Omar Khadr is Canada's most famous prisoner. Thousands of stories have been written about him all over the world.So we know how the former child soldier was victimized by his family, the American military, and even his own government.We know he was horribly wounded, then tortured, and that he has
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Paul S. Graham: Video: Canadian Human Rights on Trial – the Case of Omar Khadr
Almost unnoticed amidst the hoopla and the protests associated with the opening of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights was a dinner held at the Grand Mosque Community Centre last Friday in honour of Edmonton-based human rights lawyer Dennis Edney, QC. Sept. 19, 2014: Human rights advocate Dennis Edney, QC,
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: "They Didn’t Get Back To Me"
For those who follow such things, I think it is well-known that when a Canadian runs into problems while abroad, the statement “Canada is providing consular support” is often a euphemism for “We really aren’t doing much of anything.” Problems seem to multiply if one holds dual-citizenship. The case of
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper, Omar Khadr, and the Con War On the Supreme Court
I wrote my first post about the case of Omar Khadr just over seven years ago. And since then I have written more than eighty others.I have always considered the way that Canadian child soldier was treated to be one of the worst travesties of justice in the history of this
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Harper Regime Receives Another Judicial Rebuke
Things continue to go from bad to worse on the judicial front for the Harper regime. Funny how those pesky laws get in the way of government ideology, isn’t it? Omar Khadr should be serving his time in a provincial facility and must be transferred from federal prison, the Alberta
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Hope He Cannot Destroy
The other night I wrote about how gloomy so many progressive Canadians seem to be these days, in the brutal cold of a Canadian winter and the sinister darkness of Harperland.And how I on the other hand have never felt more optimistic. Because I know we're closer to the end
Continue readingAlberta Diary: Is Omar Khadr a pawn in a cynical political game by the Harper Government?
The scene a week ago in the chapel at the King’s University College in Edmonton during a forum on the fate of Omar Khadr. Below: Canadian lawyer Dennis Edney, U.S. Defense Department lawyer Samuel Morison. Is the continued imprisonment of Omar Khadr actually a question of principle for the Harper
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Omar Khadr and the True Horror of Harperland
It's the human rights nightmare that just goes on and on. The case of Omar Khadr, and the travesty of justice that should shame us all.And today the latest chapter in this Harperland horror story. Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper’s Ghastly Supreme Court Appointment
Well I see that Stephen Harper is determined to prove he can chew gum, padlock Parliament, corrupt the Senate, AND degrade the Supreme Court all at the same time. For what else are we to conclude from this ghastly appointment? Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Neverending Torture of Omar Khadr
I knew that something was terribly wrong when the very first thing he did when he came to power was go after the equality of women. I still remember the chill that went through me, when I realized we were now in the hands of some weird ideologue, with cold dead eyes, and a REALLY
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Omar Khadr moved to Edmonton prison after months in solitary confinement
Former Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr has been transferred to the maximum-security Edmonton Institution in Alberta after spending months in solitary confinement at Millhaven penitentiary in Ontario, where a fellow inmate once threatened his life. The post Omar Khadr moved to Edmonton prison after months in solitary confinement appeared first on
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Extraordinary Political Interference: Vic Toews Nixes Omar Khadr Interview
[View the story “Canada Police State Confirmed: Vic Toews Nixes Omar Khadr Interview ” on Storify] We recommend:Nazanin Afshin-Jam MacKay Said Canada Should Bring Omar Khadr HomeHarper’s Canada “Making Up Terror Identities”Statistics Canada: Crime rate reached its lowest level in 40 years in 2011Confirmed again: “Canada may use information obtained
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Jim Coyle wonders whether or democracy is in decline, and cites as evidence the utter disconnect between the primary functions of elected representatives and the way politics are covered in the media: (R)eal influence and authority has left the precincts — drifting
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: The right thing done.
I haven’t said much on Omar Khadr’s return; I’ve been reading with a mixture of amusement and disgust the right wing vitriol over this decision. The Conservatives apparently had good reason to fear their right-wing “base” reaction to Khadr being returned, if the reaction on Twitter and blogs are any
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Harperland and the Foulness of the Cons
Sometimes these days when I go looking for my Canada, strong, noble, and decent, I can't find it.Instead of a young country charging confidently into the future, I see a country full of angry, bitter, crazed Cons, filling up with hatred, and heading for the bottom. Instead of the cool, fresh
Continue readingAlberta Diary: Victor Toews demonstrates how wedge politics biteth like a serpent
Mennonites in Paraguay. Below: Victor Toews and Omar Khadr as they appear nowadays. Way below: Ron Anders in one of his waking moments. You’d think Victor Toews would have felt a little empathy for Omar Khadr. Mr. Toews is the Paraguayan-born public security minister in Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government.
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Mulroney, the CIA, and the Con Meat Factory
Oh no. Blow me down like a leprechaun. It turns out Brian Mulroney didn't have to sing and dance for Ronald and Nancy Reagan at the Shamrock Summit. Like the Bojangles of Baie Comeau. The Americans liked him enough already. Read more »
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Khadr Comes Home
The Conservatives aren’t happy about it, but Omar Khadr has come home. They have done everything in their power to avoid this outcome. John Ibbitson writes this morning: Not only did the Harper government continue its predecessors’ policy of not assisting Mr. Khadr’s efforts to return to Canada, they made
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Omar Khadr: A Child Soldier Comes Home
It has been a seemingly endless nightmare, a horror story not only for Omar Khadr, but also for the country that let him down so shamefully.But at least tonight he is finally home.Read more »
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Someone’s Gonna Shit
…when they read this. The shitting will likely begin here, and spread quickly to other parts of the Internet. Is the on-line world broad enough to contain the veritable storm that is coming?
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