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Harper's Accountability Contradiction
Category: Columns Written by Steve Val
Last Updated on Wednesday, 22 May 2013 10:56
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Major Flaws in Hamoodur Rehman Commission Report
Category: Columns Written by Nasim Yousaf
The Hamoodur Rehman Commission Report (HRCR) is missing many crucial pieces of the puzzle with regards to the factors that led to the division of Pakistan (into Pakistan and Bangladesh) in 1971. A fresh inquiry is needed to fill this major gap.
On December 16, 1971, Bangladesh (formerly East
Last Updated on Friday, 17 May 2013 13:19
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We the People and International Justice
Category: Columns Written by Glen Asher
I have posted on the interesting ideas put forth by Americans (and others) on the White House "We the People" website previously, but recent developments are worth noting particularly as they involve a crime committed in another country.Last Updated on Monday, 13 May 2013 07:59
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Freedom = no rules. No rules = anarchy
Category: Columns Written by William Belle
On April 30, 2013, a 5-year-old boy shot and killed his 2-year-old sister in Kentucky. (Washington Post) It was a tragedy, but a headline like this certainly stirs the pot about the issue of gun control. In the wake of other shootings, certainly Sandy Hook and the death of school children,Last Updated on Saturday, 11 May 2013 14:32
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Pondering Pakistani Politics
Category: Columns Written by Raheel Raza
As Pakistanis are hunkering down for an election in which for the first time in 65 years, one elected government will hand over power to another elected government, I’ve been watching from afar and thinking about what we’ve seen unfold in the past year. Sometimes those of us who are
Last Updated on Friday, 10 May 2013 17:43
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Complaint filed with CBC Ombudsman
Category: Columns Written by Stephen Pate
CBC Ombudsman’s office hears complaints from Canadians – will they care that CBC is censoring the news about CBC human right abuse ?
The Office of the CBC Ombudsman represents the public to ensure CBC upholds its information standards and practices.
Last Updated on Thursday, 09 May 2013 10:33
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Why is CBC fighting against a free press in Canada
Category: Columns Written by Stephen Pate
Defending censorship of the press should not be CBC’s job
Canada has a culture and legal system based on “freedom of the press.”
Whenever dictators and totalitarian governments censure, jail and murder journalists we gasp collectively.
Why then did CBC
Last Updated on Wednesday, 08 May 2013 16:22
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