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Maher Arar is an award-winning human rights activist and is a frequent speaker at national security related events. In 2010, Maher founded Prism, an online not-for-profit magazine that focuses on the in-depth coverage and analysis of national security related issues. Show full bio

Prism Video: Non-Cooperation Campaign With Canadian Spy Agency CSIS

Various civil and human rights organizations (complete list found at the bottom) launched a campaign to encourage people to stop…

Video: The Science Behind Airport Body Scanners

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has been using full body scanners in airports for about a year now, and many…

Prism Video: March in Support of the Syrian Revolution in Ottawa

This rally took place in Ottawa, Canada on January 21, 2012 in support of the Syrian Revolution. The rally started…

Why I am Endorsing Paul Dewar for NDP Leadership

You might have read and heard in the media that I am endorsing Paul Dewar for the NDP leadership. That…

Bashar al-Assad in State of Desperation

The signs are clear: Bashar al-Assad is in a state of desperation, and his latest speech in front of Syrian…

Video: Lakhdar Boumediene, Former Guantanamo Detainee

In October, 2001, six Algerian men were arrested in Bosnia and accused of plotting to blow up the U.S. embassy…

Video: UK Won’t Prosecute Spies Over Torture Claims

The United Kingdom’s spy agencies have been cleared of involvement in the torture of former Guantanamo detainee Binyam Mohammed who…

Video: Guantanamo Tunisians Return Home

It has been ten years since the United States began operating the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center in Cuba. The facility…

Video: Rights and Security on the Bizarre Case of Abousfian Abdelrazik

This episode of Rights and Security deals with the case of Abousfian Abdelrazik, a Canadian citizen of Sudanese origin who…

Video: Tunisia, the Arab Spring’s Success Story?

Tunisia inspired ordinary people to take to the streets from Morocco to Baghdad, and similar revolutions have toppled the leaders…