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State secrecy will pose a challenge for new lawyers
June 19, 2010 – 2:21 pm | No Comment
State secrecy will pose a challenge for new lawyers

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 …

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 …