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Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland and Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly are among the key signatories to an open letter decrying Iran’s record on women’s rights. The letter, published in Sunday’s New York Times, condemns Iran’s violent crackdown on recent protests and calls for the country to be removed from …
Read More »Former MUN student wins human rights case after prof refused to wear a mic
William Sears holds the FM transmitter he used to hear instructors in the classroom when he was a student at Memorial University in 2015. (Todd O’Brien/CBC) A former Memorial University student who challenged the school and a professor who refused to wear a microphone seven years ago has won his case …
Read More »Cindy Blackstock asks Human Rights Tribunal to reject $20B child welfare compensation deal
An Indigenous children’s rights advocate — whose 15-year battle with Ottawa led to a historic $40 billion settlement agreement over discrimination in the First Nations foster care system — is asking the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal to send the compensation deal back to the drawing board. Cindy Blackstock, executive director …
Read More »Most climate policies worldwide do not consider the rights of people with disabilities
Our planet is changing. So is our journalism. This weekly newsletter is part of a CBC News initiative entitled “Our Changing Planet” to show and explain the effects of climate change. Keep up with the latest news on our Climate and Environment page. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your …
Read More »Problem-plagued Kultureland music festival raises concerns about ticket-holders’ rights
People who attended the second day of the Kultureland music festival in Ajax, Ont., over the weekend can expect a refund soon, according to organizers. The refund was announced following a number of issues on the festival’s second day that included a last-minute venue change and the cancellation of headliner Jhene Aiko’s set. Mutsa …
Read More »Retired military couple files human rights complaint against N.S. yacht club
A retired military couple has filed a human rights complaint against a Nova Scotia yacht club. The men say the LaHave River Yacht Club discriminated against them based on sexual orientation and on mental disability. The club says the accusations are false and it intends to contest them. Bill Nickerson …
Read More »Amid intense scrutiny, human rights complaints, Thunder Bay police chief announces retirement
Amid human rights complaints, investigations and external oversight, the police service and its oversight board in Thunder Bay, Ont., have another task ahead of them — finding a new chief. Police Chief Sylvie Hauth has announced her retirement, effective next year. In a statement released to media on Thursday morning, Hauth said she has informed …
Read More »48 civil rights and advocacy groups join in asking the FTC to ban corporate facial surveillance technology, continuous corporate surveillance of public space (Edward Ongweso Jr/VICE)
Edward Ongweso Jr / VICE: 48 civil rights and advocacy groups join in asking the FTC to ban corporate facial surveillance technology, continuous corporate surveillance of public space — The open letter uses Amazon as a case study to argue that corporate surveillance technologies cause immense harm and fall under …
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