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NewsOct 20, 2024
Support Abousfian Abdelrazik as Canadian Complicity in Torture Goes on Trial
Abousfian Abdelrazik is “the victim of a series of gross injustices attributable directly or indirectly to Canadian state actors, including arbitrary and illegal detention, prolonged solitary confinement, torture, and forced exile and separation from his home and young children.
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NewsMay 9, 2013
Troubling new anti-terror provisions pass into law
In what some critics called an opportunistic move, the Harper government swiftly scheduled debate on, and passed, new anti-terrorism provisions (Bill S-7) in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing and the subsequent Canadian arrests of two men alleged to be involved in a plot against VIA Rail. The…
NewsMar 19, 2013
Federal cuts deny refugees life-saving treatment
Ahmad Abdorahman Awatt, faces serious threats to his health because of his immigration status. Awatt, a Kurd originally from Iraq, came to Canada in 1999. Although he lost his refugee case, he cannot be deported because his country of origin is on a moratorium list of unsafe countries that prevents…
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StoriesJan 22, 2013
NS case leaves rights of niqab-wearing women in doubt
The recent Supreme Court of Canada judgment in the NS case – deciding whether a woman who brought charges of childhood sexual abuse against male relatives could wear her niqab while providing testimony – sparked much discussion that reflected the ongoing tension of a Canadian society where…
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StoriesNov 30, 2012
Work for freedom? You may be inadmissible to Canada
Ahmad Daud Maqsudi is an Afghan refugee who's been declared “inadmissible” to this country for involvement in an organization that has been supported by Canada and the CIA. Ironically, that same organization is nonetheless viewed as threatening by Ottawa because of its alleged role of “engaging in…
StoriesSep 14, 2012
Dismantling the “Muslim tide” myths
When a gunman opened fire at the victory celebration for Quebec's PQ Leader Pauline Marois, there was no reference to his religion or birth country, and certainly no grand statement about whether or not his actions reflect “our values.” Amidst the tragedy, one can only assume that such omissions…
StoriesAug 18, 2012
Undesirables: White Canada and the Komagata Maru, an Illustrated History by Ali Kazimi
As Parliament passes sweeping, repressive immigration legislation, Toronto filmmaker Ali Kazimi's timely book, Undesirables: White Canada and the Komagata Maru, an Illustrated History, is a welcome and necessary contribution that should be required reading not only for Jason Kenney and his cohorts,…

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