Canada lost a passionate defender of human rights on December 30, 2023, with the passing of Edmonton-based lawyer Dennis Edney at the age of 77. Among his many high profile human rights cases, the one most well-known was his successful…
By Candice Bodnaruk RANA ABDULLA has waited nine long years to have her story told in the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR). Before the museum was even built, the CMHR put out a request to Canadians for content ideas.…
By Paul S. Graham In September, I attended and recorded the proceedings of the Israel Palestine International Law Symposium. While I thought I was better informed than the average Canadian going into the symposium, by the time it was over I…
by Candice Bodnaruk Palestine is a society of children, and children are in every way the greatest victims of Israel’s occupation of Palestine, whether through their every day experiences of violence, loss of health care, education, child labour practices in…
by Tonda MacCharles, The Toronto Star OTTAWA—The federal government will settle a lawsuit filed by three Muslim Canadian men who were jailed and tortured in Syria more than a decade ago with a formal apology, the removal of their names…
by Amnesty International A chilling new report by Amnesty International exposes the Syrian government’s calculated campaign of extrajudicial executions by mass hangings at Saydnaya Prison. Between 2011 and 2015, every week and often twice a week, groups of up to…
By Candice Bodnaruk Winnipeg – On August 2nd, 2016, over two dozen people gathered at the the Israel Folklorama Pavilion for the third annual vigil to honour and remember those who were killed during Operation Protective Edge or the 51…
By Glenn Michalchuk The 2016 Walk for Peace had as its theme “Freedom for Palestine”. It was the culmination of several events in the month of May which dealt with issue of Palestine and the right of the Palestinian people…
The theme of the 35th annual Walk for Peace was “Freedom for Palestine.” Speakers included First Nations educator Mary Elizabeth Stanley, Palestinian-Canadian human rights activist Rana Abdulla and Peace Alliance Winnipeg member Candice Bodnaruk. You can watch their presentations…
by Paul S. Graham Art, culture, dance and politics blended seamlessly in Winnipeg on September 21, 2014, with the performance of Dancing Tragedies and Dreams, a production of the Canadian Palestinian Association of Manitoba, at Prairie Theatre Exchange. Dancing Tragedies…
