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Jillian Kestler-D'Amours

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours

Jillian Kestler D'Amours is a journalist based in Canada.

The family of a Canadian-Irish professor detained by Iran have expressed serious concerns about her health, urging Ireland which maintains diplomatic relations with the Islamic Republic to intervene.

03 September, 2016

A pro-Israel group has claimed it was discriminated against over exclusion from social justice event, but organisers say this could be an attempt to silence pro-Palestinian activism

26 August, 2016

Society: Farzam Dadashzadeh says he was assaulted and imprisoned in Iran after CBC film outed him without his consent.

25 August, 2016

Analysis: Green Party leader Elizabeth May has taken a strong anti-boycott stance, despite her party voting to endorse the global BDS campaign against Israel, writes Jillian Kestler D'Amours.

15 August, 2016

With thousands of women still enslaved by the Islamic State group, Iraqi activist Nadia Murad is leading efforts to make Canada a new home for the persecuted Yazidi minority group.

01 August, 2016

Iranian officials have reportedly charged an Iranian-Canadian academic and two other dual Iranian nationals

12 July, 2016

Hassan Diab, 62, was extradited to France for alleged role in deadly 1980 Paris synagogue bombing, but supporters say the case has no basis.

01 June, 2016

A reconciliation between Turkey and Israel could ease, but likely not end, the Gaza blockade, analysts say.

31 May, 2016

In-depth: After more than a decade living in Canada, US soldiers that refused to serve in the Iraq war want permanent status in the country.

15 May, 2016

Canada cut funding to the United Nations' Palestine refugee agency in 2010, but local groups hope Ottawa may soon restore its support.

25 April, 2016