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House subcommittee hearings on mining in Latin America a public disservice
Jen Moore | The House of Commons Subcommittee on International Human Rights hasn't heard from people most directly affected by Canadian mining operations in the region.
Columnists
Many stories involving the West — including Guantanamo, the Nakba and the Algerian war — should be represented at CMHR
The Canadian Museum of Human Rights: The missing stories
Monia Mazigh | Many stories involving the West — including Guantanamo, the Nakba and the Algerian war — should be represented at CMHR
Columnists
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Protecting housing and human rights without limiting options
Michael Hackl, Pro Bono | There's a distinction between rules to protect people's rights and arbitrary requirements that limit them. We must be ready to fix outdated and discriminatory rules.
Columnists
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B.C. is revamping its human rights system. How can it ensure justice is served?
Pro Bono, Celia Chandler | As B.C. prepares to reinstate its Human Rights Commission, it would do well to learn from Ontario, where the introduction of a direct access system has been only a qualified success.
Podcast
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Human rights still not guaranteed in Indonesia
Piergiorgio Moro | While Indonesia is formally a democracy, powerful economic and political interests influence the law towards their interests.
Podcast
Peter Gadjics on his book "The Inheritance of Shame"
'The Inheritance of Shame': Trauma, abuse, and why remembering is more helpful than forgetting
David Peck | Peter Gajdics talks about "The Inheritance of Shame," dealing with trauma surviving conversion therapy and how remembering helps in his recovery.
Podcast
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Death squads terrorizing working-class communities in the Philippines
Jiselle Hanna | The death toll of President Duterte's "War on Drugs" is now reaching 10,000 people. Paramilitary death squads are now a feature of life in the Philippines bringing terror to millions of people.
Podcast
The multimedia monk, engaged Buddhism and 'A Cambodian Spring'
David Peck | Chris and Face2Face host David Peck talk about engaged Buddhism, Cambodia, power and politics, photographs as symbols and hope.
Activist Toolkit
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The Director of Amnesty International Turkey and other human rights defenders in Jail
| Demand their immediate release
Podcast
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Statelessness, politics and fighting for the underdog
David Peck | There are many who credit the rise of 'voluntourism' to humanitarian and motivational speaker Vaden Earle. He talks to David Peck about his ability to release vision and purpose in others.
Blog
Recent verdict against 'Oak Ridge Torturers' has major implications for psychiatry
Bonnie Burstow | Justice Paul Perell's recent landmark decision found that patients at Oak Ridge were subject to torture between 1966 and 1983.
Blog
News videographer Jeremy Cohn, tackled and arrested by Hamilton Police on May 16, 2017. Image: Barry Gray. Used with permission.
Journalism is being criminalized in Canada. Here's how we're fighting back.
Canadian Journalists for Free Expression, Nathan Munn | The past two years have been devastating for journalism in Canada. CJFE has stepped up on multiple fronts to demand that journalists have protections they need.