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The bill before the Quebec legislature that would require the niqab be removed when a person deals with government employees and access government services in that province should not be passed, …
By Dawinder Sidhu
Who counts as “us” and who counts as “them” has shifted throughout modern American history. For decades, African-Americans were “them,” judged to be members of an inferior race and denied basic rights. In …
North American Muslim Foundation
invites
Youth and Community Members to 3rd Orphan Walk 2010
Walk for the Orphans of our Global Village
Saturday May 29th, 2010
Starting From: Scarborough Civic Center at 9 am
Ending At: NAMF Islamic Center at 12 …
By William Fisher
NEW YORK, May 12, 2010 (IPS) – In a major decision overturning a George W. Bush-era policy that has been continued by the administration of President Barack Obama, a federal court ruled that …
By Craig Scott
House of Commons Speaker Peter Milliken handed down a clear, measured, and compactly reasoned ruling last Tuesday, a ruling which, on occasion, artfully employed both pointed understatement and carefully crafted elisions.
The primary question …
Opening remarks by Alex Neve, Secretary General Amnesty International Canada (English branch)
Voices-Voix Strategizing Meeting, Ottawa, April 21, 2010
We’ve all come together today – in impressive numbers and from a remarkable array of sectors and backgrounds …
By Matthew Behrens
Viewers tuning in to Wednesday evening’s rabble.ca videocast from Montreal could be forgiven for thinking they had stumbled across a surreal version of the infamous PBS fund drives that annually dominate American …
By Robert Verkaik
Six former detainees at Guantanamo Bay have won their legal battle to have their claims against the Government heard in public.
In a far-reaching judgment on the principle of open justice, the Court of …
By Paul Koring
Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Station, Cuba
Omar Khadr, then a gravely wounded 15-year-old, was routinely trussed up in a cage “in one of the worst places on Earth,” according to a hulking former military …
On Thursday, April 29, 2010 the parliamentary committee on Public Safety and National Security held a public hearing on the issue of No-Fly lists.
ICLMG was invited to testify on a panel with BCCLA and the …
Al Jazeera English Launches in Canada on Bell TV, Rogers and Vidéotron
International channel to open bureau in Canada
May 4, 2010 – Al Jazeera English, the award-winning 24-hour global news and current affairs channel, is …
By Alexander Bolton
A plan by Senate Democratic leaders to reform the nation’s immigration laws ran into strong opposition from civil liberties defenders before lawmakers even unveiled it Thursday.
Democratic leaders have proposed requiring …
One hundred and twenty risk arrest to donate to Abdelrazik
Sanctions-busting telethon a tremendous success
A sanctions-busting telethon held in support of Abousfian Abdelrazik in Montreal yesterday was a resounding success. More than 120 …
By Paul Koring
Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Station, Cuba
Preliminary talks have been held to end Omar Khadr’s war-crimes trial with a plea bargain that could lead to his release and repatriation to Canada, but agreement from …
