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It has now been five months since we started hearing and reading about Canadian kids affected by additional security screening measures when they try to board a plane, and unfortunately, the situation hasn't improved much since.
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This week, a French judge decided to order the release of Hassan Diab while an investigation into his case continues. It is both ironic and embarrassing to see a French judge decide to do what a Canadian judge should have done many years ago: order Hassan Diab a free man!
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Amid several new programs targeting the middle class and infrastructure funds, the Liberal government's first budget also dedicated some money to tackling what they called "counter-radicalization." These tasks will be conducted by the Co-ordinator of the Office of Community Outreach and Counter-Radicalization. For this, the office will receive $3 million this year and up to $10 million in coming years.
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It is now almost a pattern: every time we, as a human rights organization or activist, write to government agencies inquiring about cases of Canadians detained abroad or of Canadians subject to abuse or possible discrimination, the governmental response will certainly somehow contain the issue of "privacy."
"Privacy concerns" have been used as a powerful pretext for inaction or silence and this should be challenged and denounced.
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After the horrible news of the attacks in Brussels and the terrible loss of life, comes the interminable list of Muslim groups denouncing terrorism, followed by the interminable list of groups and pseudo-experts putting Muslims on the defensive, blaming them for the evil of all evils.
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