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Neither Confirm nor Deny: RCMP Respond to CJFE Query About Makuch Case

Oct 13, 2017
In August 2017, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed to Global News that Farah Mohamed Shirdon, a Somali-Canadian terror suspect was killed in Mosul, Iraq on July 13, 2015. Global News reports that it sent the U.S. military a list of Canadian foreign fighters and asked if any had been killed in Coalition actions.   Read more

Lost in Translation: Understanding the Campus Free Expression Debate

Oct 11, 2017
The story as [the Media] tell it is about a controversial professor’s struggle against a politically correct university institution—conspicuously absent are the perspectives of those affected by his actions. Read more

Historic day for press freedom in Canada: Parliament to pass press shield bill

Oct 04, 2017
After a yearlong campaign from CJFE and others, Bill S-231’s passage will provide vital protections for confidential journalistic sources. Read more

Global Coalition Calls for Government to Scrap ‘Inadequate’ Access to Information Reform Bill

Sep 27, 2017
A coalition of civil society organizations say that Bill C-58 fails to address the crisis of our broken access to information system and should be scrapped. Read more

Why banning Manning is bad for Canada and democracy

Sep 27, 2017
CJFE is deeply concerned by the revelation that whistleblower and former political prisoner Chelsea Manning was barred entry to Canada by the Canada Border Services Agency on September 22, 2017. Manning shared a photo of a memo which appears to show that she was refused entry because of her criminal record. Read more

Canadian Resource Companies Must Be Accountable for International Abuses

Sep 25, 2017
CJFE joins over 50 civil society organizations in calling on the Government of Canada to ensure that people harmed by the overseas operations of Canadian mining, oil and gas companies are able to access justice in Canada. Read more

Bill C-59 a Start, But More Must Be Done to Reverse Legacy of C-51: Civil Society Coalition

Sep 19, 2017
Bill C-59 makes some meaningful and necessary improvements to Canada’s national security regime, but it fails to reverse the legacy of its unpopular predecessor, Bill C-51, and introduces serious new problems.  Read more

Make International Incidents Great Again: Canadian Held in US Prison for Role in Anti-Trump Protest

Sep 11, 2017
CJFE is calling for immediate consular support for Canadian political dissident Anton Bueckert, who was arrested on August 22 at the St. Clair River U.S.-Canada border crossing. Anton Bueckert, who was on his way to the Burning Man festival, was held for two weeks in a St. Clair, Michigan, county jail waiting for extradition to Minnesota, but when picked up, was transported by the private company Prisoner Transport Service to a hub in Alabama. Read more

70 Years for Filming a Protest? This is Actually Happening in Trump's America

Sep 07, 2017
We are deeply concerned by the criminal charges brought against two American journalists who covered protests during the inauguration of President Donald Trump in January. Aaron Cantú, a staff writer for the Santa Fe Reporter and editor at The New Inquiry, faces a felony charge of rioting, which carries a statutory maximum of 10 years in prison if convicted; while professional photographer Alexei Wood faces a statutory maximum of more than 70 years in prison on additional rioting and destruction of property charges. Read more

Mission Accomplished? Shirdon is Dead, Will the RCMP Drop its Case Against Ben Makuch Now?

Sep 07, 2017
CJFE calls on the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) to drop its case ordering VICE News reporter Ben Makuch to release his confidential communications with accused terrorist Farah Mohamed Shirdon. The U.S. military has confirmed that Shirdon was killed in Mosul, Iraq, in July 2015. A statement released by VICE Canada reads: Read more
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