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“BANKING WHILE BLACK” CASE SETTLED AT CANADIAN HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL


Montreal, December 5, 2014 --- The racial profiling case involving an English-speaking Black man who was arrested by Laval Police after withdrawing money from an ATM machine, has been successfully settled before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal this week.

ABUSIVE ARREST AND FINE OF ARAB CONCORDIA STUDENT: TWO MONTREAL POLICERS SUSPENDED FOR ONE DAY EACH


Montreal, December 3, 2014 --- More than four years after being violently arrested and abusively fined by two Montreal police officers on her way home from the university library, former Concordia University student, Amal Asmar has finally obtained some justice for her ordeal.

RACIAL PROFILING AND POLICE BRUTALITY: THE CITY OF MONTREAL MUST PAY $69,000 TO A CONGOLESE FAMILY


Montreal, November 19, 2014 --- The City of Montreal and its Police Service must pay $69,000 in damages to a Montrealer of Congolese background, his wife and his son who were subjected by two officers to racial profiling, excessive force and other illegal and abusive practices.

PROFILAGE RACIAL ET BRUTALITÉ POLICIÈRE : LA VILLE DE MONTRÉAL DOIT PAYER 69 000 $ À UNE FAMILLE CONGOLAISE

Montréal, 19 novembre 2014 — Le Service de police de la Ville de Montréal doit payer un total de 69 000 $ à un homme d’origine congolaise ainsi que son épouse et son fils car ayant l’objet de profilage racial, de brutalité policière et d’autres pratiques abusives et illégales.

UN « PRÉCÉDENT JURIDIQUE » : LA COUR SUPÉRIEURE INVALIDE UNE DÉCISION PORTANT SUR UNE PLAINTE DE DISCRIMINATION BASÉE SUR LA RACE, LE GENRE ET L’ORIENTATION SEXUELLE

Montréal, 3 novembre 2014 — Dans une décision qui constitue un précédent juridique important au Québec et qui touche les droits des minorités racisées, linguistiques et LGBT, la Cour supérieure a invalidé une décision du Conseil de la justice administrative (« le CJA ») et ordonne à celui-ci de ré-entendre une plainte de discrimination.

GAY BLACK STUDENT TO APPEAL QUEBEC HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION’S RULING ON PUBLIC AFFIRMATION OF GAY IDENTITY IN INTERNSHIP


Montreal, November 4, 2014 --- Believing that a recent ruling of the Quebec Human Rights and Youth Rights Commission is a serious setback for LBGT and racial equality, a gay Black male social work student at McGill University is set to file for judicial review of the decision.

SUPERIOR COURT REJECTED HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION’S ATTEMPT TO THROW OUT RACIAL PROFILING VICTIM’S CASE


Montreal, October 23, 2014 --- David, a Black victim of racial profiling, won the first legal hurdle this week in his case against the Quebec human rights commission before the Quebec Superior Court, for having rejected his complaint based on its misinterpretation the law and the facts.

ANOTHER FLAWED HANDLING OF RACE COMPLAINT FROM ENGLISH-SPEAKING BLACKS BY HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION


Montreal, October 21, 2014 --- A report on the Quebec Human Rights and Youth Rights Commission’s investigation into the case of a violent police intervention in the home of an English-speaking Black woman and the arrest of her son raises once again raises questions about how complaints of this nature are being handled.

A “MAJOR LEGAL PRECEDENT”: SUPERIOR COURT STRUCK DOWN ADMINISTRATIVE JUDICIAL COUNCIL’S DECISION ON TOMEE SOJOURNER’S COMPLAINT OF RACIAL, GENDER AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION BIAS


Montreal, November 3, 2014 --- In a decision that sets an important legal precedent in Quebec and that affects the rights of racialized, linguistic and LBGT minorities, the Superior Court has reversed a decision of the Administrative Judicial Council due to major errors of fact and of law.

UPDATE: CRARR APPEARED BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT IN THE JAVED LATIF CASE


Montreal, January 23, 2015 --- CRARR's lawyers Selwyn Pieters and Aymar Missakila appeared today before the Supreme Court this Friday to make an oral presentation in the case Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse et al c. Bombardier et al.

PROFILAGE RACIAL : LA COUR REJETTE UNE REQUÊTE DE LA COMMISSION DES DROITS POUR FAIRE ÉCHEC AU CAS D'UN JEUNE NOIR

Montréal, 23 octobre 2014 — La Cour supérieure a rejeté une requête déposée par la Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse visant à déclarer irrecevable le recours d'un jeune homme noir, qui a fait l’objet d’intervention et d’arrestation policière violente à Montréal et dont la plainte de profilage racial auprès de la Commission a été fermée par celle-ci.

POLICE ETHICS COMMISSIONER TO DISMISS COMPLAINT BY SYRIAN VISITOR ARRESTED BY LAVAL POLICE OVER VISA MISTAKE


Montreal, September 17, 2014 --- In a decision that highlights problems within the civilian police complaints handling system, the Quebec Police Commissioner rejected the complaint filed by a Syrian visitor who was wrongly arrested last December by the Laval Police officers.

UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR TO SPEAK ON PANEL ON SYSTEMIC DISCRIMINATION TOWARDS MIGRANT WORKERS


Montreal, September 11, 2014 --- Mr. François Crépeau, UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights for Migrants, will be speaking at a panel discussion being held on September 24, at 6:30 pm, at Concordia University’s Sir George Williams’ downtown Hall Building, 1455 DeMaisonneuve West, Room 1220 (12th floor).

UN HOMME AU FAUTEUIL ROULANT DÉNONCE DES TOILETTES INACCESSIBLES À L’UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL


Montréal, 26 août 2014 --- Un homme en fauteuil roulant a porté plainte contre l’Université de Montréal devant la Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse (CDPDJ), pour discrimination après avoir cherché, sans succès, des toilettes sur plusieurs étages d’un pavillon qui lui sont accessibles.

MILIEU DE TRAVAIL EMPOISONNÉ PAR LE RACISME : UNE INFIRMIÈRE NOIRE DÉNONCE LE HARCÈLEMENT ET L’INACTION D’UN CSSS


Montréal, 27 août 2014 — Ne pouvant plus tolérer les actes de harcèlement racial répétitifs en milieu de travail et l’inaction de la direction, une infirmière d’origine haïtienne a sollicité l’aide du CRARR pour dénoncer le racisme qui l’a rendu malade.