A “FIRST” IN QUEBEC: HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ASKS CITY OF MONTREAL TO PAY FORMER CONCORDIA ARAB STUDENT $45,000 FOR RACIAL AND SOCIAL PROFILING
Montréal, August 29, 2017 — A seven-year-long civil rights battle for a former Concordia University Palestinian Canadian student has finally ended in a precedent-setting victory.
BLACK MAN IN MERCEDES “FED UP” BEING RACIALLY PROFILED BY MONTREAL POLICE, DEMANDS POLICE CHIEF PICHET’S EXPLANATION
Montréal, September 1, 2017 — An English-speaking Black man in his forties, who was arrested and handcuffed last March by two Montreal police officers for videotaping a police stop, has been once again pulled over by a Montreal police officer in another Driving While Black incident.
LAVAL BLACK DISABLED DRIVER ACQUITTED, RACIAL PROFILING CASE SENT TO POLICE ETHICS INVESTIGATION
Montréal, August 25, 2017 — Pradel Content, a 39-year-old English-speaking Black man with a physical disability who was racially profiled, arrested and abusively fined by two Laval police officers, for videotaping them last month, has been acquitted of the penal charge against him in Municipal Court this week.
ANTI-ARAB DISCRIMINATION CASE AGAINST TIM HORTONS PROCEEDS TO INQUIRY AFTER MEDIATION FAILED
Montreal, August 21, 2017 — Investigation into the case of three Arab men who were expelled from a Tim Hortons in the borough of Saint-Laurent will proceed after mediation failed.
LA MÉDIATION AYANT ÉCHOUÉ, LE CAS DE DISCRIMINATION DE CLIENTS ARABES EXPULSÉS D’UN TIM HORTONS PASSE À L’ENQUÊTE
Montréal, 21 août 2017 — Le cas des clients arabes qui ont été expulsés d’un Tim Hortons dans l’arrondissement de Saint-Laurent, ira à l’enquête suite à l’échec de la médiation.
POLICE ETHICS COMMISSIONER TO INVESTIGATE COTE DES NEIGES BLACK MAN'S COMPLAINT OF EXCESSIVE FORCE
Montréal, August 18, 2017 — Police Ethics Commissioner Marc-André Dowd has accepted Errol Burke's request for review of the decision to dismiss his complaint against Montreal police officers.
LE CRARR SE JOINT À LA COALITION DEMANDANT AU QUÉBEC D’EN FINIR AVEC LA DISCRIMINATION CONTRE LES PERSONNES TRANS MIGRANTES
Montréal, 3 août 2017 — Il n'existe aucune raison constitutionnelle, sociale ou morale valable pour le Gouvernement du Québec de maintenir une discrimination fondée sur le statut de citoyenneté contre les immigrants transgenres.
CRARR JOINS COALITION ASKING QUEBEC TO END CITIZENSHIP-BASED DISCRIMINATION AGAINST TRANSGENDER IMMIGRANTS
Montreal, August 3, 2017 — There is no constitutionally, socially or morally valid reason for the Quebec Government to maintain discrimination based on citizenship status against immigrants who are transgender in everyday life.
BLACK MOTHER CRITICIZES POLICE ETHICS COMMISSIONER'S COMPLAINT DISMISSAL AS “CALLOUS” VIOLATION OF HER DAUGHTERS' RIGHTS
Montréal, August 2, 2017 — The Police Ethics Commissioner's dismissal of a complaint filed by an English Black mother against a Châteauguay police officer for having recklessly pepper-sprayed her two young daughters raises major questions about how the justice system deals with racialized children.
CRARR TO SUPPORT BLACK MAN IN DIEPPE BURGER KING RACISM INCIDENT
Montreal, July 17, 2017 — CRARR has obtained a mandate to assist Ronald Delice, a native Montrealer currently residing in Moncton, New Brunswick, who is of Haitian descent and who unexpectedly encountered an anti-Black racial slur from a Burger King employee last May.
UN EMPLOYEUR JUIF CONDAMNÉ À PAYER 12 500 $ À UN EMPLOYÉ JUIF POUR DISCRIMINATION RELIGIEUSE DANS L'EMPLOI
Montréal, 13 juillet 2017 — Le Tribunal des droits de la personne du Québec a rendu une décision en faveur d'un coiffeur juif, Richard Zilberg, qui a été interdit par son employeur, également de confession juive, de travailler les samedis et congédié ensuite pour avoir critiqué cette restriction.
HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL ORDERS JEWISH EMPLOYER TO PAY JEWISH HAIRSTYLIST $12,500 FOR RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT
Montreal, July 13, 2017 — The Quebec Human Rights Tribunal has ruled in favor of a Jewish hairstylist, Richard Zilberg, who was banned from working on Saturdays by his Jewish employer and fired for speaking to clients about the restriction.
RACIAL PROFILING: LAVAL POLICE OFFICERS ARRESTED DISABLED BLACK MAN FOR VIDEOTAPING, SLAPPED PHONE OUT OF HIS HAND
Montréal, July 8, 2017 — Two Laval police officers who tailed and then violently arrested, handcuffed, and fined a 39-year-old English-speaking Black man with a physical disability for videotaping them last month, have confirmed in their report that they deleted his cell phone recording of the intervention.
POLICE ETHICS COMMISSIONER REJECTS BLACK MAN'S COMPLAINT: NOTHING WRONG WITH VIOLENT ARREST DUE TO MISTAKEN IDENTITY
Montréal, July 4, 2017 — A Cote-des-Neiges Black resident who was violently arrested by the police last February due to mistaken identity is outraged to have been notified by the Police Ethics Commissioner that his complaint has been dismissed because, in the Commissioner's opinion, the officers did nothing wrong.
DES CHANGEMENTS SYSTÉMIQUES SONT NÉCESSAIRES POUR ÉVITER LES CONTROVERSES RACIALES AU COURS DE LA FÊTE NATIONALE DU QUÉBEC
Montréal, 27 juin 2017 — Les organisateurs de la Fête nationale du Québec doivent tirer les leçons de la controverse de cette année et adopter les changements systémiques qui s’imposent pour que les festivités futures soient rassembleuses, inclusives et représentatives de la diversité de la population du Québec.
