The International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group (ICLMG) announced the appointment of Dr. Monia Mazigh as its new national coordinator. Mazigh is a well known academic, author and human rights advocate. “With her personal experience and broad knowledge of national security issues and policies, Monia Mazigh is well positioned to lead ICLMG’s efforts for the repeal of … Read more
On the eve of the vote on Bill C-51, the 43 member organizations of the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group appeal one last time to members of Parliament to reject this unnecessary piece of legislation that, while failing to protect Canadians, rolls back the rule of law and threatens fundamental rights and freedoms enshrined in the Canadian Charter of … Read more
The International Civil Liberties Monitoring group, together with Amnesty International, the BC Civil Liberties Association, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, La Ligue des droits et libertés, and the National Council for Canadian Muslims, announced its strong support for a statement by a group of 22 eminent Canadians published in “The Globe and Mail” and “La Presse” calling urgently … Read more
The International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group (ICLMG) is deeply concerned by several provisions of the latest government anti-terrorism bill, tabled Jan. 30 in the House of Commons, including: the lowering of the threshold for making preventative arrests and obtaining a peace bond and the extension of the period of time recognizance conditions can apply; the expansion … Read more
The International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group and the Canadian Council for Refugees are disappointed with the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in Harkat, which leaves in place a fundamentally unfair process that relies on secret evidence in deciding whether to deport a non-citizen, potentially to a risk of torture. Call 613-241-5298 x 2.
In the context of the present controversial debate and imminent vote on Bill S-7, Combating Terrorism Act, the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group makes a last appeal to members of Parliament to reject the proposed legislation. The group opposes the reintroduction of the two provisions of the 2001 Anti-Terrorism Act that were subject to a … Read more
The International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group, a national coalition of 40 civil society organizations, laments the government’s decision to shut down Rights and Democracy, the arms-length organization set up by the Mulroney government to promote democratic development and monitor the human rights situation abroad. Co-chair of the coalition Dominique Peschard said the decision is the … Read more
The International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group sent an open letter Justice Minister Rob Nicholson (Niagara Falls, ON), supporting the call for a criminal investigation against former U.S. president George W. Bush for his role in authorizing and overseeing his administration’s well-documented torture program, including the “extraordinary rendition” program under which Canadians were “disappeared” and tortured. … Read more
