Articles tagged with: Civil Rights
From YFile
Criminal lawyer and civil rights activist Marlys Edwardh (York University, LL.B ’74), known for her work with the wrongly accused, told future lawyers Friday that the greatest challenge of their era will arise from …
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 …
By Faisal Kutty
Kudos to the Toronto Star for last week’s in-depth expose on racial profiling by the Toronto police. While officials have routinely denied that they use racial profiling, critics have …
By Jawad Jafry
In case you didn’t hear the interview on NPR, former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff has stated that racial profiling is NOT effective in combatting terrorism.
This is a direct quote:
Mr. CHERTOFF: I think …
By Omar Alghabra
The matter of “Security Certificate” is garnering news headlines again. Today, the federal court struck down a certificate against a Mississauga resident.
Security Certificate is a deportation instrument that the government can employ to …
Civil Rights Conference:
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2009 – Valparaiso University School of Law, Indiana, USA
Welcome: Professor Penelope Andrews, Valparaiso University School of Law, Conference Organizer
Introduction: Professor JoEllen Lind, Valparaiso University School of Law, Associate Dean …
By GINNIE GRAHAM
A popular national chain of clothing stores is being sued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for allegedly not hiring a Muslim Tulsa teenager because she wears a hijab, a religiously …
By JOHN IBBITSON
From Wednesday’s Globe and Mail
Barack Obama is trying to avoid a witch hunt of the previous administration, while still holding it accountable for authorizing the torture of suspected terrorists.
If something must be done, …
By Faisal Kutty
May 03, 2004 – “We do not target specific communities,” says a Canadian intelligence officer parroting the official line. “We [including Canadian Muslims] are all on the same team in the war on …
