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Animal rights activists are increasingly being targetted by the state as terrorists. The criminalization of animal rights activism was sealed into law in the US when the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act was passed in 2006. The Center for Constitutional Rights argues this law is creating a chilling effect for activism and sets a dangerous precedent. Matthew Strugar is a lawyer with the Center for Constitutional Rights based in Los Angeles. He has defended a number of animal rights activists who've been charged under this law. For more information about the criminalization of animal and environmental activists, go to www.greenisthenewred.com

0 0 0 The Vancouver Olympics are looming ever closer, and so is the reality of what it is actually going to be like in Vancouver during February 2010. If you are looking to be publicly critical of the games, or of anything for that matter during that time, you may be shushed, asked to leave, arrested or even have your group infiltrated.read more

You may have received the message in the mail. With a stark photo of a needle next to an empty swing in a playground, the Tories play on fear. Their message seems simple and tempting. Getting tough is the way to deal with drugs. Bill C-15 is their latest incarnation of this Tough on Crime approach. One of the main things in Bill C-15 is more mandatory minimums for possessing drugs, including growing as few as 5 marijuana plants. Backed with a moral and ideological agenda, the reality of these get tough approaches has a particularly harsh impact on women. read more

Being... ...detained without charge. ...prevented from seeing the evidence against you. ...threatened with deportation to torture. ...labeled a terrorist. This is what five Muslim men here in Canada have been facing for the past several years. These five men are being held under national security certificates. Under Canadian immigration law, security certificates, allow non-citizens to be detained under these conditions. For the past decade, the cases of these men have made their way through the courts, while community activists, lawyers and politicians have all demanded an end to the security certificate regime. read more