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National security and human rights
Sécurité nationale et droits de la personne
Monia Mazigh: Ten years after the Arar report - what have we learned?
iPolitics 29/10/2015 - The government of Stephen Harper never implemented the recommendations in Justice O'Connor's 2006 report on how to avoid future tragedies like the one that struck Maher Arar; The threat of terrorism is still alive - as is the risk of false accusations and stereotyping of members of the Muslim community; Many journalists who reported on Arar's case never owned up to the damage they did to his reputation. Today, some  journalists continue to leak information obtained from anonymous national security 'sources' - ignoring the right of those targeted to challenge their accusers. [...] What happened to Maher Arar isn't a matter of an individual randomly wronged by a police officer. Justice O'Connor's report described how an increasing number of integrated intelligence and police agencies are working together to fight terrorism in a climate of little or no accountability, almost exclusively focused on the Muslim community - leaving other threats unchallenged and making the Muslim community feel singled out.
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Autres nouvelles - More news
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Islamophobie
Islamophobia
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Migration and refugee rights
Immigration et droits des réfugié.es
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No-fly list
Liste d'interdiction de vol
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North American Security Perimeter
Périmètre de sécurité nord-américain
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Press freedom
Liberté de la presse
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Privacy
Vie privée
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Reflections on terrorism
Réflexions sur le terrorisme
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State secrecy
Secret d'État
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Torture
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Report
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Book
The MIT Press - With Obfuscation, Finn Brunton and Helen Nissenbaum mean to start a revolution. They are calling us not to the barricades but to our computers, offering us ways to fight today's pervasive digital surveillance-the collection of our data by governments, corporations, advertisers, and hackers. To the toolkit of privacy protecting techniques and projects, they propose adding  obfuscation: the deliberate use of ambiguous, confusing, or misleading information to interfere with surveillance and data collection projects. Brunton and Nissenbaum provide tools and a rationale for evasion, noncompliance, refusal, even sabotage-especially for average users, those of us not in a position to opt out or exert control over data about ourselves. Obfuscation will teach users to push back, software developers to keep their user data safe, and policy makers to gather data without misusing it.
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Action
Saudi Arabia: Stop the execution of juvenile activist Ali al-Nimr
Amnesty International - Two courts have upheld the death sentence against a Shi'a activist. He has exhausted his appeals and may be executed as soon as the King ratifies the sentence. Ali al-Nimr was sentenced to death on 27 May 2014 for offences he is alleged to have committed when he was 17 years old. The court seems to  have based its decision on "confessions" which Ali al-Nimr has said were extracted under torture and other ill-treatment and has refused to look into this allegation. When Ali al-Nimr was arrested in February 2012 he was not allowed to see his lawyer. He has said that GDI officers tortured him to make him sign a "confession". Read more and sign the petition now!
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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
PM Trudeau: Call on the UAE to free Canadian citizen Salim Alaradi now!
ICLMG - Salim Alaradi, a Canadian citizen and father of 5 young children, has been detained without charge in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)  since August 2014. We are also worried that he was tortured. His health is deteriorating quickly as his family has informed us this week. Write to Prime Minister Trudeau to urge him to call on the UAE to free Salim Alaradi now!
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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?
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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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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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been listening to the experts and know where the flaws in the bill lie. There are many, most of which stem from the vague language. What, for instance, does it mean to "promote terrorism," and what exactly is "terrorism propaganda"? [...] There's an argument to be made that the entire bill should be scrapped, since there isn't that much left once all the bad things are taken out. It may be that the existing Criminal Code is adequate to the task. The committee should be open to this. But one thing the Liberals cannot change their mind about is their promise to "establish an all-party national security oversight committee" that would have the clearances to demand answers from CSIS on its activities. No serious democracy should operate an intelligence agency like CSIS without such a body. It's time Canada joined the United States and the United Kingdom and made its spies more accountable to the representatives of the people. 
effectively allow government spy agencies to collect and store your private information in giant centralized databases, without even needing a warrant. Even the Canadian Security and Intelligence Service (CSIS), supposedly the main beneficiary of Bill C-51, had told the government that it didn't require such sweeping new powers. Alas, apart from requiring the Privacy Commissioner to produce an annual report on the use of such laws, the Liberals' plans avoid this major issue entirely. The Liberals also seem to have nothing planned to tackle the serious issues raised by Canada's business community, including the "the overt takedown of multi-use websites or other communications networks with or without any judicial supervision." These plans will also do little to reassure artists and creators worried about C-51's chilling effects on free expression.
program in Afghanistan, Yemen, and Somalia. The documents, provided by a whistleblower, offer an unprecedented glimpse into Obama's drone wars.
Homeland Security would be responsible for removing such personal information. That amendment also failed by a 49 to 47 vote. Senator Leahy had an amendment that would have removed FOIA exemptions in the bill (making it much less transparent how CISA was used). That amendment was voted down 59 to 37. Senator Franken then had an amendment that would have "tightened" the definition of cybersecurity threats, so that the shared information needed to be "reasonably likely" to cause damage, as opposed to the current "may" cause damage. And (you guess it, because you're good at this), it was also voted down by a 60 to 35 vote.
university's Human Rights Research and Education Centre and Centre for International Policy Studies, "Arar +10" reviewed the state of national security and human rights in Canada a decade after a public inquiry was established to investigate the rendition to Syria and torture of Canadian citizen Maher Arar. From a range of panels key recommendations emerged. The conference's recommendations are particularly timely as the new federal government prepares to introduce legal and other reforms reversing or revising national security and citizenship laws and practices.
promote and favour the interests of Canadian mining companies and to influence decisions over extractive projects and related policies. The trend of repression and deregulation in Canada to favour mining, oil, and gas projects is consistent with the model that the Canadian government promotes abroad. Concluding with a series of ideas and recommendations for discussion, the report seeks to spur debate and foster creative action to protect dissent in defence of land and the environment, and to question Canada's role in promoting the underlying economic development model that is putting communities at such a deadly disadvantage.
