Malala Yousafzai: Adnan Rasheeds open letter to the outspoken defender of girls education shed light on the violent and paranoid mindset of the movement, according to The Star. On social media the 16-year-old, who last week made a passionate plea to world leaders at the UN to fund universal primary education, has been described as a western stooge, a CIA spy and even a prostitute and When a major Taliban commander wrote an open letter to schoolgirl activist Malala Yousafzai, telling her that she deserved to be shot by the militants because she was running a smear campaign against them, the world was horrified. But a growing backlash in Pakistan against Malala has raised fears that the Talibans extremist rhetoric may be uncomfortably close to mainstream thinking. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Immigration and Refugee Board: The unanimous decision found that guilt by association is not reason enough to deny someone refugee protection, according to CBC. The ruling means the case of Rachidi Ekanza Ezokola will go back to the Immigration and Refugee Board, with new guidance from the court on how the rules should be interpreted and The Supreme Court of Canada issued a ruling Friday that clarifies the test that immigration officials should use when deciding if a refugee applicant was complicit in war crimes. It said in order to be excluded from protection the refugee applicant must "voluntarily make a knowing and significant contribution to the crime or criminal purpose of the group alleged to have committed the crime." It added the evidentiary burden falls on the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration. 'Decision makers should not overextend the concept of complicity to capture individuals based on mere association or passive acquiescence.' Supreme Court of Canada (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Ian Mosby: In an interview with News, Martin said there must be a full disclosure of all relevant records to get a complete picture of the "horror" that took place in the 1940s and 1950s and how the legacy of that harm continues now, according to CBC. Martin was shocked by revelations from the research of Canadian food historian Ian Mosby, which found that at least 1,300 aboriginal people, most of them children, were used as test subjects in the 1940s and 1950s by researchers probing the effectiveness of vitamin supplements and Former prime minister Paul Martin is urging the federal government to clear the air on "monstrous" reports of nutritional experiments carried out on malnourished First Nations children and tackle the poverty and discrimination that persists in aboriginal communities today. "Canadians are entitled to know the whole story, and they're entitled not to have it leak out to them in dribs and drabs this way, but they're entitled to have the story out, and the people who are good analysts who understand this kind of thing put it into context," he said. "Because it is simply too horrible to contemplate, and the only way in which the vow of 'never again' can have any substance is if people have a full awareness of what happened." Shocked by revelations (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Australia: Australia announced tough new measures to stem a dramatic increase in refugee boats from Indonesia on Friday, with a deal to send all boat arrivals to Papua New Guinea PNG for assessment and eventual settlement, according to Globe and Mail. Supreme court allows high-level Congo diplomat to appeal refugee application CANBERRA The human rights group Amnesty International condemned the measures, saying Australia was shirking its moral obligations and turning its back on the worlds most vulnerable people. More Related to this Story (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Alan Lomax: Starting in the 1930s Lomax began travelling the back roads of the U.S, Caribbean, and Africa to record songs from cultures on the verge of extinction, according to CBC. Q: What is the Lomax Project and The pioneering folk music recordings of Alan Lomax will serve as the inspiration for a group of musicians led by banjo virtuoso Jayme Stone, this Sunday at the Vancouver Folk Fest. Jayme Stone could barely contain his grin when he chatted with the 's Elaine Chau about why Alan Lomax's work matters to him. Alan Lomax and Raphael Hurtault listening to playback, La Plaine, Dominica, June 25, 1962. Antoinette Marchand. Alan Lomax Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Supreme Court: In a precedent-setting 9-0 ruling, the Supreme Court granted the appeal of Rachidi Ekanza Ezokola and ordered a new refugee hearing to determine whether he was complicit by association in war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by the government of his country, according to Huffington Post. The ruling clarified the line that defines whether senior public officials should be excluded from the definition of a refugee for being part of a government that commits war crimes. It also shifted the burden of proof needed to deny a refugee applicant to the minister of immigration and OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada's ruling Friday on a former Congolese diplomat's refugee claim will prevent innocent asylum seekers from being unfairly branded as war criminals, legal experts say. The court ruled that a person can only be excluded from refugee protection "if there are serious reasons for considering that he or she voluntarily made a knowing and significant contribution to the crime or criminal purpose of the group alleged to have committed the crime." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

physical abuse: Video: Russian opposition leader Navalny released pending appeal United States, according to Globe and Mail. Video: Striking Colombian miners block roads Twenty years ago, Saskatoon scholar Laurie Barron cautioned that stories of sexual and physical abuse at Indian residential schools should be taken with a grain of salt; he thought they were just too horrific to be believed in their entirety. But national leader Phil Fontaines public admission of his abuse, the Royal Commission on Aboriginal People and the haunting testimony presented recently to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada have brought the horrors of the residential school system to the forefront of our consciousness. We are often shocked, but we really shouldnt be surprised. Video Video: Detroit files for bankruptcy Mining (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

summer jobs: But with fewer opportunities opening up, fewer hours in part-time work and increased competition for many of those spots, some people may wonder whether there are summer jobs out there for students or young people in general, according to The Chronicle Herald. Statistics Canada figures for May when university students start looking for summer work or their first career showed the youth employment rate was at 17.9 per cent, down from 20.6 per cent in April and only slightly higher than it was the previous May and Its summer, when many a young students fancy turns to jobs. On Thursday, there were only 20 listings for jobs across the province on the federal governments student job bank website, and only four of those were posted in July. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Nobekezelo Tello: Teddy and Nobekezelo Tello, who fled South Africa together and were married in a Botswana refugee camp, stood with their children at a ceremony for Nelson Mandelas 95th birthday held in the Regent Park school named after him, according to The Star. Teddy remembers the first time he could vote in his native country. In 1994, their family now living in Toronto, he went to the South African consulate to have his say. He voted for Mandela and his African National Congress, like millions of others, putting in power the man who would try to unite the nation and The Tellos pray for him every day. His legacy is to see everybody together everybody living together as one, said Nobekezelo Tello, standing beside her 10-year-old daughter Nandi, in matching South Africa t-shirts. The ceremony was a bittersweet celebration for the great statesman, whose life has hung in the balance for weeks as he battled a lung infection. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Rachidi Ekanza Ezokola: In a precedent-setting 9-0 ruling, the Supreme Court ruled that Rachidi Ekanza Ezokola is entitled to a new hearing on whether he was complicit by association in war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by the government of his country, according to The Star. The ruling said the burden of proof lies with the government that is trying to deny a refugee applicant and OTTAWA The Supreme Court of Canada has granted the appeal of a former Congolese diplomat who was seeking refugee status in Canada in a ruling that will have implications for future war crimes cases. The court ruled that a person can only be excluded from refugee protection if there are serious reasons for considering that he or she voluntarily made a knowing and significant contribution to the crime or criminal purpose of the group alleged to have committed the crime. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.