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Controversy over new human rights chief threatens support for online harms bill
The administrative wing of the Prime Minister's Office says it has issued new direction in terms of how federal appointees are screened following concerns officials failed to search posts made by the incoming human rights chief. Justice Minister Arif Virani speaks in the foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Monday, May 6, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
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Russian court orders arrest of Alexey Navalny’s widow Yulia Navalnaya in absentia
Yulia Navalnaya, widow of Alexei Navalny, speaks at the Deutsche Welle Freedom of Speech Award ceremony in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, June 5, 2024. (Christoph Soeder/dpa via AP)
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Ukraine mourns as rescuers search the rubble of a Kyiv children’s hospital struck by Russian missile
Members of emergency services work at the blast site following a Russian missile strike on the Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine July 9, 2024. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
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The Jewish community’s concerns are often met with disbelief
Michael Geist
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Montreal Liberal MP Anthony Housefather named to new role as antisemitism adviser
Liberal MP Anthony Housefather is now the government's special adviser on Jewish community relations and antisemitism. Housefather speaks during a press conference in Ottawa, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
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Imprisoned Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza transferred to a prison hospital, his wife and lawyers say
FILE - Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza gestures while standing in a defendants' cage at the Moscow City Court in Moscow, Russia, on July 31, 2023. Imprisoned Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza has been transferred to a prison hospital, and his attorneys have been unable to visit him there since Thursday, his wife and one of his lawyers said Friday July 5, 2024. (AP Photo, File)
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Former public safety minister calls for strengthened screening of new human-rights chief
Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino holds a news conference in the foyer of the House of Commons in Ottawa, Wednesday, May 31, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Jewish teachers launch human rights complaint accusing B.C. teachers union of fostering antisemitism
A Vancouver labour lawyer says a group of teachers has launched a human rights complaint against the BC Teachers' Federation, claiming the union "has engaged in and enabled antisemitism." The office that houses the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal is seen in Vancouver, B.C., Monday, March 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nono Shen
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I escaped Gaza, but it continues to haunt me
Mahmoud Mushtaha
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Canada failing to protect human rights activists from mining companies operating overseas: UN watchdog
Mary Lawlor, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders, visits the Globe and Mail during a three-day trip to Toronto, Monday, June 24, 2022. (Galit Rodan/The Globe and Mail)
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Pakistan’s detention of Imran Khan violates international law, UN working group says
FILE PHOTO: Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan pauses as he speaks with Reuters during an interview, in Lahore, Pakistan March 17, 2023. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro/File Photo
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Paramilitary forces attack a city under military control in central Sudan, opening a new front
FILE PHOTO: A man walks while smoke rises above buildings after aerial bombardment, during clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army in Khartoum North, Sudan, May 1, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Files To Match Special Report SUDAN-POLITICS/HUNGER-GRAVES
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A mother’s pain as the first victim of Kenya’s deadly protests is buried
Relatives and friends bury the body of 19-year-old Ibrahim Kamau, at the Kariakor cemetery in Nairobi, Kenya Friday, June 28, 2024. Kamau was shot during a protest on Tuesday against the government proposed tax bill. Protesters stormed parliament on Tuesday and drew police fire in chaos that left several people dead, reportedly as many as 22. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
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Photos of Pride capture a dazzling community, and a deeper message that being out is essential
Angel John Guerra and Michael Rowe
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New human-rights chief made academic argument that terror is a rational strategy with high success rates
The Liberal government is outlining a variety of steps intended to make the much-criticized Access to Information system work better.A person makes their way past the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Texas Supreme Court upholds ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youths
LGBTQ+ activists protest Senate Bill 14, that would ban gender-affirming medical care for transgender children, at the Texas Capitol, Friday, May 12, 2023, in Austin, Texas. The Texas Supreme Court has upheld the state’s ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors, Friday, June 28, 2024, rejecting pleas from parents that it violates their right to seek care for their transgender children. (Mikala Compton/Austin American-Statesman via AP, File)
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Pride and prejudice: Canada must do more to help Iran’s LGBTQ community
Samira Mohyeddin
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Former justice minister David Lametti questions suitability of new human-rights chief
Justice Minister David Lametti speaks to reporters after a meeting of the Liberal caucus in Ottawa, Wednesday, May 31, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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New human rights chief apologizes for pain to Jewish community caused by tweets
Crystal Schick/The Globe and Mail Birju Dattani, director at Yukon Human Rights Commission, poses for a photo along the Yukon River in Whitehorse on Nov. 27, 2020.
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