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Période: 21 juillet au 27 juillet 2024
Nombre d’articles: 37
Région: Québec

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Observatoire de la liberté d’expression

Période: 21 juillet au 27 juillet 2024
Nombre d’articles: 30
Région: Canada sans Québec

$175K settlement comes 9 years after woman filed sexism complaint against Winnipeg manufacturer

After nine years of waiting for a decision in a human rights complaint, a Winnipeg woman has been offered $175,000 in compensation, minus some deductions, by her former employer after she complained about a sexist atmosphere in the workplace. The complaint was filed by Gwen Jaques against her former employer, Price Industries, a large multinational manufacturing company based in Winnipeg. Jaques filed a complaint with the Manitoba Human Rights Commission in 2015 after she was dismissed in June that year from her sales job at the company, which makes products…

Apparaît sur: cbc.ca,
Mots-clés: [‘harassment’]
Recensé le 22 juillet


 

A PhD student at a top Chinese university publicly accuses her supervisor of sexual harassment

HONG KONG – **_Content warning: This story contains descriptions of sexual harassment. Reader discretion is advised._** A female PhD student at one of China’s top universities took social media by storm after accusing her academic supervisor of sexual harassment and said he threatened to stop her from attaining her doctorate for refusing his advances. Her school said Monday it launched an investigation. The woman, who identified herself as Wang Di and said she studied at Renmin University of China’s School of Liberal Arts, posted Sunday a 59-minute video, in which…

Apparaît sur: ctvnews.ca,
Mots-clés: [‘harassment’]
Recensé le 22 juillet


 

Are we fenced off from imagining bold new options for the St. John’s harbourfront?

To fence or not to fence, that is the question. And it’s a question that has divided residents of St. John’s for more than a decade. In 2013, the St. John’s Port Authority installed a temporary fence along the harbourfront. And in 2015, replaced that with a black metal fence. The construction brought a slew of controversy, from _city council upset_ to _social media campaigns_. The issue is still active. Just last year, Premier Andrew Furey lobbied to reopen the debate with the federal government. Furey is not the only…

Apparaît sur: cbc.ca,
Mots-clés: [‘protesters’]
Recensé le 22 juillet


 

Brad Johns said domestic violence wasn’t an epidemic. The response was overwhelming

Dozens of emails expressing outrage, disgust and disappointment poured into the inboxes of Nova Scotia’s premier and justice minister after Brad Johns said he didn’t consider domestic violence an epidemic, and he now says that reaction influenced his resignation from cabinet. Records released under freedom of information legislation provide a glimpse into how the public responded when Johns made the comments during a news conference on April 18, the fourth anniversary of a shooting rampage that claimed the lives of 22 Nova Scotians. Premier Tim Houston immediately said he disagreed…

Apparaît sur: cbc.ca,
Mots-clés: [‘freedom of information’]
Recensé le 22 juillet


 

Culture change to safer sport starting slowly for Canada’s athletes bound for Paris

After tearful and shocking testimonies on Parliament Hill, and the admission there is a safe-sport crisis in Canada, how safer are athletes from abuse and maltreatment heading into the Paris Games? Canada’s high-performance sport system underwent a reckoning since athletes exited Beijing’s Winter Games two years ago. Athletes spoke of current and historical instances of abuse — mental, verbal, physical and sexual — and fear of retribution for reporting it. Members of Parliament heard athlete welfare took a back seat to the pursuit of medals. The bloodletting isn’t over. After…

Apparaît sur: ctvnews.ca,
Mots-clés: [‘boycott’]
Recensé le 22 juillet


 

Internet is still down in Bangladesh despite apparent calm following deadly protests

DHAKA, Bangladesh – Bangladesh remained without internet for a fifth day and the government declared a public holiday Monday, as authorities maintained tight control despite apparent calm following a court order that scaled back a controversial system for allocating government jobs that sparked violent protests. This comes after a curfew with a shoot-on-sight order was installed days earlier and military personnel could be seen patrolling the capital and other areas. The South Asian country witnessed clashes between the police and mainly student protesters demanding an end to a quota that…

Apparaît sur: ctvnews.ca,
Mots-clés: [‘protesters’, ‘boycott’]
Recensé le 22 juillet


 

Joly tells China’s top diplomat Canada won’t ‘tolerate any form of interference in our democracy’

Open this photo in gallery: Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly responds to questions about the situation in Haiti during a news conference in Ottawa on March 25.Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says she didn’t soft-pedal Beijing’s interference in Canadian affairs or its human-rights record during blunt talks with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi last week, a one-day visit aimed at reopening channels of dialogue after six years of a deep freeze in bilateral relations. Ms. Joly met with the Chinese foreign minister for three and…

Apparaît sur: theglobeandmail.com,
Mots-clés: [‘bullying’, ‘intimidation’]
Recensé le 22 juillet


 

Nova Scotia’s justice minister said domestic violence wasn’t an epidemic. He resigned amid an overwhelming response

Dozens of emails expressing outrage, disgust and disappointment poured into the inboxes of Nova Scotia’s premier and justice minister after Brad Johns said he didn’t consider domestic violence an epidemic, and he now says that reaction influenced his resignation from cabinet. Records released under freedom of information legislation provide a glimpse into how the public responded when Johns made the comments during a news conference on April 18, the fourth anniversary of a shooting rampage that claimed the lives of 22 Nova Scotians. Premier Tim Houston immediately said he disagreed…

Apparaît sur: cbc.ca,
Mots-clés: [‘freedom of information’]
Recensé le 22 juillet


 

Pro-Palestinian protesters begin dismantling encampment at UVic

The protesters had been told by UVic they had until Monday 8 a.m. to leave university grounds The pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Victoria was being dismantled by protesters on Monday morning after the university issued a deadline for them to leave. Protesters camped in front of the UVic library said the head of campus security told them on Saturday that they were trespassing and had until 8 a.m. Monday to leave university grounds. About 60 people were gathered on the university quad on Monday morning to help with…

Apparaît sur: timescolonist.com,
Mots-clés: [‘protesters’]
Recensé le 22 juillet


 

Protesters clearing pro-Palestinian encampment, University of Victoria says

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 22, 2024 4:28 pm Updated July 22, 2024 4:29 pm **1 min read** Descrease article font size Increase article font size The University of Victoria says pro-Palestinian protesters are dismantling an encampment after almost three months at the campus. The school issued a trespass notice over the weekend, saying administrators saw “no further prospect for a successful dialogue” with the protesters. The university said in an email Monday that the encampment set up on May 1 was being taken apart by the protesters….

Apparaît sur: globalnews.ca,
Mots-clés: [‘protesters’]
Recensé le 22 juillet


 

Secret Service director takes ‘full responsibility’ for stunning lapses ahead of Trump assassination attempt

The director of the Secret Service took responsibility on Monday for staggering security lapses ahead of the assassination attempt on former U.S. president Donald J. Trump, saying the deadly shooting was the agency’s « most significant operational failure » in four decades. Kimberly Cheatle, resisting mounting calls to resign, said the agency unequivocally failed in its duty the day a gunman shot and injured Trump as he spoke at a rally in Pennsylvania on July 13. « The Secret Service’s solemn mission is to protect our nation’s leaders. On July 13th, we failed, »…

Apparaît sur: cbc.ca,
Mots-clés: [‘whistleblow’]
Recensé le 22 juillet


 

South Asian business owners in B.C. speak out following extortion threats

Surrey business owner Parminder Sanghera says he has been living in fear after receiving a series of threatening phone calls demanding cash. On July 8, Sanghera, who owns a trucking company, said he answered a call asking him to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars or face the consequences. « If you don’t pay us, we’re gonna burn your Range Rover and then [the extortionist] said [they] were coming in 20 minutes,’ » he told CBC News. Sanghera immediately informed the police, who arrived on the scene shortly afterwards. He says he…

Apparaît sur: cbc.ca, cbc.ca,
Mots-clés: [‘intimidation’]
Recensé le 22 juillet


 

Two Alberta men charged for uttering threats against Trudeau, Freeland and Singh: RCMP

## Article content One man from Edmonton and a man from Calgary have been arrested and charged with uttering threats against several public political figures, including the prime minister, in two separate investigations by the RCMP’s Integrated National Security Enforcement Team (INSET). On May 10, INSET received a report that a user on the social media platform X had allegedly posted threats to kill Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, RCMP said in a news release Monday. Article content On June 7, INSET received a report that a YouTube account user had…

Apparaît sur: edmontonjournal.com, edmontonsun.com,
Mots-clés: [‘protected speech’]
Recensé le 22 juillet


 

Two Alberta men face charges for death threats against politicians

## Article content Two Alberta men have been arrested and charged for death threats against several political figures, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. RCMP received information on May 10 that a user on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter) had allegedly posted threats to kill Trudeau, the agency said. “The security environment in which public figures operate continues to evolve both within Canada and abroad, and we recognize this is a time for increased vigilance,” read an RCMP media release. Article content On June 6, the RCMP Federal Policing…

Apparaît sur: calgaryherald.com,
Mots-clés: [‘protected speech’]
Recensé le 22 juillet


 

Two Albertans charged in online death threats to Justin Trudeau, other federal leaders

Two Alberta men have been charged after death threats were allegedly directed at top federal politicians, including the prime minister. RCMP say a social-media user on the platform X had allegedly posted threats in May to kill Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Twenty-three-year-old Mason John Baker of Calgary has been charged with uttering threats. In a separate case, police say someone on YouTube allegedly posted threats in June to kill Trudeau along with Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland and federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh. Sixty-seven-year-old Garry Belzevick of Edmonton is charged…

Apparaît sur: theglobeandmail.com, thestar.com, nationalpost.com, ottawasun.com, ottawacitizen.com, ottawasun.com,
Mots-clés: [‘protected speech’]
Recensé le 22 juillet


 

U.S.-Russian journalist convicted in a rapid, secret trial, gets 6 1/2 years in prison, court says

A court has convicted Alsu Kurmasheva, a Russian-American journalist for the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, of spreading false information about the Russian army and sentenced her to six and-a-half years in prison after a secret trial, court records and officials said Monday. The conviction in Kazan, the capital of Russia’s central region of Tatarstan, came on Friday, the same day a court in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg convicted Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich of espionage and sentenced him to 16 years in prison in a case…

Apparaît sur: ctvnews.ca,
Mots-clés: [‘freedom of speech’]
Recensé le 22 juillet


 

UAE sentences Bangladeshi nationals to prison over protests against their home government

Article content DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A court in the United Arab Emirates sentenced dozens of Bangladeshi nationals to prison, including three for life imprisonment, over protests against their home government in the Gulf country, state media reported Monday. The Abu Dhabi Federal Court of Appeal on Sunday handed 10-year prison sentences to 53 Bangladeshi nationals and an 11-year term to another Bangladeshi national, in addition to the three life imprisonments, according to the state-owned Emirates News Agency, WAM. The court ordered the deportation of the Bangladeshis from…

Apparaît sur: winnipegsun.com,
Mots-clés: [‘protesters’, ‘freedom of speech’]
Recensé le 22 juillet


 

Vancouver Island universities take steps to remove pro-Palestinian protesters

Two Vancouver Island universities are taking steps to remove pro-Palestinian encampments from their campuses this week. The University of Victoria began removal proceedings on Sunday, giving protesters a deadline of 8 a.m. Monday morning. On Monday, a support rally was held before the encampment began to quietly pack up. Audrey Yap, a professor at UVic and a supporter of the student protest, said it was disappointing to see how the university has responded. She says the school could have worked with students to develop an actionable plan that both parties…

Apparaît sur: cbc.ca, cbc.ca,
Mots-clés: [‘protesters’]
Recensé le 22 juillet


 

Wingham restaurant has ‘COVID’ charges overturned

A Wingham restaurant that openly defied Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine passport program, has had two of three charges against them, overturned. Earlier this month, owner of Buck and Jo’s Stephen Hill, had charges for not checking for proof of vaccination and not providing a safety plan overturned by a Goderich judge. In November 2021, Hill refused to ask patrons visiting his restaurant for their vaccine status, citing privacy and freedom of expression. Days later, following a heated discussion with Huron Perth Public Health inspectors on the front steps of his restaurant,…

Apparaît sur: ctvnews.ca,
Mots-clés: [‘freedom of expression’]
Recensé le 22 juillet


 

Woman gets probation for calling in hoax bomb threat at Boston Children’s Hospital

## Article content A Massachusetts woman has been sentenced to three years of probation for calling in a fake bomb threat at Boston Children’s Hospital as it faced a barrage of harassment over its surgical program for transgender youths. Catherine Leavy pleaded guilty last year in federal court to charges including making a false bomb threat. Authorities say the threat was made in August 2022 as the hospital was facing an onslaught of threats and harassment. The hospital launched the country’s first pediatric and adolescent transgender health program. Article content…

Apparaît sur: winnipegsun.com,
Mots-clés: [‘harassment’]
Recensé le 22 juillet


 

Autochtones. Utiliser l’IA pour lutter contre la haine envers des populations autochtones sur internet.

Des chercheurs albertains ont développé un nouvel outil d’intelligence artificielle (IA) pour aider à lutter contre les préjugés, le racisme et la haine en ligne à l’égard des populations autochtones. Le projet est baptisé wâsikan kisewâtisiwin, ce qui se traduit par « énergie bienveillante », en langue crie. « Nous essayons de faire de l’internet un endroit plus sûr. Nous essayons de changer la trajectoire de l’internet vers les personnes discriminées « , a déclaré Shani Gwin à l’émission Radio Active de la CBC. Mme Gwin est une entrepreneure métis et la fondatrice de…

Apparaît sur: radio-canada.ca,
Mots-clés: [‘haine en ligne’, ‘désinformation’, ‘discours haineux’, ‘commentaires haineux’]
Recensé le 22 juillet


 

Sports et loisirs. Course en sentier : les femmes plus inquiètes d’être attaquées ou sans service cellulaire.

Selon une nouvelle étude publiée par un groupe de chercheurs de l’Université Simon Fraser (SFU), les femmes ont davantage peur d’une attaque ou d’une réception cellulaire défaillante lorsqu’elles pratiquent la course en sentier que les hommes. L’étude, publiée en janvier dernier dans l’ _International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health_ (en anglais (Nouvelle fenêtre)), cherchait à « déterminer les préférences et les inquiétudes des coureurs de sentier », comme l’explique Nadine Schuurman, professeur de géographie à la SFU et chercheuse principale de l’étude. La principale préoccupation des 548 coureurs questionnés, tant…

Apparaît sur: radio-canada.ca,
Mots-clés: [‘harcèlement’]
Recensé le 22 juillet