Articles tagged with: Human Rights
By Faisal Kutty
“A strong argument can be made that the current formulation of international human rights constitutes a cultural structure in which western society finds itself easily at home. This has led some western human-rights …
December 6, 2006
By Faisal Kutty
A Western Construct?
Fifty-eight years after the universal declaration of human rights was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, the debate continues as to whether the document is truly universal.
Upon its …
By Faisal Kutty
The Toronto Star, Jun. 26, 2006 – At the time of its enactment in 1962, the Ontario Human Rights Code was ahead of its time in prohibiting discrimination and harassment on enumerated grounds …
February 26, 2006
Letters to the Editor
The Globe and Mail
Marvin Kurz contends (The rights of terrorists? What rights? Feb. 25) that terrorists should not have any rights. This ignores some important issues:
1. The Universal …
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 …
By Faisal Kutty – A friend of mine who recently spoke on a panel on the Israeli-Palestinian issue suggested that one of the problems faced by Palestinians is that they have been unable to universalize …
By Faisal Kutty – The tragic events of that fateful morning on September 11th are being exploited by many to advance their own agendas. The Chinese government is no exception, according to recent reports put …
By Faisal Kutty – The tragic events of that fateful morning on September 11th are being exploited by many to advance their own agendas. The Chinese government is no exception, according to recent reports put …
By Faisal Kutty – Talisman Energy, a Canadian oil company, has a lot of powerful enemies. The American administration, as well as church and human rights groups, continuously hound the company. Now in the wake …
By Faisal Kutty
Executions, torture, arbitrary detention, unfair political trials and destruction of property are among the offences catalogued in a 92-page report released in April by Amnesty International.
Most of the findings can be corroborated by …
By Faisal Kutty — About a year ago, Toronto city council established a task force to study ways in which the city “can strengthen civic society and ensure that all members of the community are …
By FAISAL KUTTY – Fifty years after the universal declaration of human rights was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, the debate continues as to whether the document is truly universal.
Upon its adoption 50 …
By Faisal Kutty – Victor Ostrovsky, a former Israeli intelligence officer and author of two books exposing Mossad secret operations (see review of his The Other Side of Deception on p. 58 of this issue) …
