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PROFILAGE RACIAL : 20 000 $ À UN COUPLE AFRICAIN SUITE À UNE INTERPELLATION POLICIÈRE À MONTRÉAL


Montréal, le 4 février 2011 --- La Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse demande à  la Ville de Montréal d'accorder 20 000 $ en dommages à  un couple noir qui a été traité de manière discriminatoire par une policière au centre-ville.

RACIAL PROFILING: $20,000 FOR BLACK COUPLE STOPPED BY MONTREAL POLICE


Montreal, February 4, 2011 --- The Quebec Human Rights and Youth Rights Commission has ordered the City of Montreal to pay $20,000 in damages to a Black couple who was treated in a discriminatory manner by a police officer downtown.

DEUX POLICIERS DE LAVAL SUSPENDUS POUR INTIMIDATION ET ARRESTATION ILLÉGALE D'UN JEUNE NOIR


Montréal, le 25 janvier 2011 --- Le Comité de déontologie policière a imposé six jours de suspension sans traitement à  chacun des deux policiers de Laval qu'il a trouvé responsables d'actes d'intimidation, d'arrestation illégale et d'utilisation de force injustifiée à  l'endroit d'un jeune homme noir.

TWO LAVAL POLICE OFFICERS SUSPENDED FOR VIOLATIONS OF BLACK MAN'S CIVIL RIGHTS

Montreal, January 25, 2011 --- The Police Ethics Committee has ordered six days of suspension without pay for each of the two police officers for committing an illegal arrest, intimidation and unjustified use of force on a young Black man inside his home.

CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY CITED AS RESPONDENT IN COMPLAINT ON DISCRIMINATORY QUEBEC TUITION RULE

Montreal, January 24, 2011 --- The Quebec human rights commission has earlier this month named Concordia University as a respondent in a complaint over a discriminatory provincial policy on loans and tuition for out-of-province students who live in common-law relationships (called “de facto unions”, in Quebec).

POLICE ETHICS COMMISSIONER RULED IN FAVOR OF CONCORDIA STUDENT VICTIM OF POLICE ABUSE


Montreal, January 23, 2011---The Quebec Police Ethics Commissioner has upheld most of the complaint filed by Concordia University student Amal Asmar and will cite the two police officers involved before the Police Ethics Committee for breaching several sections of the Quebec Code of Police Ethics.

LES ATTAQUES CONTRE LES INSTITUTIONS JUIVES DE MONTRÉAL : DES ACTES INTOLÉRABLES QUI DOIVENT ÊTRE DÉNONCÉS


Montréal, le 17 janvier 2011 --- Les actes de vandalisme commis contre cinq institutions de la communauté juive de Montréal qui ont eu lieu hier démontrent que les Montréalais et Montréalaises de toutes origines doivent demeurer en tout temps vigilants contre ces actes inacceptables.

ATTACKS AGAINST MONTREAL JEWISH INSTITUTIONS: DESPICABLE ACTS OF HATE THAT MUST BE PROSECUTED

Montreal, January 17, 2011 --- Yesterday’s attacks on Jewish institutions in Montreal are an alarming reminder that Montrealers of all backgrounds must always be vigilant against this kind of despicable acts of hate.

UNE AUGMENTATION CONSTANTE DE DEMANDES D'AIDE

Montréal, le 31 décembre 2010 --- De juillet à septembre 2010, le CRARR a continué à  assister à  une augmentation du nombre de plaintes concernant surtout la discrimination raciale mais aussi d'autres formes de discrimination.

Ces cas émergent du domaine de l'emploi, de la représentation syndicale, de la sécurité publique et privée, du transport en commun, de la formation professionnelle et de l'enseignement secondaire et postsecondaire.

THIRD QUARTERLY REVIEW: A STEADY INCREASE IN REQUESTS FOR HELP AGAINST DISCRIMINATION

Montreal, December 31, 2010 --- From July and September 2010, CRARR continued to witness an increase in the number of complaints of racial and other forms of discrimination. These cases are related to employment, union representation, public and private security, public transit, professional training, and secondary and post-secondary education.

CRARR TO ASSIST FILIPINA LIVE-IN CAREGIVERS VICTIMS OF DISCRIMINATION AND EXPLOITATION

Montreal, November 9, 2010 --– CRARR has received a mandate from PINAY, a local Filipino women’s organization, to help 26 live-in caregivers whose civil rights complaint is being threatened with rejection by the Quebec human rights commission due to what many see as a badly handled investigation.

GAY RIGHTS: CRARR FILES THREE COMPLAINTS OF HOMOPHOBIC DISCRIMINATION

Montreal, November 8, 2010 --- CRARR has filed three complaints against homophobic discrimination during the past two weeks on behalf of three men and one woman who were the victims of discrimination and harassment in the workplace and at home as a result of their sexual orientation.

CANADIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ADOPTS DISTURBING POSITION ON DISCRIMINATION

Montreal, December 22, 2010 --- The Canadian Human Rights Commission appears to have adopted a new rule on discrimination that may signal a step backwards for equality in Canada.

HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL TO HOLD HEARINGS INTO RACISM CASE AGAINST CHINESE WORKERS

Montreal, December 4, 2010 --- The case of the 15 Chinese workers who were discriminated on the job at Calego International in 2006 will be heard before the Quebec Human Rights Tribunal on December 13, 16 and 17, 2010, starting at 9:30 AM each day, at the Montreal Courthouse, 1 Notre Dame East, Room 13.04, Montreal.

TERMINAISON DES AUDIENCES DANS L'AFFAIRE AGNAOU c. SOUS-MINISTRE DE LA JUSTICE DU CANADA

Montréal, le 3 décembre 2010 --- Les derniers jours d'audience en première instance portant sur le recours engagé par un procureur de la Couronne fédérale contre le ministère de la Justice pour discrimination systémique en emploi se poursuivront du 14 au 17 décembre 2010, à  compter de 8 h 30 chaque jour, au 35 Port-Royal Est, salle 2.35, Montréal.