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Tag Archives: Terrorism

‘We’ve just stripped away essential safeguards’: Civil libertarians decry new ‘anti-terror’ law

April 25, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association warns that last night’s passage of Bill S-7 is “very dangerous.” The group’s national security director Sukanya Pillay explains why.

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rabble.ca

War on Terror threat to democracy in Canada: American Civil Liberties Union

August 16, 2012by David P. Ball Leave a comment

A top lawyer at the world’s largest civil liberties organization warns that Canada’s increasing participation in the so-called “War on Terror” has jeopardized democracy.

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The Tyee

B.C. intervened to halt Bush torture case

October 26, 2011by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Questions of political interference are being raised after a court case against former U.S. president George W. Bush was stopped in its tracks by the attorney general last week

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Vancouver Observer

Legal challenge seeking George W. Bush’s arrest during B.C. visit fails

October 21, 2011by David P. Ball Leave a comment

George W. Bush’s visit to Surrey, B.C., on Thursday was met with a protest and an unsuccessful courtroom bid to have him detained for torture during his presidency

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rabble.ca, Truthout

Former Guantanamo prisoner supports Bush arrest

October 20, 2011by David P. Ball Leave a comment

After spending five years as an extra-judicial prisoner of George W. Bush’s ‘war on terror,’ Murat Kurnaz is disappointed that Canada did not arrest the former U.S. president during his visit to Surrey

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Vancouver Observer

Lawyers press for Bush arrest, as #Occupy activists set to converge in Surrey

October 19, 2011by David P. Ball

A 70-page legal indictment — accompanied by a staggering 4,000-page dossier — has been filed in B.C. court to have former George W. Bush arrested during his visit to Surrey tomorrow

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Vancouver Observer

Police rough up anti-Cheney protesters

September 28, 2011by David P. Ball Leave a comment

As former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney spoke in Vancouver on Monday night, several hundred people demanded his arrest on charges of war crimes and torture, blocking both entrances to the upscale Vancouver Club by linking arms, as others staged a sit-in lasting several hours.

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rabble.ca

Lebanon war photo essay: ‘Tell about the children who dream dreams’

September 1, 2006by David P. Ball Leave a comment

David Ball was in Lebanon when the bombs began to fall this summer. He was safely evacuated, but his life will never be the same, he writes.

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rabble.ca

Students defend controversial UBC professor

October 4, 2001by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Students at the University of Victoria are defending a UBC professor’s right to make anti-U.S. statements in the wake of the September 11 attacks, even if they do not agree with her.

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The Martlet newspaper

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About David P. Ball


I'm an award-winning reporter, editor, podcaster & photographer in Vancouver.

Currently freelancing, I am on the editing team at IndigiNews, and was previously a staff reporter with CBC, the Toronto Star, The Tyee, and B.C. correspondent for Agence France-Presse.

My 25 years of experience include award-recognized investigative reporting, radio and video storytelling, photojournalism, and editing.

BYLINES:
Al Jazeera. Globe & Mail. Le Monde. VICE. The Guardian. The Tyee. National Post. South China Morning Post. Times of India.

For six years I've hosted Cited Media's Addiction Practice podcast, have experience in broadcast TV & radio at CBC, and previously produced & hosted the daily Pulse news show for CFRO 100.5fm.

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REPORTING PUBLISHED IN 150+ publications internationally, reaching billions:

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• VICE
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IMAGES LICENSED for:

• Canadian Museum of History exhibit
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• Museum of Anthropology exhibit
• International School of Geneva exhibit
• Canadian Centre for Architecture exhibit
• University of Toronto Press cover, Responding to Human Trafficking (J Kaye)
• University of Toronto Press photo in Remembering Vancouver's Disappeared Women (A Dean)
• John Wiley & Sons photo in Abnormal Psychology 5th Canadian Ed. (ed. G Davison)
• Chenelière Éducation photo in textbook


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