Step into Canadian Border Services and You May Be on TV
 By Carlos Tello/TheTyee.ca Published on May 8, 2013  After pressure, reality TV producers change sign acting as voluntary agreement to appear on ‘Border Security.’ Less than a year […]
Omar Khadr: Still in Jail After 11 Years. What´s Next?
At 15, Omar Khadr was captured by US Special Forces in Afghanistan and charged several years later with the death of a U.S. soldier. For 11 years he has been imprisoned in Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay and now Canada. Canada […]
Security Certificates & National Security: Mohammed Mahjoub Speaks
Mr. Mahjoub is one of five Muslim men who have been struggling for justice against the use of security certificates in Canada. Security certificates allow the government to indefinitely detain […]
SCC to rule on whether threat of deportation should play role in criminal sentencing
Ottawa – On Thursday, March 14, the Supreme Court of Canada will release its decision in R. v. Pham. This case deals with the question of what factors a court […]
BC Court of Appeal to rule on fairness in sentencing
Vancouver – On Friday, November 2, 2012, the BC Court of Appeal will deliver its decision in R. v. Whaling. This case involves the retrospective application of the Abolition of […]
Indeterminate Punishment
Indeterminate Punishment: The Disclosure of Non-Conviction Information on Police Record Checks in Ontario Policy Director Micheal Vonn joins panelists from across Canada to discuss the impact that access to non-conviction […]
One more birthday in Guantánamo
 *Update* Omar Khadr was finally repatriated to Canada on September 29. Under Canadian law, he will be eligible for release under parole by June 2013. But his return does not mean […]
The Social Cost of National Security
Assessing the impact of global counter-terrorism initiatives on Canadian society What are the social costs versus benefits of the security agenda? What are the links between privacy, sharing, broader human […]
Advocacy groups call on BC Representative for Children and Youth to review centralization of girls’ imprisonment
Three prominent rights organizations in B.C. have joined to ask the Representative for Children and Youth to review the B.C. Government’s proposal to transport all girl prisoners across the province […]
The United Nations Documents Widespread Torture in Afghan Jails: Canada must convene a public inquiry into the Afghan prisoner scandal
BCCLA & Amnesty International The report of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, released yesterday, documenting widespread torture in Afghan detention facilities, and the earlier NATO decision, announced on […]