Bashir Makhtal: The Only Justice is Repatriation »
In late 2006, Somalia again became one of the battlegrounds in the so-called “war on terror”. Whether you were there or trying to leave, you were under suspicion. At least 140 people were arrested by Kenyan...
July 7 2010 / No comment / Read More »
Rights and Security: The Bashir Makhtal Case »
The second broadcast of Rights and Security will happen on Saturday July 10 at 11:00am EST. Former CBC producer Kelly Crichton will host a discussion about the ongoing issues and events of the Bashir Makhtal case. Our guests will be Gar Pardy and Said...
July 7 2010 / No comment / Read More »The Illegality of the G20 Mass Arrests »
As I was reading the hundreds of incidents reports that Canadian Civil Liberties Association has received, I was struck by the common themes: astonishment...
Jul 22 2010 / 2 comments / Read More »Policing the G20 Summit: Whose Security? Whose Human Rights? »
The debate about security and human rights is not just about insidious practices like extraordinary rendition and infamous prison camps like Guantánamo Bay. It...
Jul 14 2010 / 2 comments / Read More »Has the Detainee Document Deal Gone Sideways? »
On April 27, Peter Milliken, Speaker of the House of Commons, ruled that Parliament had the right of access to unredacted documents in the...
Jun 21 2010 / 3 comments / Read More »No Second-Guessing and No Independence: Reflections from Omar Khadr’s Military Commission Hearings »
It is not my role to “second-guess” military authorities here as to the security measures they feel need to be put in place. With...
May 5 2010 / 1 comment / Read More »
