Mohandas Gandhi You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind
Benjamin Franklin They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security
After a two-year dispute Justice Iacobucci and the Canadian government have finally reached an agreement to release to the public information that was deemed by the government to be injurious to National Security if released publicly (full supplement can be found at the bottom of this page).
The main revelation in the supplement is regarding a [...]
When Canada’s Parliament resumes in just over two weeks time, there is expected to be considerable debate about two issues that have become emblematic of the worrying ways that human rights have been undermined and sold short in the name of security: the fate of Omar Khadr and the handling of prisoners apprehended by Canadian [...]
How wars end is as varied as war itself. Victory, defeat, cease fire, stalemate, exhaustion and stand-down have all been associated with the ending of past wars, and these mechanisms are as current today as they have been throughout history.
In the last century, the two “great wars” ended with a negotiated settlement [...]
“Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of the person and the right not to be deprived thereof except in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice.” (s. 7 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms)
“Anyone whose rights or freedoms, as guaranteed by this Charter, have been infringed or denied may apply to [...]
Imagine waking up one fine morning to discover that you are being arrested at the request of a foreign government that accuses you of a heinous crime about which you know nothing. The normally speedy extradition process is further hastened by the apparent willingness of your own government to accept intelligence as “evidence” for extradition. [...]
The strange case of Mohammed Harkat, a pizza deliveryman who has been labeled a national security threat by the federal government, plays out in the wood-paneled grandeur of the east courtroom of the Supreme Court of Canada building.
Mr. Harkat, 42, a short man with close-cropped dark hair, enters the courtroom each morning almost unnoticed.
He walks [...]
I would like to inform our readers that we have finally been able to purchase the domain name prismmagazine.com. It took over two weeks of negotiations with the seller.
The good news is that people visiting our web site will have one less character to type!
