Federal leaders and their parties must do more to show their commitment to defending civil liberties in Canada, particularly from the impact of national security and anti-terrorism laws. “Despite pressing concerns, we have heard very little from Canada’s political leaders about what they will do to address issues like mass surveillance, political and religious profiling, Canada’s … Read more
The International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group is disappointed with the findings of the external review into the extradition and detention without trial in France of Dr. Hassan Diab. “This review, in finding that Department of Justice lawyers and Canadian officials broke no rules, does nothing to bring justice to the grave human rights abuses suffered by … Read more
“Once again, Canadian lawmakers have failed to act to ensure that national security laws do not come at the cost of privacy, free expression, due process and government transparency,” said Tim McSorley, national coordinator of the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group, on the Senate’s adoption of Bill C-59, National Security Act, 2017. The ICLMG welcomed aspects … Read more
The Senate committee on national security and defence has missed an important opportunity to protect fundamental rights and freedoms in Canada and internationally by failing to bring necessary amendments to the National Security Act, 2017. Bill C-59 was passed by committee without substantial amendment, despite calls from leading civil liberties and human rights groups, and … Read more
Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale (Regina-Wascana, Sask.) must take action to address the unfounded allegations and stigmatization of Muslim and Sikh communities in the 2018 Public Report on the Terrorism Threat to Canada. “There is no doubt that Canada faces threats from those inspired by violent groups like Daesh. But the use of vague qualifiers like … Read more
The UN Committee Against Torture issued a report which finds that Canada has continued to fail to provide full redress for five Canadians who were tortured abroad with Canada’s complicity. The International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group and Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada welcomed the findings, and are calling for the government to take immediate action to meet its … Read more
The Canadian government continues to neglect its obligations to investigate and bring to justice those complicit in the torture and illegal sentencing of Omar Khadr, to fully apologize, and to ensure such an incident does not happen again, according to two leading Canadian civil liberties organizations in a new report to the United Nations Committee … Read more
Bill C-59, the National Security Act, 2017, was rushed through a second-reading vote this week, with governing Liberal MPs voting as a block to approve it without any further amendments, despite calls from civil society and opposition MPs to take action. “So-called ‘national security concerns’ cannot come at the cost of privacy, free expression, due process and … Read more
The International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group joined the call for a public, independent inquiry into the case of Dr. Hassan Diab. Call 613-241-5298.
The International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group joined 20 other organizations calling on MPs who are currently studying Bill C-59 (An Act respecting national security matters) to act on three specific items: How Bill C-59, instead of limiting surveillance, will empower our national security agencies to conduct mass surveillance; How the bill fails to address the impossibility … Read more
