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Iran's rights official takes swipe at Canada over indigenous children killings
Jan 27, 2022 07:57A senior Iranian rights official has denounced Canada for its “hypocritical” double-standard approach to the issue of human rights, after shocking reports emerged of the discovery of new graves near a former school for indigenous children there.
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Iran's official calls on annulment of Canada’s anti-hijab law in defense of Muslim teacher
Dec 17, 2021 09:09A senior Iranian rights official has called on the Canadian government to revoke a discriminatory law that removed a citizen from her teaching post for wearing a hijab in classroom in the eastern Province of Quebec.
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Iran says all aspects of 2020 Ukrainian plane crash ‘adequately’ investigated
Dec 01, 2021 03:40Over a week into the launch of a hearing process over the accidental downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane near Tehran, Iran has defended its investigations into the case and said it has provided “adequate” attention to all aspects of the deadly tragedy that happened early last year.
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Iran: Canada-drafted UN rights resolution lacks legal credibility
Nov 18, 2021 10:46Iran has condemned a United Nations resolution on the human rights situation in the country, urging Canada, which is among the co-sponsors of the motion, to end its genocide of indigenous people and complicity in the Israeli regime’s crimes against the Palestinians instead of focusing on human rights in other countries.
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Canada floods cut railway to Vancouver Port
Nov 17, 2021 04:37Floods and landslides that have killed at least one person have cut all rail access to Canada's largest port in the city of Vancouver, a spokesperson for the port said on Tuesday.
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Burning ship carrying chemicals spews toxic gas off Canada's Pacific coast
Oct 24, 2021 12:08A container ship carrying mining chemicals has caught fire off Canada's Pacific coast near British Columbia posing a major environmental threat to the surrounding area.
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US, Canadian warships sail through Taiwan Strait ‘to provoke’ China
Oct 18, 2021 04:43The US military has announced that two American and Canadian warships sailed through the Taiwan Strait last week in what China called an attempt “to provoke and stir up trouble” in the strait.
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Canada court upholds Indigenous child compensation order
Sep 30, 2021 06:58A Canadian federal court has upheld a human rights tribunal compensation ruling that ordered Ottawa to pay $40,000 to First Nations children who suffered discrimination in the welfare system.
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Western media engaged in campaign to slander China: Official
Sep 28, 2021 14:49Beijing has dismissed “rumors” by the mainstream media that Westerners may be used as hostages in future diplomatic disputes, against the backdrop of the release of two Canadians detained in China for spying.
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Protester pelts pebbles at Canadian PM Trudeau on campaign trail
Sep 08, 2021 01:17A protester has pelted pebbles at Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a campaign trail in Ontario.