March 2012
Air Canada workers express frustration over denial of basic human rights
March 27, 2012 – National Union of Public and General Employees Website – Paul Champ quoted
Human Rights, Social Justice and Canadian Complicity in Torture – Human Rights Symposium
March 22, 2012 – St Thomas University – Paul Champ speaker
@Vikileaks30 Update: Mr. Carroll’s lawyer regrets ….
March 14, 2012 – CBC News: Inside Politics – Paul Champ quoted
Former Liberal Vikileaker still too sick to appear at Commons committee
March 14, 2012 – Winnipeg Free Press – Paul Champ quoted
Time for city engineer to give up Carp River fight, developer’s lawyer tells OMB
March 12, 2012 – Ottawa Citizen – Paul Champ quoted
Surprise visits to people at work a ‘legitimate strategy’: spy agency
March 4, 2012 – Winnipeg Free Press – Paul Champ quoted
February 2012
Human rights lawyer warns feds’ internet surveillance bill could lead to massive internet sweep
February 22, 2012 – Hill Times – Paul Champ is quoted
Landmark Supreme Court ruling says mentally disabled adults can give reliable court testimony
February 10, 2012 – National Post – Anne Levesque is quoted
Supreme Court order
February 10, 2012 – 24 heures en 60 minutes – Anne Levesque is interviewed
Critics want government to rescind torture directive
February 9, 2012 – CP24 News – Paul Champ is quoted
January 2011
How Harper seized control of public debates
January 25, 2012 – Globe and Mail – Paul Champ quoted
Canada opposes Afghan demand for control of prisons
January 11, 2012 – Montreal Gazette – Paul Champ quoted
Rights and Security on the Bizarre Case of Abousfian Abdelrazik
January 10, 2012 – Prism TV Rights and Security Program – Paul Champ panellist
Taliban hairdo dispute could open government to Charter challenges
January 9, 2012 – Vancouver Sun – Paul Champ quoted
‘Paranoid secrecy’ behind Defence Department's battle against release of Taliban photos
January 8, 2012 – Ottawa Citizen – Paul Champ quoted
December 2011
Draft report on Canada's handling of Afghan prisoners done
December 22, 2011 – CTV News– Paul Champ quoted
UN envoy takes Harper Government to task over Attawapiskat
December 20, 2011 – Ipolitics – Paul Champ quoted
Military clears JTF2 troops of wrongdoing
December 16, 2011 – Ottawa Citizen – Paul Champ quoted
Fresh off terrorist list, Abdelrazik blasts Ottawa for abandonment
December 1, 2011 – Globe and Mail – Paul Champ quoted
November 2011
Canadian removed from UN terrorist blacklist
November 30, 2011 – Huffingtonpost – Paul Champ quoted
Groups launch court case over census changes, seek more questions
November 23, 2011 – Global
October 2011
Anne Levesque is guest speaker at the Greenberg Speakers Series
October 19, 2011 – University of Ottawa
Federal Court won't review ex-federal employee's change of clothes case
October 17, 2011 – Vancouver Sun
Amnesty demands Canada act as UN paints ghastly picture of Afghan torture
October 11, 2011 – Winnipeg Free Press
September 2011
Federal government appeals decision on secret Tommy Douglas dossier
September 29, 2011
CSIS helped keep Abdelrazik out of Canada: report
September 23, 2011
Paul Champ to speak at Canadian Civil Liberties Association conference on the Implications of 9/11 for Canada
September 7, 2011
Maureen Webb to take part in a panel presentation on the loss of liberties since 9/11
September 7, 2011
August 2011
Government institutions don't respect access to information laws
August 22, 2011 – The Hill Times – Paul Champ is quoted
Judge troubled by censored Tommy Douglas files
August 11, 2011 – National Post – Paul Champ is quoted
Champ and Associates wins case at Federal Court on access to information request of Tommy Douglas file
August 11, 2011 – Paul Champ is counsel
Lawyer attacks ‘plane plot’ leak
August 6, 2011 – The Gazette – Paul Champ is quoted
CSIS leak raises suspicions of former terror suspects
August 5, 2011 – Toronto Sun – Paul Champ is quoted
CSIS leak aimed at keeping Abdelrazik on no-fly list, lawyer says
August 5, 2011 – Globe and Mail – Paul Champ is quoted
CSIS file reveals plot to bomb plane: La Presse
August 5, 2011- CBC News – Khalid Elgazzar is quoted
Les avocats de Charkaoui et d'Abdelrazik parlent de « fuite » calculée
August 5, 2011 – Radio Canada – Khalid Elgazzar is quoted
July 2011
Montrealer on UN watchlist faces more confusion
July 16, 2011 – CBC News – Khalid Elgazzar is quoted
Feds creating confusion for man on watchlist: supporters
July 15, 2011 – CTV Montreal – Khalid Elgazzar is quoted
Human Rights Watch: Investigate Bush Officials for Torture and Rendition
July 12, 2011 – National Journal – Paul Champ is quoted
Immigration instruction clause appears to limit applications based on humanitarian, compassionate grounds
July 4, 2011 – The Hill Times – Khalid Elgazzar is quoted
June 2011
Champ and Associates wins case at Federal Court on the right to broadcast human rights hearing
June 30, 2011 – Anne Levesque as counsel
Champ and Associates wins case at Federal Court on the right to challenge decisions of CSIS review body
June 28, 2011 –Khalid Elgazzar as counsel
Anne Levesque to speak at Annual Conference of the Association of French Speaking Jurists of Ontario
June 23-25, 2011, Ottawa Congress Centre
Afghan torture repeat likely, lawyer claims
June 23, 2011 – Georgia Straight – Paul Champ quoted
Parliament releases detainee documents
June 22, 2011 – CTV Power Play – Panel with Paul Champ
Detainee documents released
June 22, 2011 – CBC National News – Paul Champ is interviewed
Abdelrazik’s children are also affected by terrorist label
June 1, 2011 – Le Devoir – Khalid Elgazzar is quoted
UN Black List – Canadian must fight to get benefits for his children
June 1, 2011 – Cyberpresse – Khalid Elgazzar is quoted
Quebec blocks Abdelrazik's child benefits
June 1, 2011 – Globe and Mail – Paul Champ quoted
May 2011
Dozens of pages disappear from intelligence file on Tommy Douglas
May 30, 2011 – The Canadian Press – Paul Champ quoted
Public servants sound alarm over workplace ‘mobbing’
May 10, 2011 – CBC News – Paul Champ quoted
Public servant slams response to harassment claim
May 9, 2011 – CBC News – Paul Champ quoted
April 2011
U.S. file alleges Abdelrazik got $10,000 from al-Qaeda-linked financier
April 29, 2011 – Globe and Mail – Paul Champ quoted
Feds accused of trying to muzzle commission report into Afghan torture
April 13, 2011 – Global News – Paul Champ quoted
Rights commission fights for children on reserves
April 3, 2011 – Winnipeg Free Press – Paul Champ quoted
March 2011
Rights commission fights for children on reserves
March 17, 2011 – Ottawa Citizen – Paul Champ quoted
Judge mediates 24-year-long battle between NRC, ex-employee
March 8, 2011 – Ottawa Citizen – Paul Champ quoted
Tommy Douglas and the spies
March 4, 2011 – Ottawa Citizen – Paul Champ quoted
Ottawa shortchanges Aboriginal Children
March 2, 2011 – Edmonton Sun – Paul Champ quoted
February 2011
Human-rights tribunal scolded by other rights officials for inaction on vulnerable native children
February 28, 2011 – Ottawa Citizen – Paul Champ quoted
Anne Levesque to chair panel at Symposium on Section 7 of the Charter
February 24, 2011 – Université d’Ottawa – Law Faculty
Tommy Douglas case spurs changes to disclosure policy on historical documents
February 23, 2011 – Winnipeg Free Press – Paul Champ quoted
Rights tribunal turmoil throws system into ‘gridlock’: lawyer
February 16, 2011 – Ottawa Citizen – Paul Champ quoted
Staff file claims against chair of Human Rights Tribunal
February 16, 2011 – National Post – Paul Champ quoted
Feds spend $1.6-million on secret Parliamentary document review
February 10, 2011 – The Hill Times – Paul Champ quoted
Afghan detainee hearings draw to a close
February 2, 2011 – Ottawa Citizen – Paul Champ quoted
January 2011
Abdelrazik appeals to U.N. Committee for removal from blacklist
January 29, 2011 – Montreal Gazette – Paul Champ quoted
Afghan detainee report likely to have shortcomings
January 4, 2011 – Regina Leader Post – Paul Champ quoted
December 2010
Douglas files: A window into different times, attitudes
December 21, 2010 – Regina Leader Post – Paul Champ quoted
CSIS and the Tommy Douglas files
December 21, 2010 – Newstalk 650 John Gormley Radio Show – Paul Champ interviewed
Feds inch closer to releasing Tommy Douglas files
December 20, 2010 – Saskatoon Star-Phoenix – Paul Champ quoted
November 2010
Child prisoners handed over to secret police
November 29, 2010 – CBC National News – Paul Champ interviewed
Anne Levesque appears before a sub-committee of the National Assembly of Québec regarding Bill 94 on the niqab
November 26, 2010.
MPs silent on search for torture evidence
November 19, 2010 – Globe and Mail – Paul Champ quoted
Ottawa settles lawsuit with Veteran’s advocate
November 18, 2010 – Toronto Star – Paul Champ quoted
October 2010
Canadian Foundation for Labour Rights established to promote and protect the rights of Canadian workers
October 25, 2010 – Paul Champ named to founding board of directors
Minister apologizes for invasion of veteran's privacy
October 25, 2010 – Globe and Mail – Paul Champ quoted
Government faces charges for workplace death
October 18, 2010 – CBC News – Paul Champ quoted
2010 RightsWatch Conference – Toronto, Ontario
October 15-16, 2010 – Canadian Civil Liberties Association – Paul Champ will be featured speaker
Ottawa admits sharing information on Abdelrazik
October 14, 2010 –Montreal Gazette – Paul Champ quoted
Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights – Symposium on United Nations Resolution 1267
October 10, 2010 – Symposium in Toronto announced for November 19, 2010 – Paul Champ featured speaker with other human rights lawyers from ACLU and the U.K.
Bureaucrats violated veteran’s rights, says watchdog
October 7, 2010 – Toronto Sun
Veteran’s personal medical information abused
October 7, 2010 – CPAC PrimeTime Politics – Television interview with Paul Champ
Lawyer scoffs as general says scars and nearby cables don't prove torture
October 6, 2010 – Globe and Mail
One in five Afghan detainees reported abuse
October 4, 2010 – Globe and Mail
September 2010
Afghan prisons not “torture chambers”, General claims
September 9, 2010 – CBC News
August 2010
CSIS reviewing role in Afghan detainee interrogations
August 2, 2010 – Toronto Star (Paul Champ quoted)
July 2010
Federal Court of Appeal finds RCMP guilty of racism
July 20, 2010 – Toronto Star
CSIS , Government Secrecy and New McCarthyism
July 7, 2010 – Globe and Mail (Paul Champ quoted)
Arab Israeli group sues Canadian agency for cutting funding
July 1, 2010 – Globe and Mail
June 2010
Native children victims of delay
June 22, 2010 – Winnipeg Free Press (Paul Champ quoted)
PM likely to scrap Afghan detainee docs deal
June 21, 2010 – Hill Times (Paul Champ quoted)
RCMP investigates Syrians, Americans for torture of Maher Arar
June 14, 2010 – Ottawa Citizen
Federal government wants to quash summons
June 8, 2010 – National Post
Abdelrazik launches constitutional challenge to UN blacklist
June 7, 2010 – Globe and Mail
Interview with Abousfian Abdelrazik and Paul Champ
June 7, 2010 – CBC’s The Current
May 2010
Landmark fight over right to information
May 9, 2010 – Ottawa Citizen
April 2010
Khadr process has new rules
April 29, 2010 – CTV interview –(Interview with Paul Champ – see video on right)
Khadr turns down plea deal
April 28, 2010 – CTV News (Interview with Paul Champ – see video on right)
Detainee transfer documents buried in shipping container
April 27, 2010 – Ottawa Citizen
Somalia shadow hangs over Afghan hearings
April 26, 2010 – Vancouver Sun
Officials obstructing process by failing to disclose documents
April 21, 2010 – National Post
House Speaker to rule on historic confrontation
April 19, 2010 – Hill Times (Paul Champ quoted)
Ottawa withholds military letters on detainees
April 9, 2010 – Globe and Mail
Military investigators deny seeing torture reports
April 8, 2010 – Vancouver Sun
Public barred from Afghan hearings
April 7, 2010 – CTV Power Play interview with Tom Clark (Paul Champ interviewee)
Paul Champ wins Reg Robson Civil Liberties Award
April 4, 2010
March 2010
Lawyer says Afghan Detainees Still at Risk
March 17, 2010 – CBC
Special Committee on the Canadian Mission in Afghanistan
March 17, 2010 – Special Committee on the Canadian Mission in Afghanistan – Witness Paul Champ
MP tables prevention of torture act
March 15, 2010 – Calgary Sun (Paul Champ quoted)
Tommy Douglas file not old enough for release
March 11, 2010 – CTV News
Research-Oriented Scholarship in Human Rights or Health Promotion
This scholarship is open to law students from the University of Ottawa. Deadline for applications: March 10, 2010
Terror fight cannot trump rule of law
March 5, 2010 – Montreal Gazette (Paul Champ quoted)
McGill Symposium on Counter-Terrorism and Civil Liberties
March 5, 2010 – Panelist: Paul Champ
University of Windsor Faculty of Law – Conference on Torture and National Security
March 3-4, 2010 – Speaker Paul Champ
February 2010
2010 Accommodation Law Conference
February 25, 2010 – Panelist: Paul Champ
Ottawa rejects claim CSIS knew Abdelrazik faced torture
February 19, 2010 – Globe and Mail
RCMP secret file on Tommy Douglas
February 17, 2010 – CJME Radio – John Gormley Show (interviewee: Paul Champ)
CSIS won’t open Tommy Douglas file
February 10, 2010 – CBC
York University hosts experts on Canadian mission in Afghanistan
February 9, 2010– Paul Champ panelist
Canadian seeks Opposition support
February 3, 2010 – Globe and Mail
December 2009
Afghanistan committee liveblog: Quorum or not, here they come!
December 22, 2009 – Kady O’Malley Blog, CBC News
More tortured detainee warnings dismissed
December 17, 2009 – Global TV
Independent inquiry urged on Afghan prisoner abuse
December 17, 2009 – Toronto Star (quoted: Paul Champ)
No Security Without Human Rights
December 2, 2009 – Amnesty International web site
November 2009
Afghan Torture: Colvin Profile
November 20, 2009 – CBC, The Current (Interviewee: Paul Champ)
MacKay says allegations in torture scandal ‘ridiculous’
November 19, 2009 –NewsNet (Interviewee: Paul Champ) – see menu next to video
Afghan Torture: Colvin Profile
November 18, 2009 – CBC, As It Happens (Interviewee: Paul Champ)
Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights: Workshop on Constitutional Rights of Canadian Citizens Abroad
November 24, 2009 – Panelist: Paul Champ
Khadr Case Goes to Supreme Court of Canada
November 17, 2009 – CTV News (Interviewee: Paul Champ)
Parliamentary Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs – Treatment of Canadians Abroad
November 5, 2009 – Witness Paul Champ
October 2009
Colvin legal bills
October 27, 2009 – As It Happens, CBC Radio
Top brass knew about torture allegations: gov’t and military sources
October 19, 2009 – Global National
Ottawa sued over censorship of Tommy Douglas dossier
October 13, 2009 – Toronto Star
Hearing into alleged Afghan prisoner abuse in limbo
October 8, 2009 – Chronicle Herald
Defiant envoy testifies at Afghan detainee probe
October 7, 2009 – Globe and Mail
Ottawa moves to limit scope of detainee inquiry
October 2, 2009 – Globe and Mail
September 2009
Witnesses told to be silent
September 30, 2009 – Chronicle Herald
Tories mum on $27-million torture lawsuit
September 25, 2009 – Ottawa Citizen
Abdelrazik sues Ottawa for $27-million
September 24, 2009 – Globe and Mail
OBA Charter of Rights and Freedoms Conference
September 18, 2009 – Speaker: Paul Champ