human rights
dear liberal public: there is nothing shocking about the george zimmerman verdict
Dear liberal public, The internet tells me you are shocked – shocked and outraged – about the verdict in the George Zimmerman case. Seriously? You are shocked? You have lived…
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden’s statement to human rights groups
by: Obert Madondo | Twitter: @Obiemad: WikiLeaks has posted NSA surveillance whistleblower Edward Snowden’s statement to human rights groups, issued earlier today at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport. Here’s the full text:…
Forced Feeding At Guantanimo
I really questioned whether I should put the following video on my blog, so graphic is it in its depiction of the forced feeding that 40 of the detainees in…
New column day
Here, on some of the next steps Saskatchewan should consider along the path toward the preservation of human rights – including adding “social condition” as a prohibited ground of discrimination,…
Canadian Medical Students Condemn Conservatives’ Refugee Health Cuts
The Canadian Federation of Medical Students (CFMS) and the Fédération médicale étudiante du Québec (FMEQ), condemn the federal government’s cuts to essential health services for refugees. This press release: OTTAWA,…
Criminalization by any other name…
In Meghan Murphy’s Globe and Mail op-ed of June 3rd, A prostitution solution: Outlaw the customers, not the hookers, she presents what is often referred to as the Swedish or…
Right-Wing Group Claims Trans Human Rights are a Plot to Normalize Pedophilia.
It has long been a practice of American far-right spokespeople and organizations that when sensationalistic rhetoric starts to fail, rather than try to polish it up and make it look…
read matt taibbi on bradley manning court martial
While I’m not writing, I hope you will read this excellent article by Matt Taibbi on mainstream media coverage of the Bradley Manning court martial. I cannot understand why good…
Greeks ask Canadians to help stop Canadian mining corp Eldorado Gold
By: Mining Watch Canada | Press Release OTTAWA – The situation around Eldorado Gold Corporation’s mining projects in northern Greece is extremely tense. In the face of negative official response…
Democracy on Trial: The Morgentaler Affair
Abortion-rights activist and pioneer Dr. Henry Morgentaler died Wednesday of a heart attack. Appropriately, our Friday Film Pick is Democracy on Trial, a 1984 NFB documentary by Paul Cowen in…
thank you, dr. henry morgentaler
Canada lost a true hero today, someone who spent the better part of his life defending the rights and freedoms of others. From the celebration of the 25th anniversary of…
Waterloo Must Amend Discriminatory Rental Housing Licensing Bylaw: Ontario Human Rights Commission
The Ontario Human Rights Commission’s report on its inquiry into housing licensing in the City of Waterloo is out. It urges the city to remove discriminatory sections of its rental…