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B’nai Brith Canada Backs UNHRC Decision Suspending Russia

April 7, 2022 OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada applauds today’s historic vote at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), which suspended Russia from the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). The UNGA voted 93-24, with 58 abstentions, thereby reaching the 2/3 majority of voting members required to adopt the unprecedented motion of suspending a UNHRC member. B’nai Brith supports the measure in light of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and the increasing evidence of Russian …

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B’nai Brith Canada’s senior counsel David Matas in The Globe and Mail: On Denazifying Russia

March 25, 2022 B’nai Brith Canada’s senior legal counsel, David Matas, penned an important op-ed for The Globe and Mail this week. We wanted to share it with you. This timely piece by one of the world’s most renowned human-rights advocates delves into the pretext for the Ukraine invasion – Russia’s claim that it aims …

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B’nai Brith Canada Urges Russia to Comply with Request from Wallenberg Family

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By Tevy Pilc Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada July 26, 2017 B’nai Brith Canada is urging the Russian government to comply with legal action taken by the family of World War II hero Raoul Wallenberg to provide information and documentation surrounding his mysterious disappearance and death in a Soviet prison in 1947. On Wednesday, legal representatives for the …

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