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Matthew Behrens is a freelance writer and social justice advocate.

Canada's Global Affairs Minister Melanie Joly.
Posted inHuman Rights
CA

‘Unnecessary’ Muslims: Ottawa appeals to prolong torture of Canadians detained in Syria

Photo of Matthew Behrens by Matthew Behrens April 11, 2023April 11, 2023
Supporters of repatriation for 44 arbitrarily detained Canadian men, women and children in Syria.
Posted inHuman Rights
CA

Federal court orders repatriation of Canadians illegally detained in Syria

Photo of Matthew Behrens by Matthew Behrens January 31, 2023January 31, 2023
A photo of Jack Letts and Kimberly Polman prior to their detention in Syria.
Posted inHuman Rights
CA

UN slams Canada’s failure to repatriate citizens illegally detained in Syria

Photo of Matthew Behrens by Matthew Behrens October 7, 2022October 19, 2022
Supporters of repatriation for 44 arbitrarily detained Canadian men, women and children in Syria.
Posted inCanadian Politics
CA

Islamophobia preventing Jack Letts from returning home to Canada

Photo of Matthew Behrens by Matthew Behrens April 27, 2022April 27, 2022
Photo of Farzana Adell sitting in a chair
Posted inFeminism
CA

Afghanistan’s women’s rights defenders abandoned by Canada

Photo of Matthew Behrens by Matthew Behrens March 23, 2022May 31, 2022
Posted inFeminism
AB, CA

Partial victory as abuse survivor Helen Naslund’s 18-year sentence cut in half

Photo of Matthew Behrens by Matthew Behrens January 24, 2022January 25, 2022
New Delhi, India, Aug 24 2021: Afghan women holding placards and shouting slogans, Afghans living in India gathered at UNHCR to protest and demand refugee status.
Posted inAnti-racism
CA

No room at Canada’s inn for Afghan refugees

Photo of Matthew Behrens by Matthew Behrens December 22, 2021
Posted inHuman Rights

The Syrian refugees that time – and Canada – forgot

Photo of Matthew Behrens by Matthew Behrens November 30, 2021
A protest at Wescam offices in Burlington, Ontario. (Image: Fair Use).
Posted inHuman Rights

How Canadian taxpayers were made complicit in the murder of an Afghan family

Photo of Matthew Behrens by Matthew Behrens October 29, 2021November 1, 2021
Amitis Shojaei. Image: Provided
Posted inAnti-racismCanadian PoliticsHuman Rights
CA

Where the parties stand on the family reunification backlog

Photo of Matthew Behrens by Matthew Behrens September 15, 2021October 5, 2021
Minister of Defence Harjit Sajjan stands next to former U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis at the Pentagon in 2017. Image: U.S. Secretary of Defense/Flickr
Posted inCanadian PoliticsWorld Politics

The secrets they keep: Why Canada fears Afghan interpreters

Photo of Matthew Behrens by Matthew Behrens August 27, 2021October 5, 2021
Helen Knott of West Moberly First Nation holds up contrasting images of Peace River, before and after dam construction began, in 2016. Image: Chelsea Nash/Used with permission
Posted inCanadian PoliticsEnvironmentIndigenous
BC, MB, QC

Silence of the dams: International condemnation, Canadian indifference

Photo of Matthew Behrens by Matthew Behrens July 27, 2021October 5, 2021

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