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Canada still failing to fix water crisis in First Nations communities, says AG
Pam Palmater | This week, Canada's auditor general released her report on whether Canada is providing enough support to ensure that First Nations have access to clean drinking water. The answer was a clear no.
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Union rights are human rights
Marc Belanger, RadioLabour | RadioLabour's Canada Report: Celebrating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. How to confront the far right. And more.
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Higgs on the campaign trail in New Brunswick in September 2020. Image: Blaine Higgs/Twitter
How the New Brunswick government's repeated refusal to fund Clinic 554 violates human rights
Emily Williams | Fredericton's Clinic 554 was the sole private facility offering surgical abortion in the province. The government's failure to provide abortion services outside of hospitals goes against human rights.
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Al-Hawl refugee camp. Image: Y. Boechat/Wikimedia Commons
It's time to bring little Amira back to Canada
Monia Mazigh | Last May, human rights experts at the United Nations called on Canada to repatriate little Amira, and have described the repatriation of children as "a humanitarian and human rights imperative."
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Federal pandemic funds for First Nations woefully inadequate
Pamela Palmater | The least Canada can do is step up and work with First Nations to implement a more fulsome response that is grounded in the human rights of First Nations.
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Was, is, and will always be a saint: Celebrating the life of Oscar Romero
Alfredo Barahona | Oscar Romero was assassinated 40 years ago because of his unequivocal opposition to the violation of human rights in El Salvador, military repression and extreme poverty.
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San Luis de Palenque, Colombia. Image: Wikimedia Commons
Community leaders arrested after protesting Canadian oil company in Colombia
Brent Patterson | Concerns are being raised about a Toronto-based oil company's contract with the Colombian army following community protests against its operations.
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Nora Sandigo. Image: Gilad Cohen
Two thousand children with nowhere to go
Gilad Cohen, Simona Ramkisson, Brandon Fragomeni, Alex Castellani, Ron Ma | Nora Sandigo's story as the legal guardian of 2,000 undocumented migrant children is the focus of the documentary "The Great Mother." She talks about the moment she knew she had to take action.
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Justin Trudeau lectures others about human rights while forgetting issues at home
Monia Mazigh | While Trudeau was busy promoting human rights and inclusive governance in Africa, militarized RCMP officers launched a raid against Indigenous land defenders in Wet'suwet'en territory.
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Sasha Joseph Neulinger. Image: Gilad Cohen
Surviving and breaking the cycle of childhood sexual abuse
Gilad Cohen, Simona Ramkisson, Brandon Fragomeni, Alex Castellani, Ron Ma | How to create spaces for survivors, and learning to love himself again -- Sasha Joseph Neulinger discusses the experience of making "Rewind."
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The bad faith 'debate' about trans human rights
Mercedes Allen | The "gender critical debate" is designed to disallow any conclusion that trans people exist, let alone that they should have rights or be accommodated in society in any way.
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2009 Right Livelihood award ceremony. Image: Holger Motzkau 2010/Wikimedia Commons
Right Livelihood Award honours four activists working for justice
Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan | Each year for the past four decades, in the short, dark days of December, people have gathered in Sweden's capital to celebrate change-makers, whistleblowers and resistance leaders.