Deirdre Fulton

VIDEO: In New Documentary, Omar Khadr Speaks for Himself

All along, Toronto Star journalist Michelle Shephard followed Khadr’s case. In 2008, she published Guantanamo’s Child: the Untold Story of Omar Khadr, and now she has co-directed a documentary that premieres Thursday night on CBC-TV: Omar Khadr: Out of the Shadows.

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By Deirdre Fulton
Former child soldier Omar Khadr was held by the U.S. for 10 years. (Photo: Canadian Press)

Viewers in Canada and beyond are finally getting the chance to hear directly from Omar Khadr, once the youngest detainee at Guantanamo Bay prison, who has spent the last 13 of his 28 years in custody. Khadr, a Canadian citizen who was 15 when he was shot and captured by U.S. forces in Afghanistan in 2002 and sent to Guantanamo Bay, was released

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Europe Will Employ Military Response To Migration Crisis

According to one official, the operation would be “civil-military” modeled on previous military action in the Horn of Africa to combat Somali piracy.

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By Deirdre Fulton
Italian forces stand guard in front of the wreckage of a boat used by migrants in Catania's Harbour, Italy, Monday, April 20, 2015.

Italian forces stand guard in front of the wreckage of a boat used by migrants in Catania's Harbour, Italy, Monday, April 20, 2015. Spurred by this weekend's migrant tragedy, in which as many as 900 refugees may have died off the Libyan coast, European leaders agreed Monday not only to expand maritime patrols and search-and-rescue operations

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Fast Track To Hell: Trade Bill Officially Introduced In Congress

‘Congress shouldn’t throw Americans under the bus by giving up its authority over this unprecedented giveaway to multinational corporations.’

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By Deirdre Fulton

"This bill is a climate disaster, and amounts to nothing more than a taxpayer-funded handout to corporations," said May Boeve, executive director of 350.org, in response to the announced deal.  (Photo: AMG photography/flickr) The fight over Fast Track just got real. U.S. House and Senate leaders announced Thursday afternoon

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As Oil Money Flowed, Hillary Clinton Turned Back on Rights Abuses in Colombia: Report

‘This much is clear: After millions of dollars were pledged by the oil company to the Clinton Foundation, Secretary Clinton abruptly changed her position on the controversial U.S.-Colombia trade pact.’

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By Deirdre Fulton

A new investigative looks at the ties between big business interests in Colombia, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and her family's charitable foundation are raising troubling questions about the role that corporate trade deals and big oil may have played in softening the powerful Democrat's position on human rights in the South American

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CIA Officials Knew Rendition Victim Was ‘The Wrong Guy,’ Kiriakou Reveals

In an interview at his Virginia home, torture whistleblower says CIA insiders objected to the arrest and torture of Syrian-born Canadian Maher Arar.

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By Deirdre Fulton
Rendition and torture victim Maher Arar. (Photo: Huffington Post)

Rendition and torture victim Maher Arar. (Photo: Huffington Post) CIA insiders objected to the arrest, rendition, and torture of Syrian-born Canadian Maher Arar, but high-ranking officials ignored concerns that they were punishing an innocent man, according to former spy and whistleblower John Kiriakou in an interview with the Canadian

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As Death Toll And Chaos Mount In Yemen, Red Cross Calls For Ceasefire

‘The streets of Aden are strewn with dead bodies, and people are afraid to leave their homes,’ says Red Cross.

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By Deirdre Fulton
Yemenis stand amid the rubble of houses destroyed by Saudi-led airstrikes in a village near Sanaa, Yemen.

Yemenis stand amid the rubble of houses destroyed by Saudi-led airstrikes in a village near Sanaa, Yemen. Amid ongoing Saudi-led airstrikes—including a bombing Friday that killed at least nine people from the same Yemeni family—the United Nations is considering calls for a ceasefire in Yemen to allow urgent humanitarian aid deliveries and

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Forces of Equality Intensify Fight Against ‘Persecution In Name Of Religion’

‘Politicians across the nation have a critical choice to make: do the right thing by rejecting Indiana-style discrimination laws,’ says national LGBTQ activist.

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By Deirdre Fulton
Indiana clergy speaking out against the state's Religious Freedom Restoration Act. (Photo: Freedom Indiana/Facebook)

Indiana clergy speaking out against the state's Religious Freedom Restoration Act. (Photo: Freedom Indiana/Facebook) The fallout over various state-level 'religious freedom' laws, which critics say authorize discrimination against LGBTQ people, continued into Friday, with civil rights advocates calling on politicians to reject similar

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