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  1. Amnesty International, Canadian Section
    Media Profile in Sources

    Resource Type: Organization
  2. Canadian Health Professionals Join the International Call to End The Humanitarian Disaster in Gaza
    News Release December 16, 2007

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2007
  3. Celebrating the 5th Anniversary of Non-Violent Resistance in Bil'in in the West Bank
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2010
    Come to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the non-violent resistance in Bil'in in the occupied West Bank. February 5th from 5 until 6pm at the Iisraeli Consulate 180 Bloor St. W. Toronto.
  4. Chile Report
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1975
    Describes the repression and injustice that exists in Chile and criticizes Canada's attitude.
  5. EU Fails Human Rights Victims
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    The European Union’s decision today to lift the arms embargo against Uzbekistan despite its atrocious human rights record is an unconscionable abdication of responsibility toward Uzbek victims of abuse.
  6. Ex-POW's sue Japan over atrocities
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1992
  7. Gaza: Health System in Collapse
    News Release May 5, 2008

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2008
  8. Professor Randall Hansen
    Media Profile in Sources

    Resource Type: Organization
  9. Health care and children in crisis in Gaza
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2007
    These days one hears a lot about Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan, adults who have been specifically trained for warfare, who are nevertheless traumatized by the experience of seeing comrades injured or killed, or suffering injuries or danger themselves. The trauma goes on, long after the experience has ended and they are back in a place of safety. How much worse then for children in Gaza who witness and experience these events day after day, week after week with no end and with no place of safety.
  10. Human Rights Experts and Information in the Sources Directory
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
  11. Iranian regime accused of crimes against humanity
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2010
    Reporters Without Borders today accused the Iranian regime of “crimes against humanity” and urged the international community to speak out.
  12. Israel/Palestine: Resources for peace, justice, and human rights
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Published: 2009
    A selection of resources for those looking for a solution to the Middle East crisis based on peace, justice, and human rights.
  13. Israeli army raids on Bil'in village
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    Israeli army forces are launching night-time military raids on Bil'in village in Palestine. Military raids launched by Israeli forces in Palestine in parallel to court case in Canada.
  14. Israeli Violations of Human Rights
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2002
    Speech by Professor Jeff Halper, Coordinator Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions. Halper focuses on the fact that "virtually all of Israel's occupation of Palestinian lands violates human rights conventions and especially the Fourth Geneva Convention that forbids an occupying power from making its presence a permanent one."
  15. Israel’s 'left’ apologists
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Criticism of Israel is not anti-Semitism.
  16. Jewish Canadians Concerned About Suppression of Criticism of Israel
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    We are Jewish Canadians concerned about all expressions of racism, anti-Semitism, and social injustice. We believe that the Holocaust legacy "Never again" means never again for all peoples. It is a tragic turn of history that the State of Israel, with its ideals of democracy and its dream of being a safe haven for Jewish people, causes immeasurable suffering and injustice to the Palestinian people.
  17. Letters from Lexington
    Reflections on Propaganda

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1993
  18. Howard A. Levitt (Lang Michener LLP, Lawyers)
    Media Profile in Sources

    Resource Type: Organization
  19. Mohammed Khatib, coordinator of West Bank Coordination Committee arrested
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2010
    Mohammed Khatib’s arrest today is the most severe escalation in a recent wave of repression again the Palestinian popular struggle and its leadership. Khatib is the 35th resident of Bil’in to be arrested on suspicions related to anti-Wall protest .
  20. The Real Terror Network
    Terrorism in Fact and Propaganda

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1982
    Herman sets out to show that the U.S. ignores or sponsors terror by authoritarian states that are allied with U.S. interests.
  21. A Reply to B’nai Brith’s Manifesto Denouncing CUPE-Ontario’s Boycott of Israel
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2006
    Why supporting the global campaign of boycotts, divestment and sanctions against Israeli apartheid is the right thing to do.
  22. Richard Falk, UN Rapporteur on Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories Speaking in Toronto
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    Richard Falk, the UN Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, will be speaking in Toronto next Sunday September 27th at 2pm. at 155 College St. Room 610.
  23. Sources welcomes Independent Jewish Voices
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2010
    Sources welcomes a new member: Independent Jewish Voices. ndependent Jewish Voices represents Jews in Canada from diverse backgrounds, occupations and affiliations who have in common a strong commitment to social justice and universal human rights.
  24. Statement from the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights on Palestinian territories
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2008
    It would seem mandatory for the International Criminal Court to investigate the situation, and determine whether the Israeli civilian leaders and military commanders responsible for the Gaza siege should be indicted and prosecuted.
  25. Tactics of desperation: Using false accusations of 'anti-semitism' as a weapon to silence criticism of Israel's behaviour
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    The Israeli state and its defenders are increasingly attempting to silence critics because they are losing the battle for public opinion.
  26. Take a STAND Canada. An Interview on the Darfur advocacy group’s path to success with director Ben Fine
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2006
    An interview on the Darfur advocacy groups's path to success with director Ben Fine.
  27. Thailand: Call for moratorium on prosecutions for criticising the King, dialogue on Internet freedom
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    Reporters Without Borders joined by 31 other organisations in a call for moratorium on prosecutions for criticising the King, dialogue on Internet freedom.
  28. 23 IFEX members and other organisations raise concerns about proposed mechanisms to combat racial and religious intolerance
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    23 IFEX members and other organisations raise concerns about proposed mechanisms to combat racial and religious intolerance.
  29. Update: Humanitarian Situation in the Occupied Territories, Lebanon and Israel Update: Humanitarian Situation in the Occupied Territories, Lebanon and Israel
    News Release August 16, 2006

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2006
  30. Violations of Human Rights in Uruguay 1972-76
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1976
  31. The Washington Connection and Third World Fascism
    The Political Economy of Human Rights: Volume 1

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1979
  32. We are NOT the 'Story', It's Not Just Our 21 Kidnapped Passengers
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    On June 30th 2009 Israeli Occupation Forces forcibly boarded the Free Gaza boat, SPIRIT OF HUMANITY, and kidnapped 21 human rights workers and journalists who were on their way to deliver much needed humanitarian and reconstruction supplies to Gaza.
  33. Year 501
    The Conquest Continues

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1993
    An examination of the U.S. role in the world placed in the long historical perspective of the 500 years that followed the voyages of Columbus.

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