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Rights groups urge Obama to stop Khadr trial

by Paul Koring, Globe and Mail, Jan. 13, 2009 WASHINGTON — Right groups challenged president-elect Barack Obama yesterday to stop the war-crimes trial of Canadian Omar Khadr, the first terrorist suspect scheduled to go on trial at Guantanamo only six…

Dallaire wants Obama to halt Khadr trial

Canwest News Service, Vancouver Sun, Jan. 12, 2009 WASHINGTON — Senator Romeo Dallaire and several human rights activists were in Washington on Monday calling on president-elect Barack Obama to stop the upcoming trial of Omar Khadr in Guantanamo Bay. The…

Gaza a modern day ghetto

Following is the text of speech given by student activist Yahya Ibrahim, in Winnipeg, Jan. 10, at a rally organized by Peace Alliance Winnipeg and the Winnipeg chapters of Canadian Muslims for Palestine and the Canada Palestine Support Network. By…

Winnipeggers rally for Gaza

About 200 Winnipeggers rallied outside the Canadian Grain Commission building at Water Avenue and Main Street today to demand an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. The action in Winnipeg was part of a world wide protest aimed at persuading the Israeli…

Reflections on the invasion of Gaza

The time of the righteous by Gideon Levy, Haaretz, Jan. 9, 2009 This war, perhaps more than its predecessors, is exposing the true deep veins of Israeli society. Racism and hatred are rearing their heads, as is the impulse for…