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
August 10, 2010 may mark the beginning of the end for Omar Khadr. An internationally condemned military commission process will commence and Omar Khadr will be tried for multiple terrorist-related charges. These charges have been brought forward despite the facts that:
- he was a child at the time of the alleged offences
- some of the [...]
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 authorities between the end of December 2006 and February 2007 as they tried to enter Kenya from Somalia. Though many [...]
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 Makhtal.
Gar Pardy is a former head of the Canadian Consular Service at DFAIT. Gar has extensive experience with issues related to [...]
Commentary and news coverage of the 11 Russian spies charged last week by the U.S. Department of Justice have oscillated between speculation about an imminent, new Cold War to comedic comparisons with Boris and Natasha from Bullwinkle. At this point in time, it would seem the latter is more accurate.
Ten of the people were arrested [...]
Downtown Toronto has been transformed quite effectively into an armed camp, with walls patrolled by a temporary paramilitary police garrison drawn from across the country. Members of this (in)security force designated as ‘guards’ have been given special powers to arrest and detain both residents and visitors to Toronto who, being near the G20 security zone, [...]
In a June 14 press conference, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews announced the introduction of new legislation that would create an arms-length civilian public complaints commission for the RCMP. The first reading version of the bill, formally entitled ‘An Act to amend the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act and to make consequential amendments to other [...]
The Government of Canada claims that it is both necessary and reasonable to spend close to a billion dollars of taxpayer money on security for the upcoming back-to-back G-8 and G-20 summits, in Huntsville and Toronto respectively. As is the norm with security practices, serious public debate about the benefits and costs of a given [...]
On June 14 and 15, Prism will be broadcasting the ongoing Afghan Detainee hearings from Ottawa.
The purpose of these hearings is to probe allegations regarding Afghan prisoners who were captured by Canadian troops and handed over to the Afghan authorities, who are alleged to have then tortured or otherwise seriously mistreated some prisoners. The hearings [...]
This week, U.S. President Barack Obama chose James R. Clapper Jr., a retired air force lieutenant general and intelligence wonk, as his new director of national intelligence (DNI). The DNI was created in 2004 to oversee the 16 agencies that make up the U.S. intelligence community, including the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the National Security [...]
We would like to announce the debut of Rights and Security, a monthly Prism Live TV program. Beginning Saturday June 12 at 10:00am EST, Rights and Security will focus on important National Security cases and issues by interviewing key players in National Security and Human Rights live on the Internet in streaming video.
In our first broadcast, [...]
