anti-china forces: He also said a few foreign media outlets misrepresented the committee's discussions and were smearing China's anti-terror and crime-fighting measures in Xinjiang, according to CTV. In Xinjiang, authorities responding to sporadic violent attacks by Muslim separatists have imposed a heavy security crackdown and detained an estimated hundreds of thousands of members of the Uighur and Kazakh Muslim minorities in indoctrination camps. Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said anti-China forces had made false accusations against China for political purposes after a U.N. human rights committee raised concern over reported mass detentions of ethnic Uighurs. Former detainees have provided The Associated Press among the first accounts of life inside these camps in which they were forced to denounce Islam and profess loyalty to the party . In recent weeks, China has come under pressure from some Western governments and rights groups to release people held in such centres or account for the whereabouts of people whose overseas relatives say have gone missing. China's delegation told the U.N. panel on Monday that there is no arbitrary detention ... there are no such things as re-education centres. A U.N. committee member last week cited estimates that over 1 million people in China from the country's Uighur and other Muslim minorities are being held in counter-extremism centres and another 2 million have been forced into re-education camps. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

bertolt brecht: He just doesn't want it to feel too on-the-nose with its critique, according to Toronto Star. Producer/performer Rouvan Silogix, director Esther Jun and music director/performer Jason Collett from left . Stephanie Baird / THE CANADIAN PRESS It's been quite illuminating to see how timeless Brecht's insights were, Collett said of the production, which was being workshopped in front of audiences Tuesday and again Thursday as part of the Summer Works theatre festival in Toronto. The new adaptation of Bertolt Brecht's The Private Life of the Master Race, originally written shortly before the Second World War began, remains as potent a social commentary today as it was 80 years ago, the musician said. We're living through a very similar cycle that he was identifying in 1930s Germany. The stage play is one of a number of Canadian productions taking a stab at timely conversations over issues like racism, immigration and authoritarianism in an era defined by President Donald Trump and the rise of a white nationalist movement. And the conditions that created that atmosphere are what is most startling to me. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

bolante alo: Bolante Alo died in Calgary on Aug. 7 after an altercation with Canada Border Services Agency officers on an airplane, according to Toronto Star. The 49-year-old Nigerian man was set to be deported to his home country. Evidence submitted by Kenzie Wingert at the first of Alo's two detention hearings outlines how his refusal to co-operate with any potential deportation order escalated over time. Facebook You will have to carry me like a dead man, because I'm not going to my death, Alo is quoted as saying in evidentiary documents submitted by Wingert the legal counsel representing minister of public safety and emergency preparedness Ralph Goodale on July 26 at Alo's first detention hearing. This was his first detention hearing, administered by the immigration division of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. By that point, Alo had been detained for 48 hours. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

phone interview: Gama, born in the United States to Mexican parents, has lived in Canada for three years, according to The Chronicle Herald. But the family's case is complicated in part by a drug-related charge and guilty plea by Dio's father, Noe, that led to his deportation from the U.S. in 1997 and a 60-month prison term in Mexico. The Whalley Major Allstars, based in Surrey, B.C., will be without the 13-year-old outfielder after a federal judge ordered a review of the family's case last month. I think the issue is that his lawyers are advising that there's a chance that they wouldn't let Dio back into Canada if he goes into the U.S. Whalley Little League president Gavin Burke told The Canadian Press in a phone interview from B.C. on Tuesday. We're not positive that Dio has the papers to get back into Canada. So that's the issue. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

canada: The man has since been charged with three counts under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and three counts under the Criminal Code of Canada, according to CTV. The man made his first court appearance on July 25 and was later released. The Canada Border Services Agency launched an investigation in 2018 that led to a warrant being executed at the home of a 23-year-old man on April 26, 2018. He is scheduled to appear again on August 15. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

capital murder: The Harris County jury deliberated for just 35 minutes after five weeks of testimony before reaching the verdict in Houston, according to The Chronicle Herald. The same jury deliberated about nine hours before sentencing him to death for the killings, which occurred about 11 months apart. Ali Mahwood-Awad Irsan was found guilty of capital murder last month in the 2012 fatal shootings of his son-in-law, Coty Beavers, and his daughter's friend, Gelareh Bagherzadeh. When the jury's punishment verdict was announced, Irsan slumped slightly. Prosecutors alleged that Irsan, a 60-year-old conservative Muslim, became enraged after his daughter married Beavers, a 28-year-old Christian, and converted to Christianity. Families of the victims cried, hugged and took pictures together after Irsan was led out of the courtroom. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

depression diagnoses: Many of us walk around with constant low-grade grief over climate change, along with worry about what wildfires and species extinctions lie ahead, according to Rabble. Statistics are climbing on depression diagnoses, although not necessarily the kind of major depression that causes some people to consider hurting themselves or others. At least, more and more people are taking prescription antidepressants. In Canada, in 2013, reports the Canadian Mental Health Association, an estimated three million Canadians 11.6 per cent aged 18 years or older indicated that they had a mood and/or anxiety disorder, and more than a quarter said they were affected enough to interfere with basic activities. Only one in five had received psychological use has also increased dramatically in all the OECD Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development countries. Nine in 10 of them 93 per cent were taking antidepressants. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

twitter trudeau: Confused Me too, but I'll try to break it down for you, according to Toronto Star. Bernier made a series of ill-advised tweets around 8 30 on Sunday night. There is something wrong, however, with ever more diversity. When many Canadians were presumably relaxing and spending time with family, the MP was sharing a few xenophobic thoughts with strangers on the internet. Yes, Canada is a huge and diverse country. In his own words, on Twitter Trudeau keeps pushing his diversity is our strength' slogan. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

lady macbeth: The historical drama, which stars Wonder Woman's Chris Pine as Robert The Bruce alongside Godzilla's Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Lady Macbeth's Florence Pugh, will be the first Scottish production to open TIFF. It's also the first Netflix feature to open the festival, so we'll be hearing about that for a while, according to NOW Magazine. The festival also named Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy as this year's closing night gala. David Mackenzie's Outlaw King will open the 43rd Toronto International Film Festival on September 6. Directed by Justin Kelly, the drama stars Laura Dern and Kristen Stewart as Laura Albert Savannah Koop, the women who convinced the world they were hardscrabble author JT LeRoy for a little while, at least. Among the newly announced special presentations Joel Edgerton's much-anticipated Boy Erased, starring Lucas Hedges as a young man forced into gay conversion therapy; the world premieres of Jonah Hill's directorial debut Mid90s and Maryam Keshavarz's Viper Club, which stars Susan Sarandon as a nurse trying to pressure the American government into helping her son Matt Bomer after he's abducted by terrorists on the other side of the globe. The two world premieres were among dozens of new titles announced today, along with two more galas The Lie, a thriller from The Killing creator Veena Sud starring Peter Sarsgaard and Joey King, and Peter Farrelly's Green Book, a period drama starring Viggo Mortensen, Linda Cardellini and Mahershala Ali and the complete Contemporary World Cinema, Wavelengths and Masters programs. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

u.s: Standing outside court on Tuesday, Avenatti denied that he was representing the boy as a publicity stunt, according to Vancouver Courier. I've been representing dozens of mothers and children for weeks now, travelling around the country, he said. Instead, the judge agreed to let the boy voluntarily depart the U.S. in the next 60 days, as part of the ordinary process when an immigrant child who entered the U.S. without legal permission wishes to return. My record speaks for itself. He has also started to draw some attention as a potential challenger to Trump in the next presidential election. In addition to his legal fights on behalf of actress Stormy Daniels, Avenatti has taken up the cases of immigrant families separated under the Trump administration's zero-tolerance policy on border crossings. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

punishment verdict: The Harris County jury deliberated for just 35 minutes after five weeks of testimony before reaching the verdict in Houston.article continues below Trending Stories Air quality advisory back in effect as Vancouver blanketed by wildfire smoke Vancouver beaches open to swimming again Jean Swanson defiant before sentencing for pipeline protest Metro Vancouver transit ridership increasing faster than any other region in Canada, U.S. The same jury deliberated about nine hours before sentencing him to death for the killings, which occurred about 11 months apart, according to Vancouver Courier. When the jury's punishment verdict was announced, Irsan slumped slightly. Ali Mahwood-Awad Irsan was found guilty of capital murder last month in the 2012 fatal shootings of his son-in-law, Coty Beavers, and his daughter's friend, Gelareh Bagherzadeh. Families of the victims cried, hugged and took pictures together after Irsan was led out of the courtroom. Investigators said Bagherzadeh had encouraged her friend to marry Beavers. Prosecutors alleged that Irsan, a 60-year-old conservative Muslim, became enraged after his daughter married Beavers, a 28-year-old Christian, and converted to Christianity. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

celebration: This year, it marked the 56th anniversary of Jamaica's independence from British rule, according to The Chronicle Herald. The celebration included traditional drumming, dancing, food and more. It was all part of the fifth Caribbean Diaspora Multicultural Celebration, an event hosted by the Jamaican Cultural Association of Nova Scotia. Darrell Oake photos (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

father kamal: The 18-year-old jumped from the car and pounded on the door of the King St, according to Toronto Star. E. home. Alone. When no one answered, he pushed aside a window screen and wormed his way in. Khalid broke into a home in central Hamilton last week to rescue a baby boy wearing only a diaper who was standing alone on a first-floor rooftop. Khalid Tabateb, 18, right, and his father Kamal stand outside their home on the east Mountain. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

hussen: MacLeod and Hussen seemed to get off to a rough start shortly after the Ontario election when Mac Leod expressed anger over how Hussen characterized the new government's language around those who cross the border between official points of entry, according to CTV. I just feel that it became more of a matter of rhetoric and who's Canadian, who's not; irregular, illegal, Mac Leod told reporters at a press conference in Ottawa. Ontario cabinet minister Lisa Mac Leod says replacing Hussen on the ad hoc intergovernmental task force on irregular migration is a move in the right direction. The words around that became far more important than actually fixing the problem. MacLeod says she's already had a wonderful chat with newly named Border Security Minister Bill Blair, and that they could each understand the other's point of view, rather than the sort of divisive rhetoric that was happening. I do think that the federal government started off on the wrong foot with our new administration with some of the stunts by the minister of immigration, so I'm glad to see that he's been removed. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

omarosa trump: He tweeted that he had received a call from the producer of The Apprentice assuring him there are NO TAPES of the Apprentice where I used such a terrible and disgusting word as attributed by Wacky and Deranged Omarosa, according to CTV. Trump insisted, I don't have that word in my vocabulary, and never have. Late Monday, Trump tackled Manigault Newman's claim that she had heard an audiotape of him using the N-word. He said Manigault Newman had called him a true Champion of Civil Rights until she was fired. She said Sunday that she had listened to one after the book closed. Manigault Newman, the former White House liaison to black voters, writes in her new memoir that she'd heard such tapes existed. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

state regulator: But a top state regulator conceded in an interview that investigators did not attempt to determine whether serious allegations of past abuse at the locally run facility are true, according to The Chronicle Herald. Democratic Gov. Investigators concluded the current treatment of detainees at the Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Center did not meet the state's legal threshold of abuse or neglect, according to a copy of the findings issued Monday by the Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice and obtained by The Associated Press. Ralph Northam ordered the review in June, hours after the AP published first-person accounts by children as young as 14 who said they were handcuffed, shackled and beaten at the facility. The incidents are described in sworn statements from six Latino teens included in a class-action lawsuit filed in November and are alleged to have occurred from 2015 to 2018, under both the Obama and Trump administrations. They also described being stripped of their clothes and locked in solitary confinement, sometimes strapped to chairs with bags over their heads. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

shenandoah valley: Virginia investigators say they've found no evidence of abuse at the Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Center in Staunton, Va., after immigrant teens described being strapped to chairs with their heads covered with bags, according to Toronto Star. Zachary Wajsgras / The Associated Press file photo The regulators did make several recommendations to improve conditions inside the facility, including hiring more bilingual staff and better screening to provide care for detainees who suffer from mental health issues. But investigators concluded the harsh treatment described by detainees at the Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Center did not meet the state's legal threshold of abuse or neglect, according to a copy of the findings issued Monday by the Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice and obtained by The Associated Press. Virginia Gov. They also described being stripped of their clothes and locked in solitary confinement, sometimes strapped to chairs with bags over their heads. Ralph Northam ordered the review in June hours after the AP published first-person accounts by children as young as 14 who said they were handcuffed, shackled and beaten at the facility, located near Staunton, Virginia. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

syrian government: He added that the country would welcome any foreign assistance, provided it comes with no preconditions, according to CTV. Public Administration Minister Hussein Makhlouf said authorities are working to rebuild hospitals, schools and other infrastructure to help accommodate refugees. Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad said the refugees' return is a top priority for Damascus, adding that the Syrian government will facilitate their return by all means. President Bashar Assad's forces, with Russian air support, have won a series of victories in recent months against opposition fighters, who are now mainly confined to the northern Idlib province. Others have nowhere to go after their homes and businesses were destroyed. The fighting is over in much of the country, but many of the more than 5 million refugees fear mandatory conscription or reprisal from government forces if they return. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

task force: Lisa Mac Leod, Ontario's minister of children, community and social services, said she was encouraged that Federal Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen was removed from the Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Irregular Migration, according to Toronto Star. Adrian Wyld / THE CANADIAN PRESS Blair was named to the new position of minister of border security and organized crime reduction, with responsibility for the issue of refugees who have been crossing into Canada from the U.S., mostly into Quebec. Lisa Mac Leod, Ontario's minister of children, community and social services, said she was encouraged that Hussen was removed from the Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Irregular Migration and replaced by former Toronto police chief Bill Blair, who was recently promoted to cabinet. New Brunswick MP Dominic LeBlanc was confirmed Monday as the new chair of the task force, replacing Transport Minister Marc Garneau. MacLeod welcomed the change, suggesting it was a chance to reset relationships on the file between Ottawa and Queen's Park. LeBlanc became minister of intergovernmental and northern affairs and internal trade in the July cabinet shuffle. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

world war: He just doesn't want it to feel too on-the-nose with its critique, according to The Chronicle Herald. It's been quite illuminating to see how timeless Brecht's insights were, Collett said of the production, which is being workshopped in front of audiences Tuesday and Thursday as part of the Summer Works theatre festival in Toronto. The new adaptation of Bertolt Brecht's The Private Life of the Master Race, originally written shortly before the Second World War began, remains as potent a social commentary today as it was 80 years ago, the musician said. We're living through a very similar cycle that he was identifying in 1930s Germany. The stage play is one of a number of Canadian productions taking a stab at timely conversations over issues like racism, immigration and authoritarianism in an era defined by President Donald Trump and the rise of a white nationalist movement. And the conditions that created that atmosphere are what is most startling to me. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

n.c .,: I think the arena's within walking distance of where he lives, Duke's Hall of Fame coach Mike Krzyzewski said, according to Vancouver Courier. Or his walking distance maybe, not my walking distance. article continues below Trending Stories Dear johns Vancouver restaurant in the running for Canada's Best Restroom Vancouver's construction community rallies behind business destroyed by fire Internationally renowned forestry expert succumbs to cancer Trinity Western University students no longer need to make pledge to heterosexual abstinenceA month after Barrett departed for his new campus in Durham, N.C., the 18-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., arrived home with his new teammates in tow. It's fitting that when they finally did, it's virtually in R.J. Barrett's backyard. Duke will play a three-game exhibition series, facing the Ryerson Rams on Wednesday and the University of Toronto on Friday in a pair of sold-out games at Paramount Fine Foods Centre in Mississauga. And if Barrett has anything to do with the itinerary I think we have to see the CN Tower, he said. They'll travel to Montreal to play McGill on Sunday to wrap up the tour. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

northam: Democratic Gov, according to Vancouver Courier. Ralph Northam ordered the review in June, hours after the AP published first-person accounts by children as young as 14 who said they were handcuffed, shackled and beaten at the facility. Investigators concluded the current treatment of detainees at the Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Center did not meet the state's legal threshold of abuse or neglect, according to a copy of the findings issued Monday by the Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice and obtained by The Associated Press.article continues below Trending Stories Dear johns Vancouver restaurant in the running for Canada's Best Restroom Vancouver's construction community rallies behind business destroyed by fire Trinity Western University students no longer need to make pledge to heterosexual abstinence Air quality advisory back in effect as Vancouver blanketed by wildfire smoke But a top state regulator conceded in an interview that investigators did not attempt to determine whether serious allegations of past abuse at the locally run facility are true. They also described being stripped of their clothes and locked in solitary confinement, sometimes strapped to chairs with bags over their heads. The teens who made those initial complaints were subsequently transferred by federal authorities to other facilities or deported to their home countries. The incidents are described in sworn statements from six Latino teens included in a class-action lawsuit filed in November and are alleged to have occurred from 2015 to 2018, under both the Obama and Trump administrations. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

syrian refugees: Raymond is facing four counts of first-degree murder in deaths of police officers Robb Costello and Sara Burns, as well as Bobbie Lee Wright and her boyfriend, Donnie Robichaud, according to Vancouver Courier. EXPERTSFour years after Justin Bourque's Moncton shooting rampage that killed three Mounties, police in New Brunswick are facing a new traumatic event that may have long-lasting psychological consequences. Brendan Doyle, former owner of recently closed Read's Newsstand & Cafe, says he asked Matthew Raymond to stop coming to his coffee shop after he allegedly expressed Islamophobic views and shared his dislike for Syrian refugees with patrons. On Friday morning in Fredericton, two city police officers were shot and killed while responding to a call. TWELVE-YEAR-OLD RECORDS TRIBUTE FOR SHOOTING VICTIMSAs 12-year-old Josh Cochrane of Yarmouth, N.S., watched the news of the shooting in Fredericton, he thought of the fear the responding officers must have felt, and the children of the victims whose parents wouldn't be there to tuck them in at night. One expert says that in the aftermath of such traumatic events, police officers can develop operational stress injuries, especially those who've seen both colleagues and friends killed in the line of duty. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

newsstand cafe: He'd been coming in on almost daily for a coffee since 2010 and often stayed for an hour or two on the patio in the evenings, Doyle said in a Facebook message Sunday evening to The Canadian Press, according to The Chronicle Herald. He was the kind of lonely person who would talk your ear off if you let him. Brendan Doyle, the former owner of recently closed Read's Newsstand & Cafe in Fredericton, said he also asked Matthew Vincent Raymond to stop frequenting his coffee shop after he allegedly expressed Islamophobic views and shared his dislike for Syrian refugees with patrons. Raymond has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder after a shooting Friday in New Brunswick's capital that claimed the lives of police officers Robb Costello and Sara Burns, as well as Bobbie Lee Wright and her boyfriend, Donnie Robichaud. He expressed an interest in owning the various high-end bikes in the magazines, but his interest in guns seemed to be related to his video games. While in the cafe, Matt also looked at magazines about bikes and about guns, Doyle said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

elena vavilova: Alexander, 24, and Timothy, 28, were born in Canada to parents using the aliases Donald Heathfield and Tracey Ann Foley, according to National Observer. The parents were arrested eight years ago in the United States and indicted on charges of conspiring to act as secret agents on behalf of Russia's SVR, a successor to the notorious Soviet KGB. Heathfield and Foley admitted to being Andrey Bezrukov and Elena Vavilova. In a newly filed court submission, the government argues the Toronto-born son of Russian intelligence agents should be denied Canadian citizenship, the same exception that applies to any child born in Canada to a foreign diplomat. ; Ottawa is fighting a Federal Court of Appeal ruling that effectively affirmed the Canadian citizenship of Alexander Vavilov and, through a related case, his older brother. They were sent back to Moscow as part of a swap for prisoners in Russia. But he ran into a snag at the passport office and in August 2014 the citizenship registrar said the government no longer recognized him as a Canadian citizen. Alexander, who finished high school in Russia, changed his surname to Vavilov on the advice of Canadian officials in a bid to obtain a Canadian passport. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

soumaila ciss: Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, the incumbent, came in first, but failed to secure enough votes to win a second term in office outright, according to preliminary figures, according to The Chronicle Herald. Keita won 41.4 per cent of the vote, while his main rival, Soumaila Ciss came in second with 17.8 per cent. On July 29, Mali held a presidential election, with 24 candidates on the ballot. A candidate needed to obtain more than 50 per cent of the votes to win outright. Keita has been president since 2013. The two, who also went to a runoff vote in 2013, will contest the second round of voting on Aug. 12. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.