Rapper Toomaj Salehi has been sentenced to death by a Revolutionary Court in Iran.

His music & social media posts criticized the government and called for freedom & human rights.

Authorities must quash Toomaj Salehi’s conviction & death sentence and release him immediately!

This photo will be the one that defines these times in Canadian history. Like the face to face confrontation between a Canadian soldier and Mohawk warrior at Kahnesatake.

I was happy for the Two Michaels and their families that the Cdn govt was fighting relentlessly for their release. But it was a stark contrast with so many other Cdns arbitrarily detained abroad. Don’t these other citizens deserve the same protection as the White Michaels?

The human rights travesty facing #Uyghur -Canadian Huseyin Celil, unlawfully detained in China for 18 yrs, receives so little attention. Now this riveting podcast from Yusuf Zine & team for TVO.me has dropped: tvo.org/podcasts/extra…
Put it on your listening list, and then... 1/2

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If these Cdn kids detained for yrs were from Yorkville, Westmount, or Rockcliffe (as opposed to just 'those people' as Ottawa MP so charmingly put it), they'd be FRONT PAGE news every day

As it is, we're supposed to feel grateful they're mentioned at all

I want to thank Canadians across the country for their words of support for the Zameer family these past few weeks.

OFFICIAL: #TeamCFLPA joins the Canadian Labour Congress.

For more information, please click the link below:

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A day of unimaginable relief for an innocent man, and no doubt elation for his superb defence counsel Nader R Hasan. But for those braying for more stringent bail, the details of the Zameer case, and the now public bail jmt, should give them cause for reflection and shame.

10 provinces have now cancelled their immigration detention agreements. Instead of community-based alternatives, the federal government is doubling down on its harmful, rights-violating immigration detention system.

Please take action 👇hrw.org/welcometocanada #WelcomeToCanada

Top Trump advocate Charlie Kirk calls for repealing the Civil Rights Act of 1964

‘Poilievre is a politician with a 20 year anti-worker record.’

Pierre Poilievre called a fraud by Canadian Labour Congress leader ctvnews.ca/politics/labou…

10 provinces have said no to immigration detention in their jails.

Instead of community-based alternatives, the feds plan on incarcerating migrants in its penitentiaries, a 'betrayal of the notion of our country as a nation of refuge,' says Allan Rock. cbc.ca/news/canada/ot….

Federal government plans on incarcerating migrants in its penitentiaries. A proposal buried at the very bottom of the budget tabled Tuesday. #cdnpoli #cbsa cbc.ca/news/canada/ot…

Watching Labeaume evolve from bombastic Quebec City mayor of to advocate for diversity acceptance has been an interesting thing in Quebec politics.

Here he posits that Quebecers have to mourn the Nouvelle-France monoculture many think they had in the recent past.

Article updated with statement from Vice Adm. Angus Topshee....Royal Canadian Navy leadership covered up for serial sexual offender, Commons committee hears ottawacitizen.com/news/national/… via @ottawacitizen

A reminder that 23 Canadians, most of them children are detained in NE Syria.
Canada has won its appeal of a federal court order to repatriate four men
While legal battles continue for foreign moms of Canadian children. GAC agrees to repatriate their kids only.

“Living here is a slow, painful death...”

Out of sight: 56,000 people perceived to be affiliated to Islamic State are today imprisoned in vast detention system in NE Syria.  Many suffer torture & inhumane conditions. Hundreds have died in custody.

After 5 years, Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE), completes first investigation report into human rights abuses by Canadian companies operating abroad, finding mining company Dynasty Gold used Uyghur forced labour at mine in China
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Countries that lost citizens in aid convoy attack reject Israel Defense Forces report

Australia, Poland, the U.K. and U.S. all indicate they aren't satisfied — while Canada remains mute
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The greatest humans project a presence. I was in Ottawa airport the other day and saw a very dignified elderly woman striding past. It was just a moment, but she seized my attention. As it turns out, yes, 90 yr old Jane Goodall was in town. cbc.ca/news/politics/…