UncategorizedBaha’is in Iran suffer new wave of persecutionThe father of an Ottawa man was arrested in May. More Baha’is were swept up and jailed in January. Baha’i graveyards are...
World“They don’t want to leave a trace of anything Baha’i”Some fear the oppression of a little-known religious minority in Iran is intensifying
UncategorizedIf you’re going to get jailed abroad, it helps to be whiteThis story , about Canadians who are jailed in Haiti and ignored by Canadian politicians, is in the current print issue of...
UncategorizedFun with media relationsHere’s an interesting question: Why is it that when the office of Lawrence Cannon, the minister of foreign affairs, sends an...
UncategorizedPakistan’s Eden goes to hellIn October 2000, I crossed the soaring and snow-swept Khunjerab Pass connecting China and Pakistan at a height of some 4,600...
UncategorizedGitmo’s problems won’t disappearA former Guantánamo Bay detainee has shown up in Yemen, where he is now the local deputy leader of Al Qaeda. After his release...
UncategorizedLondon’s finest crumbleLondon police confront pro-Palestinian demonstrators shouting “Kafirs!” [an], “Allah...
UncategorizedFreedom of Expression in Canada: even better than Equatorial GuineaFreedom House, an NGO that tracks the progress and decline of democracy around the world, has voiced concern about Canada for the...