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My Battle With Schizophrenia: "Rats Were Eating My Brain"

Erin Hawkes | Posted 05.11.2013 | Canada Living
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Erin Hawkes

Over a period of six years (when I was in my early to mid-20s) whenever I was hospitalized for my schizophrenia, restraints and seclusion were used repeatedly, readily, and beyond necessity. Also, I was over-medicated, probably not for my own sake, but to make me a more manageable patient.

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What African Heads of State Won't Say at the UN General Assembly

Josh D. Scheinert | Posted 11.26.2012 | Canada Politics
Read More: Gay Rights Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Africa, UN General Assembly, African Heads of State, Un, Cameroon, Uganda Gay Pride Parade, Canada Politics News
Josh D. Scheinert

The opening of the UN General Assembly is taking place before us. Unfortunately, with one particular group of world leaders, in an area where they desperately need a makeover, one will probably not be forthcoming. Paul Biya, the President of Cameroon will not have the courage to stand up before his fellow African heads of state and proclaim that state-sanctioned bigotry and persecution of gays throughout Africa must become a relic of the past. Nor will Yoweri Museveni, the President of Uganda. But this is a time to give a voice to the voiceless.

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Don't Give Ahmadinejad a Platform, Put Him in Handcuffs

Irwin Cotler | Posted 11.23.2012 | Canada
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Irwin Cotler

When Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrives in New York to address the UN General Assembly it will be a cruel parody of law and justice that will put us on the wrong side of history. Simply put, this charade ignores and undermines basic principles of domestic, international, and humanitarian law. Ahmadinejad will enter the U.S. despite being inadmissible under American law. He will address the United Nations General Assembly despite being in violation of its UN Charter and international law. And, he will be indulged by universities, institutes, and the media, thereby sanitizing his crimes and mocking the suffering of the Iranian people.

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Obama: No 'Short Cuts' To Middle East Peace

Associated Press | Mohammed Daraghmeh, Stephen R. Hurst | Posted 11.21.2011 | Canada
Read More: Barack Obama at the United Nations, Palestinian State, UN General Assembly, Israel, U.S.-Israeli Relations, President Barack Obama, Barack Obama, United Nations, Canada News

ASSOCIATED PRESS -- U.S. President Barack Obama told the United Nations on Wednesday that the Palestinians deserved a state of their own, but that thi...

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Why Isn't Ahmadinejad on a No-Fly List?

Mark Dubowitz | Posted 11.20.2011 | Canada
Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Sanctions, Human Rights, Nuclear Weapons, UN General Assembly, Al Qaeda, Irgc, United Nations, Assad, Iran, Hezbollah, Un, Opec, Ahmadinejad, Syria, Canada News
Mark Dubowitz

The U.S. and EU pass travel bans to great fanfare, yet ignore them completely when sanctioned officials travel to meetings of international organizations. As Congressman Ted Deutch (D-FL) wrote, these measures are meaningless if loopholes allow sanctioned Iranian officials to travel freely.

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