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Revue de l'actualit� - News Digest 
27 ao�t 2015 - August 27, 2015
Criminalisation de la dissidence 
Criminalization of dissent 

The most disturbing thing we learned from the G20: Keenan

The Toronto Star 26/08/2015 - What most of us would hope would happen is that police would protect us from the vandals sowing the chaos - contain the violence, prevent major damage and arrest those responsible. What happened instead was that our police force turned on us: they disregarded the Charter of Rights, conducted unlawful searches, arrested many hundreds of law-abiding citizens who did nothing wrong on trumped-up charges, beat people up and masked their own identities while doing it, housed prisoners who were later released without charge in inhumane cages, and perpetrated what Ontario's ombudsman found to be "the most massive compromise of civil liberties in Canadian history." One York Regional Police officer about summed it up when he was caught on video telling a man who didn't want his bag searched, "This ain't Canada right now," and "there are no civil rights here, in this area, how many times you gotta be told that?" And that was the most disturbing thing about the events of the G20. Seeing how quickly our authorities were willing to discard the whole pretense that we live in a democracy in which people have the right to assemble, to dissent, to speak and travel freely. We learned that if a few dozen people set their mind to smashing windows and throwing rocks, the Charter is tossed aside, and everyone - including simple bystanders - is suddenly subject to arbitrary search, detention and arrest.

2 Montreal police officers ordered to pay $15,000 to activist Jaggi Singh

Human rights groups face global crackdown 'not seen in a generation'

The Guardian 26/08/2015 - Human rights organisations and campaign groups are facing their biggest crackdown in a generation as a wave of countries pass restrictive laws and curtail activity. Almost half the world's states have implemented controls that affect tens of thousands of organisations across the globe. Over the past three years, more than 60 countries have passed or drafted laws that curtail the activity of non-governmental and civil society organisations. Ninety-six countries have taken steps to inhibit NGOs from operating at full capacity, in what the Carnegie Endowment calls a "viral-like spread of new laws" under which international aid groups and their local partners are vilified, harassed, closed down and sometimes expelled. James Savage, of Amnesty International, says: "This global wave of restrictions has a rapidity and breadth to its spread we've not seen before, that arguably represents a seismic shift and closing down of human rights space not seen in a generation. "There are new pieces of legislation almost every week - on foreign funding, restrictions in registration or association, anti-protest laws, gagging laws. And, unquestionably, this is going to intensify in the coming two to three years. You can visibly watch the space shrinking."

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Russian court jails Ukrainian film-maker for 20 years over terror offences

Moscou condamn� � indemniser La Haye deux ans apr�s l'arraisonnement d'un bateau de Greenpeace

Vindicating 'Arctic 30', court orders Russia to pay for Greenpeace arrests 

'A fresh start': Ferguson to withdraw thousands of arrest warrants

2 animal activists facing 6 months in jail for protesting on the sidewalk 
Libert� de la presse
Press freedom

Fahmy himself caught in 'global epidemic' of repression

The Toronto Star 22/08/2015 - Freedom of speech and independent journalism are once again being sacrificed at the altar of a regime's self-serving and politicized "war on terror" and - should this surprise any of us? - there is a Canadian connection. This time, it is in Egypt. And that is where Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy, the former Cairo bureau chief of Al Jazeera's English television network, remains one of its highest-profile victims. Egypt's repressive rulers this past week imposed draconian new "anti-terrorism" laws that effectively eliminated freedom of speech. As the lights dramatically go out in Egypt, an urgent question in coming days will be whether there is enough light left for Fahmy to finally win his 19-month legal ordeal, and be freed. [Fahmy's lawyer Amal] Clooney said there was an agreement between Canada and Egypt that Fahmy would be deported to Canada if he gave up his dual Egyptian citizenship, which Fahmy did. But then there was the announcement that there would be a retrial, which provoked only a mild complaint from the Canadian government. That prompted a sharp rebuke from Amal Clooney in February: "Such sheepish whimpers are woefully inadequate when it comes to enforcing an agreement reached with a sovereign state regarding a citizen's release from detention." Ominously, the [new anti-terror] law imposes heavy fines for journalists who circulate "false news or statements" about terrorist acts that contradict the Egyptian government. It prompted this analysis from one Cairo-based journalist: "Now it's out in the open. It's very clear that if you don't toe the government line, you will be prosecuted... It's not just an Egyptian issue now. It's a global epidemic where journalists and civil liberties are being sidelined and democracy is taking a secondary place in order to champion this so-called 'war on terror.'" That was Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy in an interview last Monday with The Canadian Press. For Fahmy's sake, let's hope the judges responsible for the Aug. 29 verdict are too busy to check the latest Canadian news wire.

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Canadians detained abroad 
Canadien.nes d�tenu.es � l'�tranger 

Salim's Health is deteriorating quickly

Free Salim Alaradi 25/08/2015 -
Today Salim Alaradi's family received information that Salim, a Canadian citizen, is experiencing a significant deterioration in his health. Salim has a number of pre-existing conditions in his spine prior to his detention that have increased in severity as a direct result of that detention, along with subsequent complaints caused by his detention. Salim is suffering from chronic back pain as a direct result of the conditions his cell. Salim has been denied access to specialized medical care. If Salim's health conditions remain untreated and he continues to be denied medical aid he is at risk of permanent and irreversible damage to his spine. We are also very concerned about the health of Kamal Aldarat, the American citizen, who is the eldest of the six Libyan businessmen whom remain arbitrarily detained by the UAE State Security. We are calling on the UAE Authorities to provide Salim Alaradi and Kamal Aldarat the highest attainable standard of care as required by international law. We request that they be released on medical grounds and until doing so to be transferred to a facility or to a physician with advanced imaging capabilities and surgical expertise.

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Canadian family pleads for father detained in the UAE: 'torture until I wished for death' 
Vie priv�e   
Privacy

Ottawa songe � faciliter l'acc�s des policiers

La Presse canadienne 25/08/2015 -Ottawa songe � permettre aux policiers un acc�s tr�s rapide, sans mandat de perquisition, aux renseignements personnels d'abonn�s � Internet. Dans un jugement rendu en juin dernier, la Cour supr�me avait statu� que la police devait d'abord demander l'autorisation du tribunal avant d'obtenir des informations sur des abonn�s � Internet, dans le cadre d'une enqu�te. Depuis, les soci�t�s de t�l�communications et d'autres entreprises, comme les banques ou les compagnies de location, exigent donc la plupart du temps un mandat de perquisition avant de fournir des informations de base sur leurs abonn�s - habituellement le nom et l'adresse d'un client li� � une adresse IP. Dans un document de l'Association canadienne des chefs de police, on apprend que de hauts fonctionnaires du minist�re f�d�ral de la Justice �voquent divers sc�narios pour modifier les lois afin de r�pondre au r�cent jugement. De leur c�t�, lors de leur plus r�cent congr�s annuel, les chefs de police ont adopt� une r�solution dans laquelle ils souhaitent effectivement un acc�s � peu pr�s imm�diat aux renseignements personnels d'abonn�s au cours d'une enqu�te - par exemple pour exploitation sexuelle d'enfants ou menace terroriste.

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Canada's police want laws that will give them 'real time' access to your data

OpenMedia criticizes police push for warrantless access to private Internet subscriber data 
Surveillance globale
Mass surveillance

Digital surveillance 'worse than Orwell', says new UN privacy chief

The Guardian 24/08/2015 - The first UN privacy chief has said the world needs a Geneva convention style law for the internet to safeguard data and combat the threat of massive clandestine digital surveillance. Speaking to the Guardian weeks after his appointment as the UN special rapporteur on privacy, Joseph Cannataci described British surveillance oversight as being "a joke", and said the situation is worse than anything George Orwell could have foreseen. [...] Appointed after concern about surveillance and privacy following the Edward Snowden revelations, Cannataci agreed that his notion of a new universal law on surveillance could embarrass those who may not sign up to it. "Some people may not want to buy into it," he acknowledged. "But you know, if one takes the attitude that some countries will not play ball, then, for example, the chemical weapons agreement would never have come about."

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Une convention de Gen�ve pour les univers num�riques?
 
Autres nouvelles - More news
Anti-terror legislation
L�gislation anti-terrorisme  
Democracy and civil liberties
D�mocratie et libert�s civiles 
D�portation
Deportation  
D�tention illimit�e
Indefinite detention 
Drones 
Fair trial
Proc�s �quitable 
Freedom of expression
Libert� d'expression
Guantanamo 
"Guerre au terrorisme"
"War on terror"

The civilian toll from the war against ISIS is huge. Why isn't the press covering it?

It's time for a civilian protection strategy in Iraq

Spies: Obama's brass pressured us to downplay ISIS threat

U.S. airstrikes on Iraq and Syria on August 26, 2015

Junaid Hussain: British hacker for ISIS believed killed in US air strike

Airstrikes kill 43 militants in Northwestern Pakistan, military says

Sisi, Putin call for anti-terror Mideast coalition

Chilcot inquiry: blame will be spread beyond Blair's inner team, sources say

Chilcot defends long-delayed Iraq inquiry - but sets no date for publication

US army reopens criminal inquiry into Afghan civilians' deaths

Sydney siege inquest: experts disagree over Monis's motives - as it happened

Jeremy Corbyn to apologise for Iraq war on behalf of Labour if he becomes leader
Migration and refugee rights
Immigration et droits des r�fugi�.es 
Privacy
Vie priv�e
Profilage
Profiling
Reflections on the war on terror
R�flexions sur la guerre au terrorisme

State secret
Secret d'�tat

Terrorism cases
Proc�s pour terrorisme
Terrorisme
Terrorism
Transparency
Transparence
Torture 
Miscellaneous
Divers
CETTE SEMAINE / THIS WEEK
 
Action   

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?

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!


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.


Action   

P�tition: Le Canada doit respecter sa promesse d'accueillir 10 000 r�fugi�.es Syrien.nes  

Amnistie internationale - Je vous appelle � : 1. Respecter la promesse d'accueillir 10 000 r�fugi�s syriens sur trois ans. 2. Donner la priorit� aux r�fugi�s les plus vuln�rables, conform�ment � la politique du HCR, comprenant les enfants non accompagn�s, les femmes et les jeunes filles expos�es � des risques, les personnes ayant surv�cu � des actes de torture, les personnes de la communaut� LGBTI, ainsi que celles ayant de graves besoins m�dicaux. 3. Allouer suffisamment de ressources administratives pour que toutes les demandes soient trait�es rapidement et �quitablement.


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.


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.
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.