Tag: Canadian Human Rights Tribunal

Supporters Focus on Freeing Canadian Held in China Amid Geopolitical ‘Ups and Downs’

A leader of the fight to secure freedom for a Canadian human-rights activist detained in China for 17 years is taking the latest diplomatic deep-freeze between Ottawa and Beijing in stride. Wilf Ruland, a volunteer fieldworker with Amnesty International Canada, says a sustained, long-term campaign aims to keep Huseyin Celil’s case in the public eye…


Feds File Judicial Review of $40B Indigenous Child-Welfare Settlement

OTTAWA — The federal government is asking a judge to review some aspects of the $40−billion settlement agreement over discrimination in the Indigenous child−welfare system, after the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal rejected the deal in late October. The tribunal’s finding threw the landmark settlement — the largest in Canadian history — into question. In 2019,…