Articles by PEN Canada
Groups call on UN to protect free expression online
This week, a resolution on the importance of protecting human rights online was discussed at the 26th UN Human Rights Council Session in Geneva. Read the oral statement on this resolution led by ARTICLE 19 and supported by several IFEX members.
Privacy could vanish if cyber-bullying act becomes law in Canada
PEN Canada believes that the routine disclosure of user information in response to warrantless requests must not be normalized, and that the government must act to protect rather than undermine Charter Rights to privacy.
Groups seek human rights protections in Canadian trade agreement with Honduras
PEN Canada and the International Human Rights Program at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law call on officials to tie human rights obligations to Canada’s proposed free trade agreement with Honduras, particularly the surge in violence against journalists who cover organized crime and government corruption.
Ontario’s Attorney General should prioritise bill aimed at preventing abusive libel lawsuits
Canadian Journalists for Free Expression, along with other organisations, writes to Ontario’s Attorney General to urge her to make Bill 83, Protection of Public Participation Act, 2013, a key priority. The point of the bill is to create a process allowing courts to review potentially abusive libel lawsuits.
Transparency, independent media are vital for global development plan
195 civil society organisations from around the world have called on the UN to put government accountability and independent media at the centre of a new framework for global development.
Report: Honduras must end lethal violence against journalists and climate of impunity
The rising scale of murderous violence against journalists in Honduras was revealed in a report launched on 23 January 2014 by PEN Canada in partnership with PEN International and the International Human Rights Program (IHRP) at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law.
Release Alaa Abd El Fattah and all those unjustly detained in Egypt
Following the criminalisation of peaceful protest in Egypt in November 2013, 57 organisations and individuals release joint statement against arrests of Egyptian bloggers and political activists.
Prime Minister Harper must address online surveillance in Canada
PEN Canada believes that gathering data on Canadian citizens without any accusation of wrongdoing or reasonable cause for suspicion violates sections of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which guarantee the right to security of the person and the right to be secure against unreasonable search and seizure.