Alex Neve : "Over the past week there has been reason to both commend and chastise Canada for the approach it takes to assessing where torture is likely to occur. In the midst of court action...
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Canada to remove US from list of states where prisoners risk torture
Canadian Foreign Minster Maxime Bernier said Saturday that the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade will remove the US from an internal document that lists countries that employ interrogation methods that amount to torture [JURIST...
Canada document includes US on list of states where prisoners risk torture
An internal document circulated to diplomats in the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade lists the US as a country that employs interrogation methods that amount to torture and where prisoners risk being tortured, according...
Iran high court orders new probe into Canadian journalist death
The Iranian Supreme Court has ordered a new probe in the case of murdered Iranian-Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi on an appeal of a lower court order that the case be reopened, a...
The UN General Assembly Third Committee Tuesday approved a draft resolution imploring Iran to "respect fully its human rights obligations." The draft expressed concern about ongoing human rights violations in Iran...
A Canadian-based filmmaker accused of intending to spread propaganda will face a secret trial in Iran on November 17, the Toronto Globe and Mail reported Saturday. Mehrnoushe Solouki holds dual French and Iranian nationality and is currently a doctoral...
Iran high court hears appeal on reopening probe into Canadian journalist death
The Iranian Supreme Court held a hearing Sunday in the case of murdered Iranian-Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi on an appeal of a lower court order that the case be reopened. Kazemi's family argued that...
UN committee chides Belarus, Myanmar for human rights violations
The UN General Assembly's Third Committee on Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Affairs approved draft resolutions Wednesday denouncing both Belarus and Myanmar (formerly Burma) for human rights violations. The Belarus resolution, introduced by...
Canada pressing for arrest of Iran prosecutor wanted for Kazemi death
Canada authorities confirmed Friday that they had asked Germany to detain Iranian prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi if he passed through German territory after attending the inaugural meeting of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland,...
Canada slams Iran for sending prosecutor linked to Kazemi death to UN rights meeting
Iran has received nearly universal condemnation for selecting Tehran Prosecutor-General Saeed Mortazavi to attend the inaugural meeting of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva as an observer. Mortazavi is widely suspected of being present...