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Canadian House of Commons Speaker Peter Milliken ruled Tuesday that members of Parliament have the right to seek uncensored Afghan detainee documents from the government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper . The historic ruling...

Canadian Justice Minister Rob Nicholson announced Friday that a former Supreme Court of Canada judge will review documents detailing Canadian forces' treatment of Afghan detainees before the documents are released to Parliament . Nicholson...

The Canadian government of Conservative Party Prime Minister Stephen Harper pledged Wednesday to strengthen copyright laws . Announcing government policy in the Speech from the Throne opening the third session of the Canada's fortieth Parliament, Canadian Governor...

JURIST Special Guest Columnist Gail Davidson, Executive Director of Lawyers Rights Watch Canada, says that the Supreme Court of Canada was simply wrong in taking the extraordinary step of denying Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr the remedy ordered by the...

Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon said Wednesday that the Harper administration will not seek the repatriation of Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr . Cannon said that while the government is considering options...

Canada's federal opposition parties combined Thursday to pass an unusual measure seeking to compel the Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper to release confidential records concerning the treatment of detainees captured by Canadian troops in Afghanistan. In an...

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) was criticized by the Security Intelligence Review Committee (SIRC) Wednesday for its role in interrogating Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr . The committee reported...

Mehmet Tohti : "Kory Teneycke, spokesman for Prime Minister Stephen Harper, told the Associated Free Press that "Canada is not looking to take any detainees from Guantánamo...In the case of the Uighurs and other Guantanamo...

The Canadian government on Thursday refused a US request to accept Chinese Uighur Muslims from Guantanamo Bay . A spokesman for Prime Minister Stephen Harper affirmed that the Canadian government is not willing...

Canadian federal correctional investigator Howard Sapers said Tuesday that the country's prison system is at full capacity and is unable to handle many new prisoners without expanding. Sapers was testifying before the...