1. The Cybersurveillance Bill

The government has promised that it will re-introduce its lawful access legislation without any major changes.  Previous versions of these bills gave law enforcement more powers [...]]]> http://ccla.org/2011/12/31/5-trends-to-watch-in-2012/feed/ 0 http://ccla.org/2011/12/07/press-release-ccla-reacts-to-canada-u-s-border-deal-statement-concerned-about-implications-for-privacy-rights/ http://ccla.org/2011/12/07/press-release-ccla-reacts-to-canada-u-s-border-deal-statement-concerned-about-implications-for-privacy-rights/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 23:53:54 +0000 Communications http://ccla.org/?p=12610

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http://ccla.org/?p=12587 The Canadian Civil Liberties Association is monitoring the case of Mohamed Zeki Mahjoub, currently being argued in Federal Court. Lawyers for Mr. Mahjoub – who is subject to extremely strict release conditions pursuant to a Security Certificate – are asking the Court to lift these conditions.To read more about Security Certificates and how the process [...]]]> http://ccla.org/2011/12/06/ccla-following-mahjoub-security-certificate-case-before-federal-court/feed/ 0 http://ccla.org/2011/12/06/ccla-concerned-about-allegations-of-information-procured-from-torture/ http://ccla.org/2011/12/06/ccla-concerned-about-allegations-of-information-procured-from-torture/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:58:07 +0000 Sukanya Pillay http://ccla.org/?p=12571 The Montreal Gazette  reported on Saturday December 3 that it had obtained a memo written in 2008 by former CSIS director, Jim Judd. The memo argues in favour of CSIS relying upon information procured through torture — or “torture leads” that are subsequently corroborated — in the Security Certificate process.  The CCLA is very concerned to read that  CSIS  favoured relying [...]]]> http://ccla.org/2011/12/06/ccla-concerned-about-allegations-of-information-procured-from-torture/feed/ 0 http://ccla.org/2011/12/05/ministers-reply-to-statement-about-the-most-wanted-list/ http://ccla.org/2011/12/05/ministers-reply-to-statement-about-the-most-wanted-list/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 20:34:33 +0000 Noa Mendelsohn Aviv http://ccla.org/?p=12542 Minister Vic Toews has sent a letter of reply to a signed statement expressing the concerns of numerous organizations with the government’s publication of a “Most Wanted” list.  Unfortunately, Minister Toews’ letter does not substantively address the issues raised, and does not provide adequate assurances with respect to them.

The “Most Wanted”  list was published by [...]]]> http://ccla.org/2011/12/05/ministers-reply-to-statement-about-the-most-wanted-list/feed/ 0 http://ccla.org/2011/12/05/press-release-12-core-legal-principles-for-the-u-s-canada-security-perimeter/ http://ccla.org/2011/12/05/press-release-12-core-legal-principles-for-the-u-s-canada-security-perimeter/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:14:38 +0000 Communications http://ccla.org/?p=12535 December 5, 2011

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http://ccla.org/?p=12509 CCLA welcomes the news that Abousfian Abdelrazik has been de-listed from the UN 1267 listing regime.   At this stage, CCLA is very concerned that Mr. Abdelrazik remained on the list from 2006-2011 and suffered from being publicly and internationally branded as a ‘terror suspect’, on the basis of “secret evidence”, with his assets frozen, unable [...]]]> http://ccla.org/2011/12/01/abousfian-abdelrazik-delisted-from-un1267-sanctions-regime/feed/ 0 http://ccla.org/2011/11/01/supreme-court-rules-defence-has-right-to-investigate-informer-identity-lawfully/ http://ccla.org/2011/11/01/supreme-court-rules-defence-has-right-to-investigate-informer-identity-lawfully/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 21:14:47 +0000 Sukanya Pillay http://ccla.org/?p=12260 The Supreme Court of Canada last week released an important decision regarding informer privilege.  The Court ruled that the informer privilege cannot be extended to prevent the defence, or agent, from conducting a lawful investigation into the identity of the informer — this was the position taken by the CCLA in our intervention in this [...]]]> http://ccla.org/2011/11/01/supreme-court-rules-defence-has-right-to-investigate-informer-identity-lawfully/feed/ 0 http://ccla.org/2011/10/12/ccla-reiterates-call-for-public-inquiry-in-light-of-un-report-on-afghan-detainees/ http://ccla.org/2011/10/12/ccla-reiterates-call-for-public-inquiry-in-light-of-un-report-on-afghan-detainees/#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:37:29 +0000 Sukanya Pillay http://ccla.org/?p=12009 The United Nations has just released a report documenting serious evidence of the torture of detainees in Afghanistan.  The  UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, interviewed over 379 detainees from 2010 to 2011, who gave first-hand accounts of their experiences of torture and other serious human rights violations, committed by the Afghan National Directorate of Security [...]]]> http://ccla.org/2011/10/12/ccla-reiterates-call-for-public-inquiry-in-light-of-un-report-on-afghan-detainees/feed/ 0 http://ccla.org/2011/09/09/lets-renew-our-commitment-to-civil-liberties/ http://ccla.org/2011/09/09/lets-renew-our-commitment-to-civil-liberties/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:04:01 +0000 Sukanya Pillay http://ccla.org/?p=11731 This op-ed was originally published on September 6, 2011 on Canada.com

Canadians have an opportunity to reflect on how the 9/11 terrorist attacks ten years ago, changed our country.

Prior to the attacks, we demonstrated a high level of commitment to certain core values — rule of law, due process, equality, habeas corpus, presumption of innocence, and [...]]]> http://ccla.org/2011/09/09/lets-renew-our-commitment-to-civil-liberties/feed/ 0