Statement by Lawyers Rights Watch Canada1 to the Seventh Session of the Human Rights Council regarding unlawful emergency measures in Pakistan

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NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD WELCOMES DISCUSSION OF RACISM OCCASIONED BY SENATOR BARACK OBAMA'S HISTORIC SPEECH

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Five-Year Sentence of Olympics Critic Not Human Rights Progress

Human Rights in China condemns the sentencing of land rights defender and Olympics critic Yang Chunlin (杨春林) to five years’ imprisonment on March 24, 2008. The same day, the Olympic torch was lit in Greece, and IOC Chairman Jacques Rogge stated that "the Games have advanced the agenda of human rights" in China.

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Not Only Dr. Haneef's Case

I believe Dr. Haneef's case of proceeding with criminal charges without sufficient evidence has not been a result of mistake or overreaction. The latest evidence allows a possibility of conspiracy behind this. Yet, it is only one of manifestations of a deep and serious problem.

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Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology Requests to Cancel the Proceedings

In a letter submitted to the Board of Land and Natural Resources yesterday, HIMB petitioned to drop its appeal of the fine against coral disease researcher, Greta Aeby, for violating NWHI State Marine Refuge regulations.  The research institute cited the recent decision by a state-appointed hearings officer to expand the scope of the investigation as a key motivation for withdrawing its appeal.

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Chinese security agencies offering cash rewards for turning in Falun Gong practitioners

NEW YORK – Chinese security agencies have been conducting large-scale arrests of Falun Gong adherents throughout China in recent months as authorities step up efforts to “stamp out” the practice in advance of the Olympic Games, in August, the Falun Dafa Information Center reported today.

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"THEY WAVE THE FLAG WHEN YOU ATTACK-- WHEN YOU COME HOME THEY TURN THEIR BACK"

In traditional march cadence, U.S. military veterans will chant that statement on the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, as they lead a Veterans March for Peace to significant sites in Washington, DC, including the National Archives, home of the U.S. Constitution. 

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Canada’s acquiescence to U.S. post-9/11 demands to integrate Canadian police, intelligence and military with U.S. security policy has increased the risk to Canadians of arbitrary detention, forced disappearances, torture and mass surveillance. “We are witnessing a rapid disintegration of the web of laws and norms that has protected human rights in the past,” says Maureen Webb, human rights lawyer and author of Illusions of Security: Global Surveillance and Democracy in the Post 9-11 World (2007). A chilling example is the story of Maher Arar. A law-abiding Canadian citizen, he was detained in New York in late 2002, and subsequently ‘rendered’ to Syria where he was illegally imprisoned for over 10 months and tortured.

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