge Myra Bielby, de la Cour d'appel de l'Alberta, n'a pas �t� convaincue par les arguments d'Ottawa, qui plaidait mardi que la lib�ration de M. Khadr constituerait une menace � la s�curit� publique et nuirait aux bonnes relations du Canada avec les autres pays. Le gouvernement f�d�ral avait notamment soutenu que la lib�ration sous caution de M. Khadr violerait le trait� international en vertu duquel il avait �t� transf�r� dans un p�nitencier canadien en 2012. [...] � M. Khadr, vous �tes libre �, a conclu la juge Bielby, jeudi matin � Edmonton. L'avocat de M. Khadr, Dennis Edney, a serr� dans ses bras sa femme Patricia, qui pleurait � chaudes larmes, pendant que des partisans dans la salle d'audience saluaient bruyamment la d�cision de la juge. La Cour d'appel permet donc � M. Khadr de recouvrer sa libert� sous certaines conditions - notamment de porter un �metteur � la cheville, afin de suivre ses all�es et venues par g�olocalisation. Il devra aussi habiter chez son avocat, � Edmonton, respecter un couvre-feu, et ne pourra quitter la province sans le consentement des autorit�s.

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Omar Khadr walks free on bail after 13 years in custody

Omar Khadr, free on bail, vows to prove he is 'a good person' (video)

Globe editorial: Ottawa is doing 'irrevocable harm' to Omar Khadr's rights

Psychological assessment gives glimpse into Omar Khadr's inner life

Why I changed my mind about Omar Khadr

Why the Harper government can't let Omar Khadr go 
L�gislation antiterroriste
Anti-terror legislation
 
Conservative anti-terror bill passes final vote with Liberal support

Globe and Mail 06/05/2015 - The Conservative government's anti-terrorism legislation has passed its final vote in the House of Commons, clearing the way for the bill to become law before Parliament rises for the summer. The third-reading vote passed 183 to 96 with the support of Conservative and Liberal Members of Parliament, and was opposed by New Democrats and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May. NDP MP Randall Garrison's proposed amendment to essentially gut the bill was rejected 183 to 95.

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C-51 est adopt�

Alex Neve: Bill C-51 assumes human rights can be trumped by national security

We'll keep up the fight against C-51... until we win!

CCPA editorial: What is C-51 for?

Ontario aboriginal groups fear Bill C-51 will turn protests into terrorism

Globe editorial: Bill C-51: Soon to be law, and as murky as ever

Conservative MP Laurie Hawn attacks Canadian Businesses that raised concerns about Bill C-51

Sid Ryan: Making Canadians choose between safety and privacy is wrong  
Surveillance des agences de s�curit�
Oversight of security agencies
 
Andrew Mitrovica: On C-51, 'just trust us' doesn't cut it anymore

iPolitics 01/05/2015 - Last week, Richard Fadden [Stephen Harper's national security advisor] appeared before a Senate committee examining Bill C-51, the government's so-called 'anti-terror' legislation. It was a depressing performance. He was asked about the glaring absence of a working oversight mechanism in this sweeping, ramshackle security bill. His response: Trust us. [...] Pressed by Liberal senators about the bill's lack of any reasonable level of oversight for CSIS, Fadden claimed that while he didn't have "operational control" over CSIS, he enjoys a lot of "influence" with the spy service, the prime minister and cabinet.
"If I think there is real problem, I have access to the prime minister and ministers," he said. Not done, Fadden then lectured the committee about Parliamentary rules and procedures, insisting that the Public Safety minister is ultimately responsible for "oversight" of CSIS. "I find it interesting that in this debate about oversight and review, we tend to ignore the responsibilities of ministers. I must say when I was director of CSIS, I never considered my minister to be a rubber stamp," Fadden said. So here's what we're getting by way of reassurance. C-51 looks "frightening" but it isn't really - not when viewed from Fadden's altitude in the security sphere. The security services will never use the vast new powers being granted by the bill to cross the line on Canadians' civil liberties because Richard Fadden won't let them. And besides, CSIS is beholden to the Public Safety minister - and we all know how seriously Steven Blaney takes his job.

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Surveillance globale
Mass surveillance
 

The Intercept 07/05/2015 -
A federal appeals court panel ruled on Thursday that the NSA's bulk collection of metadata of phone calls to and from Americans is not authorized by Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act, throwing out the government's legal justification for the surveillance program exposed by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden nearly two years ago. Judge Gerard E. Lynch, writing the opinion for the unanimous three-judge panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York, described as "unprecedented and unwarranted" the government's argument that the all-encompassing collection of phone records was allowed because it was "relevant" to an authorized investigation.

 

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How the NSA converts spoken words into searchable text

Why the USA Freedom Act is both desperately important and laughably pathetic

NYT editorial: More excuses on the Patriot Act

France - La loi sur le renseignement expliqu�e en patates (vid�o)

Inside Story: France under surveillance (video)

Renseignement : la France post- � Charlie � compar�e aux Etats-Unis apr�s le 11 Septembre

Analysis: Familiar swing to security over privacy after attacks in France

DOJ to review secret cell phone tracking programs, reveal information on usage

Meeting Snowden in Princeton 
 
Autres nouvelles - More news
Anti-terror legislation
L�gislation anti-terrorisme  
Charities and political activities
Organisations de bienfaisance et politique 
Criminalisation de le dissidence
Criminalization of dissent  
Drones 
Freedom of expression
Libert� d'expression 

Guantanamo

Guerre au terrorisme
War on terror 

Afghanistan: terreur dans une prison canadienne

No grounds to charge Canadian military police over interrogation techniques in Afghanistan, Tories say

Canadian prime minister visits Iraq as bombings kill 30

Nigeria : l'arm�e annonce la lib�ration de 234 femmes et enfants otages de Boko Haram

Nigeria: Nearly 300 freed women, children led to safety

D'ex-otages de Boko Haram racontent

Nigerian troops accused of killing civilians in Plateau state

Death toll from U.S.-led strike rises to 52 civilians in Syria

May 1: Military airstrikes continue against ISIL in Syria and Iraq

Plus de 100 djihadistes fran�ais tu�s en Syrie et en Irak

Avoiding the sting: US organization proposes different approach to "radicalization"

US - Muslim groups speak against anti-terror program

EU Parliament recommends anti-terrorism training mission in Kenya
Immigration and refugee rights
Immigration et droits des r�fugi�.es

Islamophobie
Islamophobia

Politique et terrorisme
Politics and terrorism
Press freedom
Libert� de la presse

Privacy
Vie priv�e

Reflections on terrorism
R�flexions sur le terrorisme 
State secret
Secret d'�tat 
Terrorism
Terrorisme
Torture 
Transport security
S�curit� du transport
Miscellenaous
Divers

 

 
CETTE SEMAINE / THIS WEEK
 
Action   

UPDATE
Tell the Senate to Stop Bill C-51

The government is about to ram through a reckless, dangerous and ineffective "Secret Police" law called Bill C-51. This damaging legislation is now before the Senate!

Sign this petition to tell Senators to stop Bill C-51 before it's too late.


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.

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.


Action   

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.
The best-selling author at Guantanamo


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
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.


Action   

Signez la p�tition pour lib�rer le blogueur saoudien Raif Badawi  



Amnistie internationale - Raif Badawi, prisonnier d'opinion en Arabie saoudite, risque la mort pour avoir offert un d�bat sur la libert� religieuse.
Exigeons des autorit�s saoudiennes que les coups de fouet cessent imm�diatement, que Raif soit lib�r� sans condition, et qu'il soit r�uni avec sa famille r�fugi�e au Canada.
Exigeons de cet �tat qu'il respecte ses obligations en mati�re de droits humains et qu'il abolisse la flagellation.



English petition
Arar +10   

Watch the Arar +10: National Security and Human Rights, 10 years later conference

Retrospective of the Past Decade
Opening remarks: Retrospective of the Past Decade
Panel 1: The People and Lives Behind the Issues
Panel 1: The People and Lives Behind the Issues
Panel 2: Perspectives from the Media
Panel 2: Perspectives from the Media
Keynote Panel: Judicial Reflections on National Security and Human Rights
Keynote Panel: Judicial Reflections on National Security and Human Rights
Panel 3: Lawyering for Human Rights in a National Security Context
Panel 3: Lawyering for Human Rights in a National Security Context
Panel 4: A View from Community Level
Panel 4: A View from Community Level
Panel 5: Oversight and Review
Panel 5: Oversight and Review
Closing Remarks
Closing Remarks

Les opinions exprim�es ne refl�tent pas n�cessairement les positions de la CSILC - The views expressed do not necessarily reflect the positions of ICLMG

What is the News Digest? Qu'est-ce que la Revue de l'actualit�?

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.
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La revue de l'actualit� est notre publication hebdomadaire de nouvelles, d'�v�nements, d'appels � l'action, et beaucoup plus, entourant la s�curit� nationale, la lutte au terrorisme, et les libert�s civiles. La CSILC est une coalition nationale de 38 organisations de la soci�t� civile canadienne qui a �t� cr��e suite aux attentats terroristes de septembre 2001 aux �tats-Unis.