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Apr 22, 2013  The cluster bombs of Boston and drone strikes of YemenThe suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing were acting no differently than a general in the Pentagon when they detonated a crude version of weapons that are a regular part of many a military arsenal. |
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Mar 19, 2013  Warm and fuzzies: Canadian mythmaking on the 10th anniversary of a slaughterThis past week has provided Canadians with a series of warm and fuzzies that, like most of this nation's mythology, were built on self-congratulatory lies. |
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Feb 21, 2013  Terrorism against women: The war that never endsThe utter failure to implement an action plan to end violence against women stands in stark contrast to the open coffers for Canada's weapons manufacturers and torture-complicit spy agencies. |
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Jan 21, 2013  In the spirit of Dr. King, a call for refugee sanctuaryWhile Canadian churches have a long and conflicted history, they now have a unique opportunity to provide sanctuary and thereby live out Martin Luther King's call for relevance and witness. |
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Dec 21, 2012  Harkats head back to Supreme Court after 10 years of secret trial nightmareIn 2013, the core issue, unremarkably, boils down to the same problem that the Supreme Court identified in its 2007 decision: how can one meet a case that one does not know? |
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Dec 7, 2012  Perversions of justice in Canada's cases of inadmissibilityFindings of inadmissibility in Canada's immigration system are condemning growing numbers to endless deportation procedures or decades of essentially stateless limbo. |
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Nov 21, 2012  Canadian vets victimized by national security stateWhile war veterans have never enjoyed the support they required, the gap between "support our troops" rhetoric and the reality of veterans' lives has become increasingly wide in the Harper years. |
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Oct 22, 2012  Canadian Khalid Awan remains stranded after years at U.S. 'Gitmo in the Heartland'While Omar Khadr returned from Guantanamo Bay this fall, another abandoned Canadian will shortly mark 11 years behind bars, much of that time in an Indiana hellhole known as Little Guantanamo. |
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Sep 20, 2012  Taking Liberties: Canada's growing torture infrastructureAgencies of the Canadian state, from spies to judges, have wedged open a door to legitimize complicity in a practice that both domestic and international law ban outright. |
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Aug 20, 2012  Canadian War Department drones on with summer splurgeOver the summer, the Canadian War Department has been busy seeking out new enemies and new rationales to shield a $23-billion budget that is unquestioned by all major political parties. |
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Jul 24, 2012  Summer yawn: Indifference meets UN report on Canadian complicity in tortureIt's been more than a month, but Canadians in general have been able to go about their daily business despite the United Nations declaration that the federal government is complicit in torture. |
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Jul 12, 2012  Jason Kenney's summer reading: White Canada and the Komagata MaruMatthew Behrens As Parliament passes sweeping, repressive immigration legislation, Toronto filmmaker Ali Kazimi's timely book, Undesirables, should be required reading for Jason Kenney and his cohorts. |
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Jun 20, 2012  The $11-million brand: Amid budget cuts, the RCMP splurge on propagandaWhile Ottawa engages in deep budget slashing, the feds are annually investing $11.3 million in promoting the Mounties' "brand." |
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May 21, 2012  Perversity and honour: Scenes from a terrorist's election campaignGuest of honour Barack Obama showed up at George Clooney's cool crash pad fresh from a celebratory touchdown in Kabul where he bragged about "taking out" dozens of alleged national security threats. |
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Apr 26, 2012  Harkat wins new hearing while Appeal Court upholds secret trials lawFor Mohamed Harkat, there was a break in the clouds with the April 25 Federal Court of Appeal ruling that his rights had been violated in the security certificate proceedings he underwent in 2009. |
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Apr 23, 2012  Taking Liberties: Revelations in Hassan Diab case highlight major faultlines in extradition processThe multi-year extradition saga of Ottawa university professor Hassan Diab has taken yet another bizarre turn with the news that Diab has not even been formally charged. |
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Mar 22, 2012  Taking Liberties: Canada's BRAT strategy of all torture, all the timeBuilding Resilience Against Terrorism is a hodgepodge of Management 101 PowerPoint nonsense that simply regurgitates the unsubstantiated nostrums that fearmongers have been parroting for years. |
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Feb 21, 2012 Taking liberties: Canada's booming business of detention and deportationFallout from Canada's immigration legislation includes increased detention and deportation of those who, through no fault of their own, have become a scapegoat in the so-called Global War on Terror. |
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Feb 3, 2012 Canada's Extradition Act and the case of Hassan DiabMatthew Behrens Hassan Diab, a Canadian citizen and former University of Ottawa professor, is fighting deportation to France under Canada's Extradition Act for allegations that would not stand up in Canadian courts. |
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Jan 23, 2012 Taking liberties: 22 years behind bars for a 'crime of compassion'New York oncologist Dr. Rafil Dhafir was sentenced to 22 years for consciously violating the sanctions against the people of Iraq and remains behind bars in one of the most brutal of U.S. prisons. |
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Dec 21, 2011 Canada's secret trial cases built on tortureSecurity certificates are used by Canada's scandal-plagued spy agency CSIS to tar refugees and permanent residents as national security threats without having to explain the allegations against them. |
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Dec 8, 2011  Fearmonger and Through The Glass: Books that undermine Harper's omnibus crime billMatthew Behrens Two non-fiction books -- Through The Glass and Fearmonger -- are perfectly timed as Canadians consider the serious consequences of the omnibus crime bill. |
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Nov 21, 2011 Taking liberties: Three years after finding Canadian complicity in torture, silence lingers in OttawaOttawa's Abdullah Almalki held a press conference on Parliament Hill, releasing shocking documents to prove the alleged case against him was unfounded and based on racism. |
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Oct 24, 2011 Taking liberties: When elite representatives define 'national security'The first in a new column series on national security and civil liberties in Canada and abroad looks at a Montreal conference on Canadian rights in the post 9/11 world. |
