Canada (44 items)
October 28, 2004 / Brian author list
Torture by remote control
on 25 Apr 2010 by Brian author list
by Thomas Walkom Source: The Toronto Star URL: [link] Date: February 24, 2010 More details have emerged about Canada's version of the torture technique known as extraordinary rendition. An American term, "extraordinary rendition" refers to the CIA strategy – in place since Bill Clinton's presidency – of flying terror suspects abroad to be interrogated by the secret police of nations that regularly use torture. Canada's version [read more]
Diab Case Poses Serious Threat to Canadian Rights and Freedoms
on 19 Feb 2010 by Brian author list
An OPED by Donald Pratt Source: PRISM Magazine URL: [link] Date: February 17, 2010 Imagine waking up one fine morning to discover that you are being arrested at the request of a foreign government that accuses you of a heinous crime about which you know nothing. The normally speedy extradition process is further hastened by the apparent willingness of your own government to accept [read more]
Palestinian man Canada deported is welcomed as Belgian citizen
on 17 Dec 2009 by Brian author list
by Jim Bronskill And Sue Bailey Source: The Canadian Press URL: N/A Date: December 17, 2009 BRUSSELS, Belgium - A Palestinian man turfed from Canada as a national security risk has become a citizen of Belgium - one of Ottawa's steadfast European allies, The Canadian Press has learned. It's the latest twist in the strange, often painful saga of Wahid Baroud. He was shipped off [read more]
Three news items about Omar Khadr, circa 2008
on 19 Mar 2008 by Brian author list
T hree articles on the Omar Khadr case: 1) Defence to target Khadr interrogation 2) U.S. may give Khadr regular phone privileges 3) Omar Khadr's lawyers to seek names of U.S. interrogators in Afghanistan [link] Defence to target Khadr interrogation Mar 13, 2008 04:30 AM Isabel Teotonio Staff Reporter GUANTANAMO BAY , CUBA–Bleeding from two bullet wounds. In shock. Near death. That was the [read more]
Canada's Glaring Double Standards on Torture
on 19 Jan 2008 by Brian author list
By Andy Worthington Source: Ccounterpunch.org URL: [link] Date: January 20, 2008 Omar Khadr and Guantánamo Canada's Glaring Double Standards on Torture How humiliating. The story begins with the shameful case of Maher Arar, a Syrian-born Canadian who was kidnapped by US agents as he changed planes in New York in 2002, and rendered to Syria, where he was tortured for a year on behalf of the Americans [read more]
Immigrants Used to Justify a Homeland Security Police State
on 24 Apr 2007 by Brian author list print the content item {PDF=create pdf file of the content item^plugin:content.389}
Original author: Peter Phillips Source: Sign of the Times Website URL: [link] Date: April 20, 2007 Threats of terrorism and twelve million illegal immigrants are being used to justify new police-state measures in the United States. Coordinated mass arrests, big brother spy blimps, expanded detention centers, repeal of the Posse Comitatus Act, and suspension of habeas corpus have all been recently implemented and are [read more]
The Harper Government and Canada's 'War-on-Terror' Immigration Policy
on 19 Dec 2006 by Brian author list
Original author: Prof. Michael Keefer Source: GlobalResearch.ca URL: [link] Date: December 12, 2006 1. Some key terms Three terms are at play in the situation I wish to analyze. The first is a new Canadian government whose leader has espoused positions more right-wing than those of any prime minister in living memory-but is for the moment constrained to some degree by his party's minority position [read more]
The Roots of Rage: Terror and Repression in Canada
on 16 Jul 2006 by Brian author list
Original author: Stefan Christoff Source: The Dominion URL: [link] Date: July 16, 2006 The Roots of Rage: Terror and Repression in Canada In June 2006, Canada was thrust into the spotlight of the “War on Terror” when over 400 state security officials and military officers staged a pre-dawn raid on the outskirts of Toronto. 17 Canadian Muslim men were arrested in this high-profile operation and are [read more]
Canadian Supreme Court hears security certificate case
on 16 Jul 2006 by Brian author list
Original author: Reuel S. Amdur Source: The Arab American News URL: [link] Date: June, 2006 A Freedom Caravan of some dozen people completed a week-long journey from Toronto to Ottawa to protest the use of security certificates used to detain persons suspected of being a potential danger to the country, prior to deportation. The certificates are based on information much of which is [read more]
Canada: A Galloping Police State?
on 22 Jun 2006 by Brian author list
Original author: Marjaleena Repo Source: Globalresearch.ca URL: [link] Date: June 19, 2006 After five years of what can only be described as intense “terrorism envy” by our security establishment —with their repeated predictions of terrorist acts in Canada — the country has moved up a notch, to terrorism frenzy. The discovery of an alleged conspiracy by 17 Muslim men to attack facilities in Toronto [read more]

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