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Monia Mazigh
Canada Must Correct Its Wrongs And Apologize To Three Torture Victims
The Huffington Post 22/09/2016 - While Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was at the United Nations delivering a speech to the UN delegates on how "[t]here is an appetite for Canada's approach and Canada's solutions, promoting diversity as a strength... Canada has a narrative the world needs -- we're happy to share," it seems that he has forgotten that at home there is another narrative that won't be easily erased from the history records: Canada's role  in torture. Indeed the case of the three Canadian citizens: Abdullah Almalki, Ahmad El Maati and Muayyed Nureddin, resurfaced this week in the media bringing back again the dark side of Canadian complicity with regimes that routinely use torture and forced disappearance in their so-called "war on terror." [...] Canada can't be an example to the world as long as these victims of torture haven't been compensated and provided with a public apology. They deserve nothing less. Read more - Lire plus |
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Documents show CSIS and RCMP's role in post-9/11 torture of 3 Canadians in Syria
CBC News 19/09/2016 - Thousands of pages of secret files obtained by CBC reveal how Canada's police and intelligence service not only knew three Canadians were being tortured in Syrian jails in a post-Sept. 11 crackdown, but co-operated with  Syrian officials in their interrogations. The files also show a Canadian ambassador helped deliver questions the RCMP and CSIS wanted put to the Canadians imprisoned in Syria, a country with a dismal human rights record. The revelations are featured in "The Torture Files," a joint investigation by The National and the fifth estate that airs this week. Read more - Lire plusAlex Neve: Mr. Trudeau, it's time to deliver justice for torture victims Almalki, Elmaati and NureddinNCCM urges government to apologize and compensate three Canadians for complicity in their torture
The Toronto Star 21/09/2016 - When it came to light in 2012 that the Harper government had instructed Canada's spy agency that it would be appropriate, under certain circumstances, to use information obtained through torture, the Liberals were among the many who expressed outrage. [...] When the Liberals came to power last year, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said he would review the "troubling set of issues" raised by the policy. Yet nearly a year into the Trudeau government's  mandate, the directive remains on the books. As the CBC's the fifth estate program reported this week, Goodale says he is continuing "to assess" the issue. [...] The ministerial directive is really no different from saying to our partners that inflicting abuses is OK if it's about saving lives. It is not - and a policy that in any way condones torture, or worse, creates a market for it and thereby contributes to its use, is a betrayal of our values and our international obligations. In opposition, the Liberals understood that equivocation on torture is wrong. In government, they should put an end to it. Read more - Lire plus |
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The Tyee 21/09/2016 - The federal government's consultation on national security provides a rare opportunity for Canadians to weigh in on critical issues like Bill C-51. The government has released a Green Paper backgrounder to shape the consultations. But the BCCLA notes that "in the main, it reads like it was drafted by a public relations firm tasked with selling the current state of extraordinary, unaccountable powers and if anything, laying the groundwork for extending those even further." In response, the association has prepared its own series of Green Papers to help you consider an online submission to the national security  consultation before the Dec.1 deadline. [...] The changes we need: Canada should repeal the Secure Air Travel Act and keep suspected terrorists away from airplanes using the existing tools under the criminal law. If law enforcement agencies have enough information to determine that an individual poses a threat to aviation safety, or that they are planning to board a plane in order to commit a terrorism offence, they are also likely to have enough information to: Seek a recognizance order with conditions; Lay charges (recall, conspiracy to commit, or attempting to commit terrorism offences are themselves crimes); or Seek a court order for the imposition of a travel ban. It is not the case that there may never be justification for preventing someone from boarding a plane. The question is, how - and on what grounds - is this to be done? We say the tools of the existing criminal law are best suited to protecting both public safety and individuals' security. Read more - Lire plusSix reasons why you should participate in the national security consultation about Bill C-51 |
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The Toronto Star 22/09/2016 - An average of 242 children, including babies born in Canada, are held in immigration detention in Canada each year, according to a new report by the University of Toronto. "Conditions of detention are woefully unsuited for children. Immigration holding centres resemble medium-security prisons, with significant  restrictions on privacy and liberty, inadequate access to education, insufficient recreational opportunities and poor nutrition," said the report, "No Life for a Child," to be released on Parliament Hill Thursday. "Children live with their mothers in detention, and may only visit their fathers for a short period each day. Both detention and family separation have profoundly harmful mental health consequences, and neither option is in a child's best interests." Read more - Lire plusPrivately sponsored Syrian refugees left in limboEn Grèce, des milliers de migrants fuient après l'incendie d'un campNCCM & CCR webinar: Countering islamophobia through advocacy and public education |
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CBC News 22/09/2016 - The new documents reveal Public Safety Canada approved requests from the RCMP, Canadian Security Intelligence Service and the Defence Department granting more than a dozen licences to an unnamed company (or companies) for the purpose of possessing, manufacturing or selling devices "used primarily for the interception of  communications." The documents, which are heavily redacted and don't identify the manufacturers or the devices and their capabilities, were shared with CBC News by Ottawa-based investigative researcher Ken Rubin. "It's a part of the puzzle," Rubin said. "There are too many questions there. All I've uncovered is a link to how this rather shady, secretive system works, and there's no public understanding of it." Read more - Lire plusUS cities launch campaign to crack down on unsanctioned surveillance |
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The Toronto Star 22/09/2016 - According to Leitch, who was Minister for the Status of Women in the former Conservative government, there have been 13 "honour killings" in Canada since 2004. In the Canadian population as a whole, one woman is killed every six days by her partner. "When the actors involved are immigrants of colour, we label behaviour that we consider problematic as 'cultural,' and understand this term to mark racial or ethnic identity," observes Leti Volpp, a law professor at the  University of California, Berkeley. "In contrast, when a white person commits a similar act, we view it as an isolated instance of aberrant behaviour, and not as reflective of a racialized culture. Under this schema, white people are individual actors; people of color are members of groups ... The result is an exaggerated perception of ethnic difference that equates it with moral difference from 'us.'" "We" are defined by the best of what we think we are, while "they" are defined by the worst of what we think they are. Read more - Lire plusMontreal woman denied right to wear hijab in Quebec courtroom goes to court todayU.S. Muslims Fear Hate Crimes & Overreaction by Law Enforcement in Wake of Chelsea Bombing |
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Nathalie Drouin : Omar Khadr a 30 ans aujourd'hui
pouromarkhadr.com 19/09/2016 - Omar Khadr a 30 ans aujourd'hui. Combien d'années devra-t-il patienter encore avant que notre gouvernement ne lui offre enfin des excuses officielles assorties d'une compensation pour les fautes commises à son endroit et qui l'ont privé de ses droits les plus élémentaires? Nous avons une dette collective  envers ce jeune homme, un citoyen canadien à part entière que l'on a laissé croupir à Guantanamo pendant 10 ans et qui a subi des sévices, abandons et dénis de justice à répétition depuis 15 ans, à l'encontre des conventions de droit internationales dont notre pays est signataire. L'histoire d'Omar est une véritable disgrâce pour le Canada qui se targue d'être le champion des droits de la personne et, surtout, des droits des enfants. Voici un rappel des faits en 15 points. |
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The ICLMG is looking for a new National Coordinator. Location: Ottawa, Ontario  Application deadline: September 23, 2016 at midnight EST Starting date: On or before November 15, 2016 Please share widely!
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Action
Petition: Speak Out to Repeal Bill C-51 and Restore Privacy Now
OpenMedia - When the government passed Bill C-51, they weakened the privacy rules that keep us all safe. Meanwhile, spy agency scandals, stingray surveillance, and government data leaks have left everyday  Canadians afraid for their personal security. The new government says it wants to do better, and is asking Canadians for their views. This is our chance to ensure a future where all of us can experience privacy and security online. Sign on now and we'll send the full letter below to Public Safety Canada's Consultation on National Security. Let's tell Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale: "Repeal Bill C-51 and create strong, transparent, and enforceable privacy laws as outlined in Canada's Privacy Plan."
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 Free Homa Hoodfar -
1. Send a Letter to the Canadian Authorities
2. Send a Letter to the Irish Authorities
3. Send a Letter to the Iranian Authorities
4. Get Involved on Social Media
5. Change Your Profile Picture
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Amnesty & ACLU - When Edward Snowden shared US intelligence documents with journalists in June 2013, he revealed the shocking extent of global mass surveillance. He showed how governments were secretly scooping up huge chunks of our personal communications, including private emails, phone locations, web histories and so much more. All  without our consent. His courage changed the world. He sparked a global debate, changing laws and helping to protect our privacy. Edward Snowden is a human rights hero, yet he faces decades in prison under charges that treat him like a spy who sold secrets to enemies of the USA. Please sign our petition, which we have launched in partnership with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Pardon Snowden campaign.
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ICLMG - Canada's numerous national security agencies - including CSEC, CSIS, the RCMP and CBSA - have inadequate or simply no oversight or review mechanisms. This has led to human rights violations such as the rendition to torture of Canadiancitizens Maher Arar,
Abdullah Almalki, Ahmad El-Maati and Muayyed Nurredin, among others. In 2006, Justice O'Connor concluded the Arar Commission with several recommendations to prevent such atrocities from happening again: Canadian national security agencies must be subjected to robust, integrated and comprehensive oversight and review. Years have passed and the federal government has yet to implement the recommendations.
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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 43 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 43 organisations de la société civile canadienne qui a été créée suite aux attentats terroristes de septembre 2001 aux États-Unis.
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