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Abdelrazik launches constitutional challenge – Canadian on UN blacklist for alleged links to terrorism claims Ottawa violated his rights
June 7, 2010 – 11:13 am | No Comment
Abdelrazik launches constitutional challenge – Canadian on UN blacklist for alleged links to terrorism claims Ottawa violated his rights

By Paul Koring
A constitutional challenge contends the Canadian government can’t strip a citizen of his rights, seize his assets and make it a crime to employ him just because the UN Security …

A Glimmer of Justice for Wrongly Detained Terror Suspects – Benamar Benatta’s victory in Canada would be denied, still, in America
December 22, 2009 – 1:58 pm | No Comment
A Glimmer of Justice for Wrongly Detained Terror Suspects – Benamar Benatta’s victory in Canada would be denied, still, in America

By Edward Alden
Benamar Benatta was mysteriously handed over by Canada to U.S. authorities the day after the 9-11 terrorist attacks, and spent nearly five years in American jails without ever being convicted of a crime.
Earlier …

Security certificate against Hassan Almrei has been quashed by Federal Court this morning
December 14, 2009 – 2:38 pm | No Comment
Security certificate against Hassan Almrei has been quashed by Federal Court this morning

A decision was issued this morning by the Honourable Richard Mosley of the Federal Court in file DES-3-08:
IN THE MATTER OF Hassan Almrei
Summary: On February 22, 2008, the Minister of Public Safety and …

RCMP probes federal role in Arar torture – Arar case raises possibility of similar action on Afghan abuses
December 11, 2009 – 9:09 am | One Comment
RCMP probes federal role in Arar torture – Arar case raises possibility of similar action on Afghan abuses

By Tonda MacCharles
OTTAWA  –The RCMP has already launched an unprecedented probe of allegations that Canadian government officials turned a blind eye to torture in the past, raising the possibility it could act again on the …

The record and the falsehoods – The government’s insistence it knew nothing about the torture of Afghan detainees becomes more and more tenuous
December 8, 2009 – 2:01 pm | No Comment
The record and the falsehoods – The government’s insistence it knew nothing about the torture of Afghan detainees becomes more and more tenuous

Editorial in The Globe and Mail

The record speaks for itself on what the Canadian government knows, or should have known, about the torture of Afghan detainees. It speaks far louder than the falsehoods from the …

Wesley Wark: Post-9/11 fatigue sets in – Wesley Wark, security specialist at the University of Toronto. A next chapter written by law enforcement sounds a lot better to Canadian ears than one written by a CSIS driven into Stasi terrain
November 24, 2009 – 2:53 pm | No Comment
Wesley Wark: Post-9/11 fatigue sets in – Wesley Wark, security specialist at the University of Toronto. A next chapter written by law enforcement sounds a lot better to Canadian ears than one written by a CSIS driven into Stasi terrain

By Wesley Wark
Canada’s front-line national security agencies have been subjected to enormous and unprecedented stresses and strains in the past eight years. The fault lines are starting to show.
Remember that scene in John le Carré’s …

Asylum seekers’ success rate plunges under Tory government – Number of refugee claims approved drops 56 per cent amid immigration overhaul
November 4, 2009 – 4:45 pm | No Comment
Asylum seekers’ success rate plunges under Tory government – Number of refugee claims approved drops 56 per cent amid immigration overhaul

By Bill Curry
Ottawa — The number of refugees gaining asylum in Canada has dropped dramatically under the Conservatives as new figures reveal the impact of the government’s efforts to transform this country’s immigration system.
New statistics …

OTTAWA CITIZEN EDITORIAL: The U.S. can do better
November 4, 2009 – 4:24 pm | No Comment
OTTAWA CITIZEN EDITORIAL: The U.S. can do better

The Ottawa Citizen
Americans viewed the attack of 9/11 as an act of war, and no fair-minded person should blame them for doing so. And because there has never been a war in which even the …

Justice Guido Calabresi Dissents – Second Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Arar
November 4, 2009 – 3:26 pm | No Comment
Justice Guido Calabresi Dissents – Second Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Arar

By Scott Horton
“When the history of this distinguished court is written, today’s majority decision will be viewed with dismay,” writes Guido Calabresi, the former Yale Law dean and a man widely viewed as the most …

No Justice for Canadian Rendition Victim Maher Arar
November 4, 2009 – 3:02 pm | No Comment
No Justice for Canadian Rendition Victim Maher Arar

Court Refuses to Hold U.S. Officials Accountable for Complicity in Torture Abroad
CONTACT: press@ccrjustice.org
November 2, 2009, New York –  Today, a federal Court of Appeals dismissed Canadian citizen Maher Arar’s case against U.S. officials for …

Canadian Government in squabble over torture secrets
October 27, 2009 – 9:05 am | No Comment
Canadian Government in squabble over torture secrets

By Jim Bronskill

OTTAWA — A dispute rages over secret portions of an inquiry report on the overseas torture of three Canadians one year after release of the document, which criticizes the actions of security …

Canadian Government rejects apology for torture victims
October 21, 2009 – 2:27 pm | No Comment
Canadian Government rejects apology for torture victims

By JIM BRONSKILL
OTTAWA – The federal government has rejected a call from MPs to compensate three Canadians tortured overseas.
In a response issued late Monday, the government said it “would be inappropriate” to do so …

‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ – Diversity report: federal legal agents
October 20, 2009 – 10:51 am | No Comment
‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ – Diversity report: federal legal agents

By Gail J. Cohen

The government of Canada’s legal agent program — wherein you’re a lawyer or law firm and do work for the federal government — clearly states that all service providers must have workplace …

Canada denies role in torture of Almalki – Government refuses to pay for imprisonment in Syria
October 10, 2009 – 2:49 pm | No Comment
Canada denies role in torture of Almalki – Government refuses to pay for imprisonment in Syria

By Andrew Duffy, The Ottawa Citizen
OTTAWA — The Canadian government says it bears no legal responsibility for the detention and torture in Syria of Ottawa’s Abdullah Almalki and will not compensate him for his ordeal.
Almalki, …