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Législation antiterroriste
Anti-terror legislation
The Globe and Mail 24/07/2015 - Among the committee's worries is that sweeping powers contained in the new anti-terror bill may not contain enough legal safeguards to protect people's rights. In particular, the report raised doubts about elements of the legislation, known as C-51, that expand the mandate of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, the new information sharing regime between security agencies and the changes to the no-fly program.[...] "The State party should refrain from adopting legislation that imposes undue restrictions on the exercise of rights under the Covenant" [stated the Committee.] A spokesman for Public Safety Minister Stephen Blaney said Canada stands by the anti-terrorism legislation as-is. "These are reasonable measures similar to those used by our close allies to protect their own citizens," Jeremy Laurin said in an e-mail. "Canada will do no less." [...] A spokesperson for Foreign Affairs Minister Rob Nicholson referred questions on the report to the specific ministries mentioned. "Canada is the best country in the world," Johanna Quinney said in an e-mail. "We are proud of our human rights record at home and abroad." But the NDP's human rights critic says there is little of which to be proud. "Today's grim report by the United Nations made it clear that under Stephen Harper's Conservatives, from Bill C-51 to attacks on charities, Canada has gone in the wrong direction," Wayne Marston said in a statement.
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Politics and terrorism
Politique et terrorisme
On terror rhetoric, Public Safety Minister ignores RCMP and his own advisorsGlobal News - Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney's office ignored edits that would have toned down a counter-terror statement issued in January, according to a document obtained by Global News. Instead, the statement, issued Jan. 26 in response to an ISIS audio file calling for attacks on Canada, used language Canadian law enforcement has called "inflammatory." The statement, issued Jan. 26 in response to an ISIS audio file calling for attacks on Canada, used language Canadian law enforcement has called "inflammatory." An e-mail obtained through an access-to-information request includes edits to a statement that replaces "jihadist" with "terrorist" and "declared war on" with  "threatened." [...] When Global News asked why the edits weren't made, and whether there's concern this language could alienate people, we received this response: "The international jihadist movement has declared war on Canada." [...] According to a 2012 RCMP report, using language similar to that employed in the release is a bad idea. "Terms like 'Islamic terrorism,' 'Islamist terrorism,' 'Jihadism' and 'Islamofascism' succeed only in conflating terrorism with mainstream Islam, thereby casting all Muslims as terrorists or potential terrorists," reads an RCMP report on terrorism and language titled "Words Make Worlds." "Distorted and inflammatory linkages between Islam and terrorism can serve to convince Muslims - both in the West and in the larger Islamic world - that the West is, in fact, their enemy."
Read more - Lire plus Opinion: No Mr Cameron, jihadists didn't start on 9/11Al Jazeera 24/07/2015 - Cameron's understanding and presentation of the jihadist threat is that radical Islamist ideology, not Western foreign policy, explains all. In a single sentence, his speech dismissed the latter notion: "9/11 - the biggest loss of life of British citizens in a terrorist attack - happened before the Iraq War". In fact, the speech demonstrated Cameron's exceptionally poor historical knowledge. Al-Qaeda was attacking Western targets long before September 11, 2001. [...] It is important to recognise that Cameron's dismissal of foreign policy grievances, in favour of an ideological explanation for anti-British terrorism, is not completely off the mark. There is clearly a  gluey ideology shared between extremist groups like al-Qaeda and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Both groups have long enumerated a list of perfectly legitimate political gripes, both local and global, and mainly within the West's purview. It's just that the West doesn't want to solve them, so it's far more convenient to focus on an academically interesting but pragmatically insignificant aspect: "ideology". [...] In reality, addressing ideology here will not address ideology in the Middle East, and unless Cameron intends on completely shutting down the internet - that ideology will continue to make its way to the UK. Redressing genuine political grievances as comprehensively and widely as possible is not only the right thing to do - it will stop the recruitment. And without recruits, al-Qaeda and ISIL will be nothing.
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Liste d'interdiction de vol
No-fly list
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Secret d'État
State secrecy
Radio-Canada 28/07/2015 - Le document en question a été produit par le Conseil du Trésor du Canada le 6 février 2014. La note ne fait que trois pages, mais on y apprend que les services secrets canadiens disposent à l'étranger de 25 stations d'interception d'échanges sur Internet, « dont plusieurs sont situées dans des pays en développement ou dans des environnements instables ». Le document révèle aussi que ces stations sont vétustes, et qu'Ottawa a récemment  déboursé 21 millions de dollars pour les rénover. Le processus de traitement des données est « inefficace et laborieux », déplore le SCRS, pour qui les retards qui découlent de cette lacune « nuisent à l'efficacité du Service » et « mettent en danger [ses] agents ». Faute de moyens, ce sont les analystes postés à Ottawa qui doivent prendre le relais et « examiner manuellement un grand volume d'informations », souligne le document. Ces informations, compilées sous forme de « messages » seraient au nombre de 22 500 par année, sans compter toutes celles, « extrêmement sensibles », provenant de Washington. Lire plus'Anonymous' starts slow leaking of cabinet confidences, CSE spy attempts
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Friend of the ICLMG
Amie de la CSILC
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Surveillance globale
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Autres nouvelles - More news
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Islamophobie
Islamophobia
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Press freedom
Liberté de la presse
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Privacy
Vie privée
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State terrorism
Terrorisme d'État
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Action
Send Canada's Privacy Plan to the party leaders
OpenMedia - Send the Crowdsourced Action Plan to the party leaders. The government has just rammed its anti-privacy Bill C-51 through the Senate.
Now we need to tell Party Leaders to #KillC51 and implement this positive alternative. Click below, read the plan and enter your information. They will use it to email the Privacy Plan to party leaders.
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Event
Psychologists against torture
Psychologists for Social Responsibility presents a town hall meeting to discuss the complicity of the American Psychological Association with "enhanced interrogation", torture. The event is sponsored by the Canadian Friends Service Committee (Quakers).  August 6, 2015 4-8 pm. St Andrew's Presbyterian Church 73 Simcoe, Toronto, Ontario M5J1W9 Free. All welcome. For more information call: 773-308-6461
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Action
Pétition: Le Canada doit respecter sa promesse d'accueillir 10 000 réfugié.es Syrien.nes
Amnistie internationale - Je vous appelle à : 1. Respecter la promesse d'accueillir 10 000 réfugiés syriens sur trois ans. 2. Donner la priorité aux réfugiés les plus vulnérables, conformément à la politique du HCR, comprenant les enfants non accompagnés, les femmes  et les jeunes filles exposées à des risques, les personnes ayant survécu à des actes de torture, les personnes de la communauté LGBTI, ainsi que celles ayant de graves besoins médicaux. 3. Allouer suffisamment de ressources administratives pour que toutes les demandes soient traitées rapidement et équitablement.
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Action
Petition: Call a Coroner's Inquest in to Abdi's death
End Immigration Detention Network - Abdi had been in immigration prison without charges, trial or date of release for three years at the time of his death in a maximum security prison in Lindsay, Ontario. Days after his death, 88 immigration detainees imprisoned at the same prison, the Central East Correction  Centre, defied sanctions to issue a joint petition calling for an inquiry into their friend's death. We at the End Immigration Detention Network have just been able to access to this petition. It reads: * Coroner's inquest must happen and made public. * Thorough inquest, must include talking to detainees. * Implementation (of recommendations) from the inquest must be made immediately. * The parties responsible must be made accountable.
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Action
New: Join the great Canadian petition drive to kill Bill C-51 and win prizes!
OpenMedia - If we want to get Bill C-51 repealed, we need to add as many voices as we can so our message can be heard far and wide. So to provide a little extra incentive to help us reach 300,000 signatures,  we've put together some pretty great prizes for those who help us reach the most people. Join the Great Canadian Petition Drive to Kill C-51 now with the chance to win an awesome pro-privacy prize pack! Are you ready to beat Margaret Atwood?
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Action
Sign the Declaration of the Voices-Voix Coalition
Voices-Voix Coalition - United, we call upon the Government of Canada to: 1. Respect the right to freedom of opinion and expression; 2. Act in accordance with Canada's democratic traditions and values; 3. Be transparent.  Both individuals and organizations can endorse the declaration.
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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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Action
UAE: Free Canadian citizen Salim Alaradi!
Free Salim Alaradi Campaign - We urge the United Arab Emirates to stop the torture and unconditionally and immediately release Canadian citizen Salim Alaradi, who has been detained for over 285 days without charge.  Please sign the petition and share widely!
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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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indicators" - a term so broad that it covers actual threats hackers pose to computer systems but also sweeps in information on crimes like carjacking and burglaries. Those are serious offenses to be sure, but they have nothing to do with cybersecurity. While current law allows companies to monitor their own systems for cyber threats, CISA would take this to the next level. The bill would allow companies that hold huge swaths of our personal data - like health insurers and credit-card companies - to monitor and report online activity "notwithstanding any other provision of law." This means that CISA would undermine the strong protections embedded in laws like the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 and the Privacy Act of 1964 - laws designed to keep the government from spying on our communications.
