Exclusive interview with Suaad Mohamud in Nairobi
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Civil Rights
Yale Press Bans Images of Muhammad
Infamous Muhammad Cartoons are decidedly not worth the fuss of re-publication according to dozens of experts consulted by Yale University and Yale University Press. As reported by New York Times columnist Patricia Cohen: So Yale…
No fear
Experts vindicate woman trapped in Kenya DNA test proves identity of stranded Toronto woman Whose fault is it? ‘This nightmare will be over’ Canada ignores desperate Mohamud — again McGuinty hammers Ottawa for ignoring stranded…
Breaking news: DNA test proves identity of stranded Toronto woman
The breaking news about what was obvious for such a long time: a 31-year old Canadian woman is exiled in Kenya by our government. http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/679116 Bring Suaad back home.
Respect the Canadian passport
Woman stuck in Kenya seeks help for stress Mohamud will see a doctor today in Nairobi to treat stress arising from, among other things, being jailed with killers at Langata Women’s Prison. Coming back home…
Injustice continues
Trapped in Nairobi, woman’s life crumbles Her rent has not been paid in three months, her credit card bills are accumulating interest, her phone, Internet and cable connections have been cut off. She hasn’t earned…
The fight for equal justice
We wrote about the growing legal aid boycott before. A couple of days ago, crown prosecutors supported the protest. Hugh Locke, a retired judge and current member of Toronto’s police services board, weighed in too recently. The…
August 1: A Day Of Remembrance
This is part of the Middle Passage Law Series and is cross posted on Commercial Law International. Why am I wearing all black today? Am I in mourning? No, not exactly. Then why? Well it…
Abdelrazik seeks justice
Spy watchdog to probe CSIS conduct in Abdelrazik case The probe pulls the agency closer to the centre of the Abdelrazik controversy. A federal judge, in ordering Ottawa to bring Mr. Abdelrazik home from Sudan,…
Who will protect us from absurdities
‘Canadian refugee’ a Nairobi celebrity He said incidents of Somali expats being arrested, detained and thrown into jail by Kenyan officials have escalated in the past few years. Their stories have been discussed threadbare by…
What if you don’t “look like” your passport photo?
Woman held in Kenya gives up DNA samples What is known for certain is that no Canadian official has checked Mohamud’s story in Toronto with her best friends, neighbours, employer, ex-husband, 12-year-old son or the…
Religious freedom and driver licenses
In wake of court ruling, Hutterites contemplate leaving Alberta