L’ATTAQUE TERRORISTE À QUÉBEC SOULIGNE LA NÉCESSITÉ D’UNE ACTION COLLECTIVE CONTRE LA VIOLENCE ENVERS LES MUSULMANS ET LES COMMUNAUTÉS VULNÉRABLES
Montréal, 30 janvier 2017 — Le CRARR condamne dans les termes les plus fermes la tuerie barbare dont ont été victimes des citoyens musulmans au Centre culturel islamique de Québec.
Cet acte ignoble de violence est à l’opposé des valeurs fondamentales canadiennes et québécoises.
TERRORIST KILLING IN QUEBEC CITY MOSQUE: THE NEED FOR COLLECTIVE ACTION AGAINST VIOLENT ATTACK ON MUSLIMS AND VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES
Montreal, January 30, 2017 — CRARR condemns in the strongest terms the barbaric mass shooting of Muslim individuals at the Centre culturel islamique de Québec.
CRARR conveys its deepest thoughts and condolences to the victims of this massacre, and calls on everyone to ensure that the victims’ families, survivors and other members of the Mosque receive all the support, care and protection they need.
FORMER MIDDLE EASTERN EMPLOYEE TAKES KNOWLEDGEONE TO HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION FOR JOB DISCRIMINATION
Montreal, January 27, 2017 — A former employee with KnowledgeOne Inc. has filed a complaint of discrimination and harassment based on race, ethnic origin and sexual orientation against the organization.
Mounir (not the Victim's real name), a brown man in his twenties who is originally from the Middle East and who is of mixed race, was hired by KnowledgeOne in a managerial position in August 2015.
CANADIAN HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL HEARINGS TO PROCEED ON KAHNAWAKE RACE DISCRIMINATION CASES
Montreal, January 24, 2017 — Due to the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake’s rejection of mediation, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal will proceed with hearings into the complaints filed by five Mohawk residents of Kahnawake against the Council due to its racially discriminatory membership law.
LE TRIBUNAL CANADIEN DES DROITS DE LA PERSONNE TIENDRA DES AUDIENCES SUR LES CAS DE DISCRIMINATION RACIALE À KAHNAWAKE
Montréal, 24 janvier 2017 — Suite au refus du Conseil des Mohawks de Kahnawake (CMK) de participer à la médiation, après un an d’enquête, les plaintes déposées par cinq résidents Mohawk de Kahnawake seront entendues par le Tribunal canadien des droits de la personne.
PROFILAGE RACIAL : LA COMMISSION DES DROITS DE LA PERSONNE RÉCLAME DU SPVM 40 000 $ POUR UN HOMME D’ORIGINE SUD-ASIATIQUE
Montréal, 12 janvier 2017 — La Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse (CDPDJ) a demandé à la Ville de Montréal et à deux policiers de payer 40 000 $ en dommages à un anglophone d’origine sud-asiatique pour profilage racial et autres violations de ses droits.
RACIAL PROFILING: HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ASKS MONTREAL POLICE TO PAY SOUTH ASIAN MAN $40,000 IN DAMAGES
Montréal, January 12, 2017 — The Quebec Human Rights and Youth Rights Commission has asked the City of Montreal and its two police officers, including an officer known as “Agent 728”, to pay to an English-speaking South Asian man $40,000 for racial profiling and other civil rights violations.
FORMER PRESIDENT OF CONCORDIA GRADUATE STUDENT ASSOCIATION FILES CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT AGAINST THREE HARASSERS AND THE GSA
Montreal, January 6, 2017 — The former President of Concordia University's Graduate Students Association (GSA), Alex Ocheoha, has filed a complaint with the Quebec Human Rights and Youth Rights Commission against the association and three Directors who actively engaged in discrimination, harassment and intimidation against him during his term of office.
KAHNAWAKE RACE DISCRIMINATION CASES HEAD TO CANADIAN HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL
Montreal, December 21, 2016 — One year after investigation, the Canadian Human Rights Commission has upheld the complaints filed by five Mohawk residents of Kahnawake against the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) for its racially discriminatory membership law, and referred them to the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal for a hearing.
The cases raise significant legal issues and may eventually end up before the Supreme Court of Canada.
LES CAS DE DISCRIMINATION RACIALE À KAHNAWAKE RÉFÉRÉS AU TRIBUNAL CANADIEN DES DROITS DE LA PERSONNE
Montréal, 21 décembre 2016 — Un an après enquête, la Commission canadienne des droits de la personne a conclu que les plaintes déposées par cinq résidents Mohawk de Kahnawake contre le Conseil des Mohawks de Kahnawake (CMK) méritent d’être entendues par le Tribunal canadien des droits de la personne.
Ces dossiers soulèvent des questions légales fondamentales et pourraient se rendre jusqu’à la Cour suprême du Canada.
LE CRARR DÉPLORE LE REFUS DU PARTI QUÉBÉCOIS D'APPUYER LA NOMINATION DE LA PREMIÈRE FEMME NOIRE À LA PRÉSIDENCE DE LA COMMISSION DES DROITS DE LA PERSONNE
Montréal, 8 décembre 2016 — Le CRARR demande au Parti Québécois de présenter les motifs de son refus de donner son appui à la nomination de Me Tamara Thermitus à la présidence de la Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse.
DISCRIMINATED BLACK POINTE-CLAIRE WORKER’S UNION GRIEVANCES STILL IN LIMBO, UNION NOT RESPONDING
Montreal, December 5, 2016 — Although he has obtained his harassment-related workplace injury benefits, a Black blue-collar worker with the City of Pointe-Claire is preparing to file a complaint against his union as he is still kept in the dark by his union about his labor grievances related to racism on the job.
“BLACK LIVES ARE CHEAP IN QUEBEC”: HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION SEEKS PALTRY $2,000 AWARD FOR RACIAL PROFILING VICTIM
Montréal, November 30, 2016 — In a decision on a case filed five years ago by a Black urban entertainment professional, the Quebec Human Rights and Youth Rights Commission has ruled that he was indeed a victim of racial profiling by the Montreal Police and awarded a meagre sum of $2,000 in moral damages.
« LA VIE DES NOIRS EST À BAS PRIX AU QUÉBEC » : LA COMMISSION DES DROITS DE LA PERSONNE RÉCLAME 2 000 $ POUR UN CAS DE PROFILAGE RACIAL
Montréal, 30 novembre 2016 — Dans une décision au sujet d’une plainte déposée il y a cinq ans par un jeune noir oeuvrant dans les communications audio-visuelles, la Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse conclut qu’il a été victime de profilage racial de la part de la police de Montréal et qu’il a droit à 2 000 $ de dommages moraux.
DENIED SERVICE AND EXPELLED, THREE ARAB CUSTOMERS FILE RACE BIAS COMPLAINTS AGAINST A TIM HORTONS IN VILLE SAINT-LAURENT
Montréal, November 24, 2016 — Three individuals of a group of Arab customers, who were denied service and expelled from a Tim Hortons in the Borough of Saint-Laurent, will file complaints of racial discrimination against the establishment.
