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In centring so-called hostage diplomacy, Canada’s arbitrary detention declaration risks leaving many behind

  • While Canada’s substantial effort on this issue is to be lauded, a return to first principles around the long-established rules of international human rights
Opinion | BY JUSTIN MOHAMMED | March 3, 2021
Foreign Minister Marc Garneau, pictured March 16, 2020, announced the Canada-led Declaration Against Arbitrary Detention in State-to-State Relations on Feb. 15. While this new declaration is commendable in its aim to end a significant human rights abuse, some important questions remain unanswered, writes Justin Mohammed. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

In centring so-called hostage diplomacy, Canada’s arbitrary detention declaration risks leaving many behind

Opinion | BY JUSTIN MOHAMMED | March 3, 2021
  • While Canada’s substantial effort on this issue is to be lauded, a return to first principles around the long-established rules of international human rights

In centring so-called hostage diplomacy, Canada’s arbitrary detention declaration risks leaving many behind

Opinion | BY JUSTIN MOHAMMED | March 3, 2021
  • While Canada’s substantial effort on this issue is to be lauded, a return to first principles around the long-established rules of international human rights
Foreign Minister Marc Garneau, pictured March 16, 2020, announced the Canada-led Declaration Against Arbitrary Detention in State-to-State Relations on Feb. 15. While this new declaration is commendable in its aim to end a significant human rights abuse, some important questions remain unanswered, writes Justin Mohammed. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

We must resist the shifting tide on refugee policy

  • Alan Kurdi. In case this name has escaped from memory over the past few years, surely the image has not; he was the “boy
Opinion | BY JUSTIN MOHAMMED | May 1, 2019
Border Security Minister Bill Blair has sought to reopen negotiations on the Safe Third Country Agreement with the United States. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

We must resist the shifting tide on refugee policy

Opinion | BY JUSTIN MOHAMMED | May 1, 2019
  • Alan Kurdi. In case this name has escaped from memory over the past few years, surely the image has not; he was the “boy

We must resist the shifting tide on refugee policy

Opinion | BY JUSTIN MOHAMMED | May 1, 2019
  • Alan Kurdi. In case this name has escaped from memory over the past few years, surely the image has not; he was the “boy
Border Security Minister Bill Blair has sought to reopen negotiations on the Safe Third Country Agreement with the United States. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada must live up to its rhetoric, scrap Saudi arms deal

  • Over the past month, the story of journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s death inside a Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, grabbed headlines around the world. Renowned
Opinion | BY JUSTIN MOHAMMED | November 21, 2018
Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured speaking to reporters outside the House of Commons last month, has said ‘Canada will always stand up for human rights around the world…even when we are told to mind our own business…and even when speaking up brings consequences.’ The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada must live up to its rhetoric, scrap Saudi arms deal

Opinion | BY JUSTIN MOHAMMED | November 21, 2018
  • Over the past month, the story of journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s death inside a Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, grabbed headlines around the world. Renowned

Canada must live up to its rhetoric, scrap Saudi arms deal

Opinion | BY JUSTIN MOHAMMED | November 21, 2018
  • Over the past month, the story of journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s death inside a Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, grabbed headlines around the world. Renowned
Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured speaking to reporters outside the House of Commons last month, has said ‘Canada will always stand up for human rights around the world…even when we are told to mind our own business…and even when speaking up brings consequences.’ The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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