/newsroom/taxonomy/term/2881/all en /newsroom/channels/news/expert-omar-khadr-receive-apology-and-compensation-package-268835 <p>“The Trudeau government is poised to offer an apology and a $10-million compensation package to former child soldier Omar Khadr for abuses he suffered while detained in the U.S. military prison for captured and suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.” (<a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-to-offer-omar-khadr-apology-compensation-package/article35538745/">The Globe and Mail</a>)</p> Wed, 05 Jul 2017 17:58:31 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 32039 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/thorn-side-war-criminals-ayatollahs-and-dictators-263626 <p>Montreal law professor Payam Akhavan has risked life in conflict zones in globetrotting crusade for human rights<br /> </p> <p><span>Read more: </span><a href="https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2016/10/22/thorn-in-the-side-of-war-criminals-ayatollahs-and-dictators.html">Toronto Star</a><span> </span></p> Sat, 22 Oct 2016 16:36:29 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 26313 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/coderre-visit-iran-263486 <p>Denis Coderre made “an early October side trip to Iran to meet the mayor of Tehran, a prominent figure in the country’s repressive theocracy.” (<a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/news/montreal-mayor-denis-coderre-had-a-quiet-mission-to-iran-and-now-people-have-noticed">The National Post</a>)</p> Mon, 17 Oct 2016 16:13:29 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 26288 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/expert-turkey-july-21-2016-261794 <p>"Turkey has banned all academics from leaving the country, cancelling their annual leave, as President Tayyip Erdogan's post-coup crackdown escalated to 'exceptional proportions'. One British academic at a state-run university in Istanbul told the Telegraph that foreign nationals had also been told to come back to work." (<em><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/20/turkey-bans-academics-from-leaving-country-in-unprecedented-crac/">The Telegraph</a></em>)</p> Thu, 21 Jul 2016 11:03:49 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 26029 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/1995-srebrenica-massacre-suspects-arrested-243646 Wed, 18 Mar 2015 20:45:31 +0000 melody.enguix@mcgill.ca 22285 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/supreme-court-judgement-zahra-kazemis-case-239390 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 16:32:05 +0000 raphael.larocque-cyr@mcgill.ca 21227 at /newsroom