UncategorizedMaking Iran pay for abusing human rightsWhy challenging Iran over its nuclear program isn’t enough
UncategorizedStrong, principled actionLawrence Cannon, today . The reasons behind our decision to boycott may be obvious, but are nonetheless worth...
UncategorizedLawrence Cannon meets Iranian counterpart, awkward pauses in the conversation ensueHere’s his take on the meeting, via the CBC . And here’s Iran’s , via Press TV, with a nauseating explanation of Zahra Kazemi’s...
UncategorizedThis week in citizenshipPaul Koring, July 24 . Abousfian Abdelrazik, the Canadian citizen whose reputation remains tainted by ministerial...
UncategorizedForeign Affairs flies into action on the Zahra Kazemi case: “We are concerned that a very negative story might be published on the basis of the above allegations.”Last November, I published a story about an Iranian exile by the name of Behnam Vafaseresht who claimed to have been jailed at the...
UncategorizedTehran’s butcher goes to workIranian jurist Saeed Mortazavi, Tehran’s general prosecutor, has been put in charge of interrogating jailed protesters and...
UncategorizedForeign Affairs: pursuing all channels to protect Canadians, as long as it doesn’t involve leaving the embassy compoundCanadian freelance journalist Amanda Lindhout has been held captive in Somalia since August. In January, her Somali colleague...
OttawaCanada, so totally backThree of a kind. Paul Koring in the Globe . "Although ministers told the House of Commons last spring that Abousfian Abdelrazik, a...
Ottawa"It’s a stunning oversight, if one assumes that Stephen Harper was sincere..."Michael Petrou asks an important question: Wouldn’t the Canadian government want to hear from a cooperative witness to the beating...