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Human Rights & Human Diversity Program @ Wilfrid Laurier University. This is an Official Wilfrid Laurier University account.

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Congo police crack down on pro­test­ers | The Globe and Mail (Ontario Edition)

Oppos­i­tion parties are decry­ing bills to rewrite pres­id­en­tial term lim­its and efforts to post­pone elec­tions A viol­ent crack­down by Congo’s secur­ity forces has cast a spot­light on a...

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Ott­awa tables law put­ting onus on ship­pers to prove imports are free from forced labour | The...

Prime Min­is­ter Mark Car­ney’s gov­ern­ment is pro­pos­ing a new law to block imports pro­duced with forced labour that would put the onus on ship­pers to prove their goods are free of coerced work....

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A dec­ade after assisted dying became legal, our indif­fer­ence to life is killing us | The Globe...

In the past 10 years, Canada has become a place where death is the solu­tion to suf­fer­ing, writes Robyn Urback What does it look like when a coun­try starts to die? We can see it plainly when the...

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Refugees’ Numbers Drop, but Many Return to Turmoil at Home, U.N. Says nytimes.com/2026/06/11/world…

Refugees’ Numbers Drop, but Many Return to Turmoil at Home, U.N. Says

There were nearly 118 million forcibly displaced people in 2025, slightly fewer than in the previous year, the United Nations refugee agency said.

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Afghans Hold Rare Public Protests Against Taliban Rules nytimes.com/2026/06/12/world…

Afghans Hold Rare Public Protests Against Taliban Rules

The United Nations said it was “deeply concerned” about the arrests of dozens of women, and reported that two people were killed in protests organized to support them.

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Que­bec sec­u­lar­ism law rul­ing may land by end of Novem­ber, Chief Justice says | The Globe and...

The Supreme Court of Canada aims to issue its land­mark rul­ing on Que­bec’s Bill 21 and the Charter’s not­with­stand­ing clause by the end of Novem­ber, Chief Justice Richard Wag­ner said Tues­day...

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Canada broadens sanc­tions over West Bank set­tler viol­ence | The Globe and Mail (Ontario Edition)

Canada announced a fifth round of sanc­tions aimed at what it said are groups and indi­vidu­als respons­ible for fin­an­cing, enabling and car­ry­ing out set­tler viol­ence against Palestini­ans in...

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Report high­lights a crisis of poverty across Canada | The Globe and Mail (Ontario Edition)

Food Banks Canada issues let­ter grades to each province on food secur­ity, afford­ab­il­ity, with the coun­try over­all receiv­ing a D In the 17 years she spent as a hair­styl­ist and barber, Karen...

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Car­ney calls on Cana­dians to reject anti­semit­ism, warns crisis is test­ing coun­try’s val­ues |...

The val­ues under­pin­ning what it means to be Cana­dian are being tested by a crisis of anti­semit­ism, Prime Min­is­ter Mark Car­ney said Monday as he urged all cit­izens to stand up for the...

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Syrian Officers Who Hid in Plain Sight Face War Crime Charges in Austria nytimes.com/2026/06/01/world…

Syrian Officers Who Hid in Plain Sight Face War Crime Charges in Austria

The trial, Austria’s first against Assad regime officials, will be a rare chance for Syrian witnesses to confront two men they have accused of torture.

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Two women tied to an anti-government Facebook page were jailed under a Mexican state's AI law | CBC...

Authorities in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí recently arrested two people linked to a Facebook page critical of the local government under a new artificial intelligence law that human rights...

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Quebec launches investigation into Longueuil police over 15-year-old Nooran Rezayi's death | CBC...

Quebec's Domestic Security Minister Ian Lafrenière is launching an investigation into Longueuil police after an officer fatally shot teen Nooran Rezayi last September.

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Manitoba MAID law 'punishing' 94-year-old woman, pro-choice group says | CBC News

A 94-year-old Steinbach, Man., woman has stopped taking her heart medication and antibiotics in the hopes of hastening her death after she was refused medical assistance in dying, or MAID, earlier...

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Ghana parliament passes bill criminalising gay acts

Same-sex acts are punishable by jail terms under Ghana's new bill targeting those identifying as gay, lesbian or transgender.

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Supreme Court cla­ri­fies exemp­tion for cases that exceed dead­line for delays | The Globe and...

The Supreme Court of Canada has laid out new cri­teria to allow cer­tain com­plex crim­inal pro­sec­u­tions to stretch bey­ond the strict dead­lines imposed by a pre­vi­ous land­mark decision on...

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After China Orders a Times Reporter to Leave the Country, the U.S. Reciprocates nytimes.com/2026/05/29/us/po…

After China Orders a Times Reporter to Leave the Country, the U.S. Reciprocates

The Trump administration ejected a Chinese journalist amid fresh concerns about Beijing’s growing pressure on foreign correspondents.

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Canada continuing genocide against Indigenous Peoples, international tribunal finds | CBC News

An international tribunal has ruled that the Government of Canada’s current policies constitute an ongoing genocide against Indigenous Peoples, following a gruelling week of hearings on intergenera...

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Krem­lin crit­ics urge Canada to pass new bill | The Globe and Mail (Ontario Edition)

Kara-Murza, Browder to appear before for­eign affairs com­mit­tee as it mulls expand­ing sanc­tions law Two prom­in­ent Krem­lin crit­ics who have been tar­gets of Rus­sian coer­cion are testi­fy­ing...

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Chinese dis­sid­ent flees by rub­ber boat to South Korea | The Globe and Mail (Ontario Edition)

Dong Guang­ping was accep­ted by Canada for reset­tle­ment in 2015, and has been try­ing to escape China ever since Dong Guang­ping, a Chinese human-rights act­iv­ist who twice fled his home coun­try...

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