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Dr. Siddiqui, Lady Al-Qaeda or Grey Lady Tortured by Proxy?
On September 23, 2010, Doctor Aafia Siddiqui was sentenced to 86 years in prison by a Federal Court in Manhattan, New York. Upon being handed the sentence, Siddiqui called to…
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 is not only about the tension…
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 these words, Judge Patrick Parrish, who…
Afghan Detainee Torture: The Issue That Grew, and Grew, and Grew
Since 9/11, the question of Canadian complicity in torture has bedeviled the Ottawa security intelligence community. Unlike Canada’s closest ally, the United States, Canadian officials have never been implicated directly…
From 2002 to 2010: Canada Must End Complicity in Torture
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…
Afghanistan: The End Game Comes Into View
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…
Supreme Court Abdicates its Responsibility in the Rule of Law Project – Part 1
“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.…
The Know-Nothing Witness Against Mohammed Harkat
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…
A New Decade Opens: Where do we Stand with Security and Human Rights?
The years are certainly passing for some of the key milestones in the debate about security and human rights that has raged over the past decade. As such, as we…
Death with dignity
Countries have always honoured those who fall in battle, and funeral orations have always found honoured places in ancient as well as recent history. In Athens, Pericles’ speech is remembered…
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