The Inhumanity of Refugee Detention Camps in the West
What makes this ruling is significant is that a high court is here recognising that the detention camps in which refugees are held in the West can themselves be inhumane to the point of that…
afghanistan
A Trial to End all Terrorism
I recently presented this paper, A Trial to End All Terrorism: How the United States Could Have Won the War on Terrorism Before it Even Began, with the Trial of Only One Man at the…
The torture scandal
Colvin a protected `whistleblower,’ Cannon says The Canadian Press: Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon says diplomat Richard Colvin had a right to make his explosive allegations about Afghan prisoners. He says Colvin exercised his prerogative…
Part II: Soldiering on? The invisible injuries of war
Guest Post by Krystalline Kraus | Reproduced from www.rabble.ca with permsision Next week, on November 11, veterans will get only two minutes of recognition — if people stop to reflect at all — while the…
Unique photos of Omar Khadr may be evidence of his innocence
Omar Khadr Omar Khadr ‘innocent’ in death of U.S. soldier Michelle Shephard writes for the Toronto Star: Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr was buried face down under rubble, blinded by shrapnel and crippled, at the time…
National security invoked to block testimony
Ottawa seeks to gag Afghan prisoner probe witnesses Federal lawyers are trying to block government witnesses from testifying before a military watchdog investigating the treatment of Taliban prisoners in Afghanistan, The Canadian Press has learned.
Transparency sought in Afghan inquiry
Subpoenas issued to federal officials in Afghan prisoner inquiry A legal fight is looming over the federal government’s refusal to release information about alleged war crimes committed by the Canadian military. Murray Brewster writes for…
Toronto bomb plotter sentenced
Toronto 18 member gets 14-year sentence A Mississauga man who confessed to being part of a homegrown terror plot aimed at blowing up buildings in downtown Toronto was sentenced today to 14 years, with credit…
Jameel Jaffer of ACLU is a Canadian!
Today’s Toronto Star profiled a Canadian lawyer who has taken on the Bush Administration through the ACLU, and was key in helping discover the torture memos. Jameel Jaffer, only 39 years old, was born in…
Litigious
Ottawa to launch Supreme Court appeal of Khadr ruling The federal government will go to the Supreme Court of Canada to appeal a court order to bring Omar Khadr home from a U.S. military prison,…
What Doesn’t Work in Afghanistan
And what still won’t work.
Rethinking Afghanistan
See the Brave New Foundation’s site and blog.