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Ontario jail inmate numbers spike in last year, now well over capacity, data showsAn overwhelming 81 per cent of inmates, according to the Ontario government, are being held awaiting trial and presumptively innocent.CanadaMar 6
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More than 70 per cent of people in jails awaiting bail or trial, report says"We need to change the culture of bail court decision making," said Nicole Myers, an associate professor of sociology at Queen's University.CanadaFeb 26
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Civil liberties group files court challenge of ‘harmful’ N.B. gender policyThe province's Policy 713 says students under 16 must get parental consent before changing their preferred first names or pronouns at school.EducationSep 8, 2023
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Quebec judge denies request to appeal decision maintaining school prayer space banThe groups had been seeking to have the prayer ban suspended by the Quebec Court of Appeal until their court challenge could be heard in full.CanadaJul 26, 2023
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Quebec school prayer ban: Groups seek permission to appeal court rulingIn June, a Quebec Superior Court judge refused to suspend the ban, which forbids schools from making any space available on school grounds for students to pray overtly.CanadaJul 24, 2023
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Quebec judge nixes request from Muslim group to suspend ban on school prayer roomsThe Canadian Civil Liberties Association and the National Council of Canadian Muslims have argued that the ban was causing irreparable harm to Muslim students.CanadaJun 14, 2023
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Civil liberties, Muslim groups ask Quebec court to suspend ban on school prayer roomsJohanna Mortreux, another lawyer for the groups, told the court the ban is violating students' freedom of religion, equality rights and their dignity.CanadaJun 13, 2023
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CCLA demanding Hamilton police suspend drone program citing privacy concernsThe Canadian Civil Liberties Association insists Hamilton police's drone program could invade people's 'personal space' and 'sense of legitimacy' in large scale demonstrations.CrimeJun 8, 2023
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Quebec ban on school prayer rooms faces new legal challenge from muslim, cilvil liberties groupsThe action filed in Quebec Superior Court comes just over a week after several Muslim organizations also announced they were taking province to court over the prayer room ban.EducationMay 26, 2023
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Use of Emergencies Act had no legal justification, civil liberties group tells courtThe Canadian Civil Liberties Association was among the groups and individuals in Federal Court to argue Ottawa lacked sound statutory grounds to invoke the emergency measures.CanadaApr 3, 2023
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