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'Apology not accepted': Behind Jewish groups' furor over Canada's new human rights commissioner (The Canadian Jewish News)

Birju Dattani is a Canadian human rights lawyer who worked in the Yukon and his home province of Alberta before being catapulted into the highest-profile human rights job in the country a few weeks ago. In mid-June, Canada’s justice minster announced Dattani’s appointment for a five-year term as chief commissioner at the federal human rights watchdog.

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July 02, 2024

B.C. Jewish Community Reacts to Human Rights Complaint Against BCTF

Vancouver, B.C. – July 2, 2024 - The Jewish community of Vancouver is grateful for the courageous efforts of a group of teachers who, earlier today, filed a human rights...Read More

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July 02, 2024

This Week in Canadian Jewish Advocacy | June 30, 2024

This week we strategized ways to leverage expertise in fighting antisemitism together at our Maspik! symposium. We asked you to add your voice in rejecting the government’s appointment of a...Read More

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June 30, 2024

SLOBODIAN: Another flawed Liberal human rights appointment? (Western Standard)

If Birju Dattani is wrongly accused of supporting “grotesque” antisemitism, then he’s an excellent choice to head the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC). Who better than someone who has endured persecution to understand the angst of the persecuted whose rights have been violated?

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June 29, 2024

Rallye automobile pro-palestinien à Montréal (LCN Maintenant)

Rallye automobile pro-palestinien à Montréal

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June 29, 2024

Nomination de Birju Dattani, ou l’art de ne pas apprendre de ses erreurs (Le Devoir)

Lors de la Journée internationale dédiée à la mémoire des victimes de l’Holocauste de cette année, la présidente intérimaire de la Commission canadienne des droits de la personne (CCDP), Charlotte-Anne Malischewski, s’est déclarée « profondément préoccupée par la montée fulgurante de l’antisémitisme » qui s’observe au Canada depuis les attaques du Hamas sur Israël commises en octobre dernier.

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June 29, 2024

Effort to ban nickel sales to Israel has pacifist intentions (Sudbury.com)

Retired Cambrian College mathematics instructor and longtime peace advocate David Starbuck is behind a petition which aims to ban the sale of Canadian nickel to Israel

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June 29, 2024

Three Canadian Jewish groups call for removal of incoming human rights commissioner (National Post, + Postmedia Syndication)

'His connection to individuals linked to terrorist groups and his history of antisemitic statements and activities demonstrate that he is not suitable'

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June 28, 2024

Trois groupes juifs canadiens demandent la révocation du nouveau commissaire aux droits de l’homme (Actual News Magazine)

Birju Dattani a été nommé commissaire en chef de la Commission canadienne des droits de la personne. Photo de LinkedIn/Handout

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June 28, 2024

Dattani not suitable for critical position at CHRC

Joint Statement from the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs and Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center "The recent appointment of Birju Dattani as Chief Commissioner of the Canadian Human Rights...Read More

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June 27, 2024

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'Apology not accepted': Behind Jewish groups' furor over Canada's new human rights commissioner (The Canadian Jewish News)

B.C. Jewish Community Reacts to Human Rights Complaint Against BCTF

This Week in Canadian Jewish Advocacy | June 30, 2024

SLOBODIAN: Another flawed Liberal human rights appointment? (Western Standard)

Rallye automobile pro-palestinien à Montréal (LCN Maintenant)

Nomination de Birju Dattani, ou l’art de ne pas apprendre de ses erreurs (Le Devoir)

Effort to ban nickel sales to Israel has pacifist intentions (Sudbury.com)

Three Canadian Jewish groups call for removal of incoming human rights commissioner (National Post, + Postmedia Syndication)

Trois groupes juifs canadiens demandent la révocation du nouveau commissaire aux droits de l’homme (Actual News Magazine)

Dattani not suitable for critical position at CHRC

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CIJA rejects the ICJ’s non-binding opinion on Israel's policies towards the Palestinian territories, calls on the government of Canada to do the same

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