Toronto – In spite of increased calls for accountability and governments’ commitments to improve transparency, the Canadian Newspaper Association (CNA) has found that most Canadian governments continue to be unacceptably lax in fulfilling legislative obligations to uphold freedom of information laws.
(Full Story)Source: cna-acj.ca
- Sunday, September 24, 2006
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Geneva - The newly established United Nations Human Rights Council should promote tolerance among cultures, and examine whether its strategy on racism and xenophobia was sufficiently detailed to tackle the complexity of the issues involved, experts said today.
(Full Story)Source: un.org
- Saturday, September 23, 2006
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by Véronick Talbot, Tolerance.ca® editorial staff member
Montréal—On September 13, 2006, 25-year-old Kimveer Gill opened fire on students at Dawson College in Montréal, killing 18-year-old Anastasia De Sousa and wounding 16 other students and staff members, two of whom remain in critical condition. One week after the tragic events, Quebec’s student community is still in a state of shock.
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By Andre de Nesnera
Washington, D.C.
Five years ago, the United States was struck by the most devastating terrorist attack in its history. On September 11, 2001, hijackers commandeered four American commercial airliners. Two of them slammed into the World Trade Center in New York, destroying the two buildings. A third plane struck the Pentagon near Washington, D.C. while a fourth -- due to the bravery of passengers -- crashed in a Pennsylvania field. Almost 3,000 people died as a result of these coordinated attacks.
(Full Story)Source: voanews.com
- Thursday, September 7, 2006
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Montreal - Liberal member of Parliament and former Justice minister in Paul Martin's cabinet, Irwin Cotler, blasts UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour. In an article publsihed in the Canadian Jewish News, Cotler calls Arbour's declarations "superficial", "simplistic" and "misleading".
(Full Story)Source: cjnews.com
- Saturday, August 5, 2006
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The United Nations has just established a new Human Rights Council to replace the old Human Rights Commission. This followed criticism of the old body on which some of the worst offenders had seats.
(Full Story)Source: thestar.com
- Saturday, June 3rd 2006
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In the wake of the first reported execution of a child offender in 2006, Amnesty International expressed its dismay that Iran should be the only country that currently executes child offenders- those under the age of 18 at the time of their offence.
(Full Story)Source: amnestyusa.org
- Wednesday, May 31, 2006
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(London) 2005 was a year of contradictions in which signs of hope for human rights were undermined through the deception and failed promises of powerful governments, said Amnesty International today as it published its annual report.
(Full Story)Source: amnesty.ca
- Tuesday, May 23, 2006
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