Day One in Khadr’s kangaroo court
By Alison@Creekside
Below: Daphne Eviatar of Human Rights Watch is interviewed as she leaves the courtroom on Day 1 of Obama’s first big pretrial for a military commission into the possible terrorist actions of a 14-year old. Terrible sound, I know, but well worth it for her explanation of how after Khadr has been tortured to [...]
Hollinger’s lump of coal
By Brian Brennan
Why is the mainstream media not covering this story? Why have The Globe and Mail, CBC, The National Post, Maclean’s et al. seemingly missed out on the fact that Hollinger Publishing — Conrad Black’s former newspaper holdings company — has been forced into bankruptcy protection? Why have these national news organizations not reported [...]
Olympics: Celebrate or else
By Alison@Creekside
An enthusiastic supporter of the Beijing Olympics who posted his photos online at Flickr under a creative commons licence – which allows anyone to use them for free with attribution – received a cease and desist letter from International Olympic Committee lawyers:
“Images of the Games taken by you may not be used for any [...]
Wake Up Call
“I think, if luck were real,” David Arthur Johnston says, “that I’m one of the luckiest people on the planet. To have a grand scope in my head, that’s weird, but makes me feel like a superhero most of the time.
“A lot of people love me, though most of them think I’m strange.”
He’s right. Johnston [...]
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January 24, 2004: From David Arthur Johnston’s Journal of the Occupation of St. Ann’s Academy
Last night I had gone to bed early (around 8PM). Around 9PM a security guard came up and fervently asked me to leave.
SG- “Please leave. I must ask you to leave. You cannot stay here. Please leave.”me- [...]
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December 5, 2008: From David Arthur Johnston’s Journal of the Occupation of St. Ann’s Academy
The ‘order’ is something all parties involved in the Charter case must sign to finalize the case. The city says its going to ask the judge to amend the ruling to add the words ‘at night’. They [...]
More shoe throwing, please
By Frank Moher
Note the quid pro quo built into The Globe and Mail’s editorial on the subject of Muntadar al-Zaidi, the Iraqi journalist who showed off his footwear to President Bush. “Mr. Zaidi gained his privileged access to Mr. Bush on the strength of his accreditation as a journalist,” intones the Globe. ” . . [...]
Lockdown
By Frank Moher
The recent Supreme Court of Canada decision in favour of Vancouver broadcaster Rafe Mair was a big step forward for Canadian journalists and their readers. Mair had been sued by a “Christian-values advocate” who thought he’d defamed her, but the Court ruled 9-0 that “an overly solicitous regard for personal reputation” should not [...]
