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Friends, @leilanifarha.bsky.social's Massey Lectures this fall are going to be stupendous. If you can make it to any of the venues - Toronto, Halifax, Yellowknife, Vancouver, Ottawa - you need to be in the audience. Get your ticket(s) now, during the presale before July 13, & receive a 20% discount.

How to get tickets to Leilani Farha’s CBC Massey Lectures | CBC Radio

If you live in Toronto, Halifax, Yellowknife, Vancouver or Ottawa, the CBC Massey Lectures are coming to your city. Join us for a live recording of Leilani Farha's Massey Lecture, Housing Inc.: A Glob...

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If you have been following the unrelenting attacks against the Canadian Museum for Human Rights' new exhibit, Palestine Uprooted: Nakba Past and Present, do read this thoughtful opinion piece in the Globe and Mail from Yasmeen Abu-Laban and Abigail Bakan.

The Canadian Museum for Human Rights’ Nakba exhibit can serve as a site for solidarity

Exhibit was product of deeply meaningful relationships between Palestinian, Jewish communities in Canada, and it can show how anti-racism can be achieved

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Powerful, personal, from the ground reflections about the Venezuelan earthquakes from dear friend and colleague, @wola-org.bsky.social President @cjimenezdc.bsky.social: "This crisis is as much a tragedy of authoritarian rule as it is a tragedy of nature."

Opinion | I’m in Venezuela. Things Are Worse Than They Look.

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Canadian Lawyers for International Human Rights (CLAIHR)@claihr.bsky.social · 2mo ago

If you are feeling despair about human rights in this upside down, heaving world of ours, Dong Guangping will give you reason to hope and believe. Never give up.

Chinese dissident arrives in Canada after fleeing homeland by dinghy: ‘I knew I needed to keep going’

Dong Guangping landed in Toronto on Friday after a decade spent trying to flee China, where he faced repeated imprisonment for his human-rights activism

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Even as the US threatens tariffs against Canada for forced labour in its supply chains, the US itself supplies Canada with goods made using forced labour in US prisons. We are taking action against Canadian companies who profit from this forced labour. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Canadian lawyers urge crackdown over Alabama prison labour imports | CBC News

As Ottawa faces pressure from the Trump administration to tighten its scrutiny of imports made with forced labour, Canadian human rights lawyers are pointing the finger at companies south of the borde...

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Any suggestion by the government that the CORE was “ineffective” is beyond disingenuous. The shortcomings lie in the government’s failure/refusal for 7 years to grant the CORE the full investigative powers that had been promised at the outset.

Carney says feds are eliminating watchdog that oversees companies operating abroad | CBC News

Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government is eliminating a watchdog position responsible for investigating allegations of human rights violations committed by Canadian companies operating abroad.

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Without justice, impunity carries the day, and rights protection remains tenous. We welcome this important step towards justice, something Venezuelans have been denied for many long years. #VZFFM @uninvhrc.bsky.social

Venezuela: UN Fact-Finding Mission FFM Welcomes Extradition Request Arising from Investigation into Venezuela 2014 crimes

PANAMA / GENEVA – The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela welcomes a major international judicial development: the first extradition request arising from an investigation into ...

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Gaza, DRC, Ukraine, Sudan, Haiti ... Around the world, children increasingly bear the brunt of a violent world in which fundamental rules around civilian protection are collapsing. Writing with @savethechildrencan.bsky.social's @dglenwright.bsky.social, we call on Canada to up its game & push back.

The War on Children Is Escalating. Where Is Canada’s Leadership on Human Rights? - Save the Children Canada

The humanitarian sector is at a defining moment. Needs are rising. Resources are tightening. Traditional delivery models are under strain.

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Get ready Canada. And beyond. Such a crucial conversation at such a critical time, with a truly brilliant human rights advocate. #HousingInc. Best Masseys ever! Can’t wait. @leilanifarha.bsky.social

The housing industry has become a new kind of empire, says 2026 CBC Massey Lecturer | CBC Radio

The 2026 Massey Lecturer is Leilani Farha. Her lectures are called Housing Inc: A Global Takeover and Our Fight for Home. Farha argues there's a fundamental conflict at the heart of our housing crisis...

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MiningWatch Canada@miningwatch.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I've added my voice to this important campaign. "No people should ever be expected to trade away their human rights." But that is exactly what is being demanded of the people of Ecuador.

Leading civil society voices from across Canada are calling on the federal government to halt its proposed free trade agreement with Ecuador, which poses a serious risk to Indigenous rights, human rights, and the environment. miningwatch.ca/blog/2026/5/...

Amidst all the lawlessness, violence, repression & geopoliticking, a clarion call for justice for a courageous human rights champion whose conviction & struggle has inspired the world. #FreeNargesMohammadi

More than 110 Nobel laureates call on Iran to release gravely ill activist Narges Mohammadi

As human rights advocate is treated in hospital after transfer from Tehran prison, prize winners demand her freedom

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Looking forward to joining the Salt Spring Forum this Wednesday, in conversation with the wonderful Carolyn McAskie about the state of human rights in our world, and the power we all have to be change agents.

Forum hosts Neve on human rights topic - Salt Spring Island news

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PM speaks with "President of the State of Palestine". First time I've seen Canada's recognition of Palestinian statehood referenced in an official government statement. Still very far to go in bringing legal and political weight to that recognition, but that's a notable step.

Prime Minister Carney speaks with President of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas

The Prime Minister expressed Canada’s deep concern over the continued humanitarian crisis in Gaza and reaffirmed its opposition to Israeli settlement expansion and settler violence in the West Bank.

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With deep disregard for the rule of law in our world, how welcome to name Louise Arbour, a legal expert and champion of impeccable resolve, with clear commitment to universal human rights, the vital role of justice & accountability, and the dignity of people everywhere as our next Governor General.

"At the end of the day, we need to make the fundamental choice for world leaders as simple as possible: you are either anti-genocide, or by doing nothing, you are pro-genocide by default."

The Future of Atrocity Prevention: A Fight We Cannot Abandon

The atrocity prevention community faces an existential question: How do we continue our work when the fundamental norm of trying to stop mass atrocities no longer appears to be a given?

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“The Israeli navy crossing hundreds of miles at sea just to ensure civilian boats carrying food, baby formula & medical supplies don’t make it to Palestinians reveals the lengths Israel is prepared to go to in order to maintain its cruel & unlawful 19-year-long blockade of the occupied Gaza Strip."

Israel’s brazen interception of Global Sumud Flotilla bound for Gaza sparks fears for 175 arbitrarily detained

Responding to reports that Israeli forces intercepted 22 vessels and detained around 175 crew members of the Global Sumud Flotilla, which was attempting to break Israel’s illegal blockade and deliver ...

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So disappointing to see so many Ottawa city councillors vote for this over-reaching, unnecessary, politicized and troubling bylaw. Not a proud day for council. Spoke with an Ottawa police officer today who told me he doesn't know a single colleague who thinks this is needed. 1/4

Council passes bubble bylaw after fraught debate on legal risks | CBC News

In a 20 to 4 vote, Ottawa city council has passed a controversial "bubble bylaw" that will restrict protest near hospitals, schools and places of worship.

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Vancouver friends, come join us, May 14th at SFU Harbour Centre. Very much looking forward to joining the Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies' Amyn Sajoo for their Belonging and Citizenship Conversation Series. Registration details: events.sfu.ca/event/48346-...

West Coast friends, I'm speaking at the Salt Spring Forum, May 13th. "... the promise of human rights can feel distant and sometimes impossible. But for Alex Neve, that promise is not an outdated ideal; it is a call to action that still matters deeply, and urgently."

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Universal: Renewing Human Rights in a Fractured World

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Heartbreaking. #Rohingya #refugees

About 250 missing after boat carrying Rohingya refugees capsizes in Andaman Sea

Trawler set off from Bangladesh and reportedly capsized due to heavy winds, rough seas and overcrowding

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In case we needed reminding. Change is possible. Change is in the people's hands. Thank you #Hungary.

Hungarian opposition ousts Viktor Orbán after 16 years in power

Péter Magyar’s Tisza party wins election as prime minister concedes defeat, in result likely to reshape ties with EU

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A grim anniversary in #Sudan.

Sudan: On third anniversary of conflict, UN and ACHPR-AU Fact-Finding Missions jointly warn of escalating violence and heightened risk of further atrocity crimes

As the conflict in Sudan approaches its fourth year, serious and widespread violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law continue with increasing intensity and impun...

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Ten years since she was murdered, there must at long last be justice for Berta Cáceres.

Honduras must implement Group of Experts recommendations on Berta Cáceres case, says UN expert

GENEVA – The final report of the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts on the murder of Berta Cáceres is crucially important, The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders Mary Lawlor* said today, expressing grave concern about the threats human rights defenders in Honduras continue to face.

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Trapped in a human rights paradox. Venezuelan refugees, not welcome on two fronts.

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"A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again." Whether this is raving lunacy, deliberate hyperbole, depraved strategy or unabashed criminality, this is beyond war crimes and crimes against humanity. It is, essentially, a threat to commit genocide. 1/3

Trump says ‘a whole civilisation will die tonight’ if Iran does not make a deal – Middle East crisis live

The US president once again warned Iran to make a deal to avert threat of massive attacks

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We must be the change. We cannot let this be. Not a moment longer.