Foreign Affairs committee  As a former Red Cross employee, ICRC, my job was to visit prisons, and I visited many prisons. The first law or rule that we applied is to never really look much into the actual case of the person, whether it's political or common law, because they all have rights. Unfortunatel

Foreign Affairs committee  There is definitely a real issue at the moment with how journalists are being treated. Also, governments in the Middle East and other autocratic governments that are clamping down on journalists are very fragile, so the rhetoric that comes out of the Canadian government is someth

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Alex. Good afternoon, everyone. I am thankful and privileged that I have been given the chance to share my first-hand experience with you, and I would have preferred to be there in person. I started drafting parts of the protection charter in prison after a careful,