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| People's Commission Network http://www.peoplescommission.org/ The People's Commission Network is a Montreal network monitoring and opposing the "national security agenda". The network is a space for individuals and groups who face oppression in the name of "national security" - such as indigenous people, immigrants, racialized communities, radical groups, social justice organizations, labour unions - and their allies, to form alliances, share information, and coordinate strategies to defend their full rights and dignity. | 17 | |
| Internationl Civil Liberties Monitoring Group http://iclmg.ca/ An umbrella group of 40 NGO's the ICLMG's mandate is to defend the civil liberties and human rights set out in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, federal and provincial laws (such as the Canadian Bill of Rights, the Canadian Human Rights Act, provincial Charters of Human Rights or Privacy legislation), and international human rights instruments (such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment). | 3 | |
| The Secret Trial 5 http://www.secrettrial5.com Excellent new project, the beginnings of a crowd-funded documentary film about the Secret Trial Five. The web design is top notch. There is a short video on the front page that says it all in 4 minutes! | 195 | |
| X-Ray Magazine http://xraymagazine.ca/ X-Ray is David Julian Wightman's electronic magazine covering Canadian politics, current affairs, media, culture, arts and foreign affairs. X-Ray is published every other Thursday, with a left-of-centre approach to editorial and news content. | 47 | |
| No One Is Illegal - Montréal http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com/ The No One Is Illegal campaign of Montreal is part of a worldwide movement of resistance, struggling collectively for the self-determination of migrants and indigenous peoples. 514-848-7583 -email- | 105 | |
| No One Is Illegal - Toronto http://toronto.nooneisillegal.org/ A group of immigrants, refugees and allies. We are working to educate, mobilize and network to defend immigrants, migrant workers, refugees, and Indigenous peoples, to oppose war and racism, and to deepen our understanding of colonialism, capitalism, patriarchy and migration in today's world. | 465 | |
| NOWAR- PAIX http://www.nowar-paix.ca/ Network to Oppose War and Racism. Ottawa-based. | 537 | |
| Canadian Peace Alliance http://www.acp-cpa.ca/en/index.html Founded in 1985 The Canadian Peace Alliance (CPA) is the largest umbrella peace organization in Canada. Based in Toronto. Their Web site is a great resource for finding out where and when the next peace action is happening. | 605 | |
| YayaCanada Blog http://www.yayacanada.blogspot.com Exposing government and media half truths and baldfaced lies. A thought-provoking and refreshingly honest personal site. The author has a healthy skepticism in regards to authority. She is also an ardent supporter of justice for Hassan Almrei, Mohamed Harkat and other victims of unfair and illegal imprisonment. | 161 | |
| No One Is Illegal - Vancouver http://noii-van.resist.ca/ A campaign in full confrontation with Canadian colonial border policies, denouncing and taking action to combat racial profiling of immigrants and refugees, detention and deportation policies, and wage-slave conditions of migrant workers and non-status people. | 514 | |
| Category: General (56) Websites we like; organisations who support us | Referrals | |
| Abdullah Almalki http://www.abdullahalmalki.com/ Website of Canadian citizen renditioned to torture in Syria, Abdullah Almalki. | 81 | |
| CSIS Watch http://www.peoplescommission.org/en/csis/ CSIS Watch encourages total and complete non-cooperation with CSIS as the best way of protecting ourselves and maintaining unity and solidarity in social justice movements. We encourage people in a precarious position -- due to your immigration status, pending criminal charges, probation, parole, or any other reason - to never talk to CSIS alone. Tell them to contact a trusted lawyer of your choice and then refuse to say anything else. The People's Commission set up CSIS Watch to monitor CSIS and encourage solidarity among communities harassed and targetted by CSIS. | 64 | |
| Kerry Pither http://kerrypither.com/ Kerry has worked for almost twenty years as a human rights and civil liberties advocate on a wide range of local, regional, national and international issues. Kerry’s first book, Dark Days: The Story of Four Canadians Tortured in the Name of Fighting Terror, was published by Penguin Canada on August 26, 2008. Kerry has pledged any profits she makes from sales of this book to Amnesty International Canada. | 65 | |
| Law Union of Ontario http://www.lawunion.ca/ A key source for information about not only the work of the Law Union and its members, but also about progressive legal practice and activism in Canada more generally. | 92 | |
| Muslim Presence Ottawa http://www.muslimpresenceottawa.ca/ Présence Musulmane est un collectif de musulmans(es) qui vise à promouvoir des valeurs universelles et une citoyenneté participative nourrie d'une compréhension contextualisée de l'islam et d'une identité ouverte, tout en cultivant un vivre-ensemble harmonieux dans notre société. Muslim Presence is a network promoting universal values and active citizenship based on a contextualized reading of Islam, an open identity, and a harmonious co-existence within the society. | 68 | |
| The Campaign to Stop Secret Trials In Canada (Toronto) http://www.homesnotbombs.ca/secrettrials.htm A wonderful group of people who seek an end to war and injustice. They think globally and act locally. Matthew Behrens of Homes Not Bombs has long been an advocate for security certificate victims in Canada through his writings and his tireless organizing. | 648 | |
| The Coalition Against Secret Evidence (UK) http://coalitionagainstsecretevidence.com/ The Coalition Against Secret Evidence (CASE) was set up in February 2009 and is made up of individuals and organisations working on the issue of the use of secret evidence in the UK courts. Secret evidence is an affront to the rights and freedoms guaranteed by our legal system for more than 800 years. | 68 | |
| The Lift - Legal Issues In the Fight Against Terrorism http://legalift.wordpress.com/ Contributors to this blog are: Martin Scheinin, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Protection of Human Rights while Countering Terrorism and Professor of Public International Law at the European University Institute. Mathias Vermeulen, Research Assistant to Martin Scheinin. | 129 | |
| Andy Worthington's Blog http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/ Author of The Guantanamo Files (Pluto Press, October 2007) | 290 | |
| Friends of Hassan Diab http://friendsofhassandiab.blogspot.com/ Hassan Diab. An Ottawa professor, a Canadian citizen. A victim of a wrongful accusation of terrorism, fighting extradition to France. | 97 | |
| Justice for Hassan Diab http://www.justiceforhassandiab.org/ Website about Ottawa professor Hassan Diab who faces extradition to France for a terrorist bombing in Paris in 1980. This is a case of mistaken identity. Hassan is an innocent man. | 114 | |
| Sudbury Against War and Occupation http://sudburyantiwar.blogspot.com/ Based in Sudbury, Ontario. For Peace Without Oppression in a World Based on Democratic Relationships Email us for further information -email- | 151 | |
| Watch List and Border Controls http://travelwatchlist.ca/ The International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group and its partners have set up this research project on the surveillance of travellers aims to document the number of people who believe they have been mistakenly or unfairly targeted, and the nature of the incident. Its purpose is also to investigate and generate better public understanding of the practices, programs and systems used to screen travellers at Canadian airports and at Canada/U.S. border crossings. | 29 | |
| Amnesty.ca Blog http://www.amnesty.ca/security Security and human rights blog | 184 | |
| Homes Not Bombs http://homesnotbombs.blogspot.com/ Contributors include "TASC" (Toronto Action for Social Change) Mail: PO Box 73620, 509 St. Clair Ave. West, Toronto, Ontario M6C 1C0 | 84 | |
| Justice pour Adil Charkaoui http://www.adilinfo.org Adil Charkaoui is one of Canada’s Secret Trial Five, five Muslim men whose lives have been torn apart by accusations they are not allowed to fight in a fair and independent trial. | 183 | |
| Mohamed Harkat Twitter Page http://twitter.com/HarkatUpdates Mohamed Harkat Twitter Page. Updates on Mohamed Harkat's campaign for justice. | 115 | |
| Ottawa Civil Liberties Association http://civil-liberties.ncf.ca/ The Civil Liberties Association, National Capital Region informs and educates the public as to the existence, nature and enforcement of human rights and civil liberties in Canada. It maintains a general fund to assist individuals in obtaining the rights and liberties, for the benefit of individuals who cannot otherwise obtain such rights and liberties because of their particular financial situation. | 51 | |
| Presumption of Innocence http://www.presumptionofinnocence.ca The Presumption of Innocence Project (PIP) is a broad-based coalition that supports and defends civil liberties, the right to a fair trial and the presumption of innocence. We came together in response to the treatment of 18 Muslim men who were arrested in Toronto in June 2006 for alleged terror-related activity. | 64 | |
| PRISM Magazine http://prism-magazine.com/ PRISM is an online not-for-profit magazine that focuses on the in-depth coverage and analysis of national security related issues. Our contributors have extensive experience in this area. They include prominent human rights activists, veteran journalists, and practicing professionals such as lawyers and university professors. PRISM’s current volunteer staff include Maher Arar and Richard Swain. | 156 | |
| The "Free Bashir Makhtal" Campaign http://makhtal.org/ On December 31st, Kenyan authorities detained Canadian citizen Bashir Makhtal while he was attempting to cross the Kenya border from Somalia. Kenya illegally rendered him to Ethiopia via Somalia on January 20th. | 109 | |
| CKUT 90,3 FM Radio McGill http://www.ckut.ca/ Has given a platform for the Secret Trials Five and especially for immigrant rights activists. A big thumbs up for CKUT, | 80 | |
| Mohamed Harkat Facebook Page http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=246548323396 Mohamed Harkat Facebook Page. Updates and news about The Justice for Mohamed Harkat campaign. | 129 | |
| NOWAR-PAIX: Mohamed Harkat Page http://www.nowar-paix.ca/harkat/ Created and maintained by Paul Smith. | 86 | |
| Stop Canadian Complicity in Torture http://caravan-stoptorture.blogspot.com/ SECRECY - A BASIC COMPONENT OF THE POLICY OF TORTURE - Secrecy is a basic component of the Policy of Torture: It is essential to the structure of torture that everything takes place in secret, in the dark, beyond consideration of shame or account. When the torturer assures his victim ' no one will ever know' , he is at once working to break the victim's spirit and bolster his own. | 175 | |
| Canadian Friends Service Committee http://www.cfsc.quaker.ca/ Founded in 1931, Canadian Friends Service Committee (CFSC) acts on the peace and social justice concerns of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Canada [link] | 456 | |
| Briarpatch http://briarpatchmagazine.com/ A Canadian, progressive magazine. Since 1973, Briarpatch has been serving up regular doses of news, analysis, and opinions on a wide variety of important issues. | 351 | |
| Canadian Council for Refugees http://www.web.net/~ccr/ A non-profit umbrella organization committed to the rights and protection of refugees in Canada and around the world and to the settlement of refugees and immigrants in Canada. The membership is made up of organizations involved in the settlement, sponsorship and protection of refugees and immigrants. | 470 | |
| Benamar Coalition for a Public Review http://www.benamarbenatta.com/ Mr. Benatta is an Algerian asylum seeker who entered Canada from the U.S. on Sept. 5, 2001. On Sept. 12, 2001, he was handed back to U.S. immigration by Canadian officials. He was detained for five years and mistreated by American officials before allowed back in Canada in July 2006 to resume his refugee claim. | 81 | |
| gerald and maas http://www.nightslantern.ca/community.htm Ottawa artist-activists, longtime supporters of the Security Certificate Five. | 513 | |
| Involuntary Simplicity: The Politics of Poverty http://www.geocities.com/sara_ma00/ Excellent site focusing on social justice issues in Canada. The section titled Canada: National Security and Civil Liberties is especially useful and touches on the subject of security certificates. | 517 | |
| Amnesty International Canada http://www.amnesty.ca Outspoken human rights organization. Has documented torture and human rights abuses in Algeria, the country which the Canadian gov't. wishes to deport Mohamed Harkat to. | 556 | |
| Octopus Books http://www.octopusbooks.org/ An excellent, progressive bookstore in Ottawa, 116 Third Avenue. Phone (613) 233-2589. They have been very supportive of Mohamed Harkat and the other security certificate detainees. | 860 | |
| The Iacobucci Internal Inquiry http://www.iacobucciinquiry.ca/index.htm Inquiry into the torture od Canadian citizens Abdullah Almalki, Ahmad Abou-Elmaati and Muayyed Nureddin. | 103 | |
| Shunping: Dossier On Sec. Certificates and Secret Trials http://www.shunpiking.com/DOST/dostindex.htm Tony Seed's excellent compendium of articles and analysis re: CSIS and security certificates in Canada. | 73 | |
| alt.muslim http://www.altmuslim.com/ An interactive news and discussion forum that helps promote a critical (and self-critical) analysis of issues regarding the Muslim community. English language. | 535 | |
| Rassemblement Outaouais Contre la Guerre http://rocg.ca Suite au grand succès de la manifestation du 18 janvier 2003 à Ottawa, des militants pour la paix de l'Outaouais ont eu l'idée de se réunir et de créer un rassemblement régional pour la paix, le ROCG. En effet, il était devenu nécessaire de mettre sur pied une organisation outaouaise pour intégrer le point de vue québécois et francophone dans la lutte contre la guerre. Notre but initial était d'amplifier la contestation régionale contre le projet d'agression de l'administration Bush sur le peuple irakien. À peine mis en place, le ROCG a organisé avec succés les manifestations d'Ottawa-Hull dans le cadre des journées internationales contre la guerre. Nous écrire: -email- | 578 | |
| Stop Racial Profiling http://www.stopracialprofiling.ca/ A Canadian website dedicated to a campaign to stop racial profiling in Canada. Learn about Libby Davies' private members bill intended to eliminate racial profiling in Canada. | 395 | |
| Ottawa Muslim .Network http://www.ottawamuslim.net/ Gateway to the Muslim Community in the Nation's Capital. | 549 | |
| Campaign To Stop Secret Trials & Deportations (Edmonton) http://www.ecawar.org/csstad.php This Edmonton-based group is interested in protecting and expanding civil rights, especially among those of racially and politically profiled groups who have been targeted under "Public Security" legislation. | 582 | |
| Center for Constitutional Rights http://www.ccr-ny.org Doing good legal work to defend the Guantanamo detainees. | 464 | |
| Cageprisoners.com http://www.cageprisoners.com Cageprisoners.com is a Web site that exists solely to raise awareness of the plight of the cage prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, through effective legal means. | 449 | |
| Yavar Hameed, lawyer http://www.hf-law.ca/Site/Yavar_Hameed.html Yavar Hameed was called to the Ontario Bar in 2001 having completed his common law degree at the University of Ottawa in 1999 and a Masters of International Affairs from the Norman Patterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University in 2001. Yavar’s practice focuses on the protection and advocacy of human rights and civil liberties. | 64 | |
| Nights Lantern - Political Prisoner Page http://www.nightslantern.ca/prison/prisoners.htm Information about and links to political prisoner information | 476 | |
| Canadian Bar Association (CBA) http://www.cba.org/ Lawyers aren't all bad! The CBA signed a letter to Anne McLellan saying that they reallly hate security certificates. | 466 | |
| Anti-Terrorism Law Resources From Carter & Associates http://www.antiterrorismlaw.ca/ A collection of links to PDF documents and Web pages about anti-terrorist laws around the globe. | 462 | |
| Mohamed Harkat Page at Injusticebusters.com http://www.injusticebusters.com/index.htm/Harkat_Mohamed.htm A good summary of Mo's plight complete with unique photos of the man. Yes, we have supporters of Mo in western Canada! | 939 | |
| Free the Cuban Five http://www.freethefive.org Five leftist Cubans charged with espionage in the US and imprisoned there. See also [link] | 556 | |
| Justice for Mohamed Harkat (2003 Website) http://www.justiceforharkat.com/mohamedharkat/index.htm This was our first Web site, the original Mohamed Harkat Web Site hosted that was hosted at Geocities.com. It is now archived here at Justiceforharkat.com for posterity. | 670 | |
| Alternative Perspective Media http://www.apm-ram.org/ Alternative Perspective Media is a non-profit media publication whose mission is to provide its readers with an alternative coverage of a wide range of issues from local civil rights and politics to national and international issues. | 581 | |
| Coalition Contre la Déportation des Réfugiés Palestiniens http://refugees.resist.ca/ SOLIDARITÉ AVEC LES RÉFUGIÉS PALESTINIENS APATRIDE MENACÉ DE DÉPORTATION | 474 | |
| Montreal Muslim News http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/index2.html Montreal Web site meant to both inform and empower. It seeks to inform you of what is taking place primarily in Montreal and Canada, but also the world at large regarding those issues which have an impact on the Muslim community and also humanity as a whole. | 579 | |
| Mobilization Against War and Occupation http://www.mawovancouver.org/ Mobilization Against War and Occupation is a coalition of over 50 endorsing members, most of which are labor unions, student unions, indigenous groups, Women's Organizations, and groups from the third world. We are the people in struggle because we are people that suffer at the hands of imperialism... | 501 | |
| Free Ahmed Zaoui or Give Him a Fair Trial http://www.freezaoui.org.nz/ An Algerian political prisoner, held on a security certificate in New Zealand. Please check out his Web site. There are many similarities betwen this case and the cases on this Web site. | 523 | |
| Shunpiking Magazine http://www.shunpiking.com/ Tony Seed's progressive Canadian publication with online versions of each issue. Peace, justice, human rights, the environment. | 499 | |
| The Marxist-Leninist Daily http://www.cpcml.ca/Archives/Archive.htm The Internet Edition. A Daily On-Line Newspaper of the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) Website: [link] | 220 | |