British Columbia Civil Liberties Association
Free speech and unequal prejudice
Emma Teitel on freedom of expression at two very different universities
Reading the documents: DFAIT 10
The documents tabled today can be viewed in their entirety here. Herein, a series of posts on some of the noteworthy files and disclosures contained therein.
Lets turn universities into street corners
Why submitting universities to the Charter is a bad idea
National security v. Public interest
Last week, after receiving this response, I asked the Justice Department if it might provide specific answers to questions asked about the redaction of a 2006 field report that referenced abuse of a detainee in Afghanistan. Yesterday afternoon, after further prodding, an e-mail arrived.
UVic student union revokes club status of pro-life club
Latest move to silence abortion debate at UVic will likely lead to legal showdown
UVic’s pro-choicers up the ante against pro-life club
Latest petition goes so far as to question existence of pro-life club Youth Protecting Youth
Closed for debate
Pro-life student clubs are being shut out across the country
The pivotal paperwork
The portion of the report that precipitated Natynczyk’s correction appears to have been redacted in 2007
The Colvin encyclopedia
A collection of documents, testimony and news reports related to Richard Colvin and Canada’s handling of Afghan detainees. The Colvin encyclopedia is updated as events warrant.
The redacted Colvin memos
The BC Civil Liberties Association and Amnesty International have released a collection of documents that appears to include, though heavily redacted, all of the numbered memos cited in Richard Colvin’s affidavit.
A little light reading
In 2007, the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association and Amnesty International attempted to bring a halt to detainee transfers. The documents related to the resulting federal court case are here and the last link there is a massive file—nearly 1,200 pages at 227 MB—of documents turned over by the government.