Matthew Behrens

The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice. But we shouldn't just wait for it to bend. Our collective hands can make it bend faster.

[Matthew Behrens @MatthewBehren11]

Jack Letts has been arbitrarily detained without charge under horrible conditions in NE Syria for 8 years. Also held illegally for years are 19 other Canadian women, children & men. Sign and share to bring them home: https://t.co/ltNrOvLins

[Jess @JessicaBakerr]

Just a reminder: Carter Hart chose the same lawyer as my CONVICTED RAPIST, Jacob Hoggard.

By then, Hoggard had already been convicted of sexual assault. Spare me the "she was just doing her job" excuses. Hart knew her reputation. That's why he hired her. @GoldenKnights @NHL

[Alex Cosh @AlexCosh_]

A Canadian Sumud Flotilla participant explains that on April 29-30, Israeli forces fired a shot between 2 crew members, held and searched them at gunpoint, and then destroyed the boat's engine and communication systems before setting them on course towards a storm.

"Please let me be clear. The intentions of the Israeli military was to kill us and the crews of two other boats."

[Matthew Behrens @MatthewBehren11]

please sign and share https://t.co/vSaP6HTWHt

[Matthew Behrens @MatthewBehren11]

While many of them are NOT ISIS (indeed, some are opponents of ISIS who were trapped in the region) @AnitaAnandMP and @gary_srp MUST immediately negotiate repatriation for the Canadians illegally detained in Iraq and Syria for over 9 years. https://t.co/X4QPhxdqJd

[Bassam Khawaja @Bassam_Khawaja]

Amnesty: Executions in 2025 soared to the highest figure recorded by Amnesty International since 1981—44 years ago—with 2,707 people executed across 17 countries last year https://t.co/JCAGXegVTA

[The Cradle @TheCradleMedia]

UK court secretly applies terror designation to Palestine Action activists in attempt to lengthen prison sentences
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In a move described as a historic first for the British judiciary, four activists from Palestine Action face sentencing as "terrorists" for non-violent direct action against a UK-based Israeli arms factory. Despite the jury only convicting the defendants of criminal damage, Judge Jeremy Johnson invoked the Terrorism Act 2000 to add a "terrorist connection" to the charges. This designation, which allows for significantly longer prison sentences and lifelong state monitoring, was kept secret from the jury during the trial and suppressed from public reporting through strict court-imposed gag orders.

The defendants—Charlotte Head, Samuel Corner, Leona Kamio, and Fatema Rajwani—were arrested in August 2024 after damaging drones at an Elbit Systems facility near Bristol. The judge argued that because their goal was to influence the Israeli government by disrupting its weapons supply, their actions met the legal threshold for terrorism. Throughout the proceedings, the court banned the activists from mentioning the genocide in Gaza or explaining their moral motivations to the jury. Defense teams were also prohibited from discussing "jury equity," a principle that allows jurors to acquit based on conscience.

The lifting of reporting restrictions on 12 May, revealed that the British state is now weaponizing anti-terror legislation against protesters who target the military-industrial complex. By utilizing a "serious property damage" clause to bypass the traditional definition of terrorism, the court has set a precedent that could criminalize all forms of effective political dissent.

[Matthew Behrens @MatthewBehren11]

May marks 9 years of wholly preventable arbitrary detention for Canadian Jack Letts, first in Syria and, following his illegal rendition, in Iraq. @AnitaAnandMP @gary_srp You're obligated to bring him & other detained Canadians home immediately. End this gross human rights abuse.

[David Pugliese @davidpugliese]

Male B.C. RCMP officer who took a sexualized photo of an unwitting female prisoner and sent it to colleague using a work-issued cellphone committed professional misconduct but will not be fired/ forced to resign. ‘Hot little senorita in cells’ he wrote.
https://t.co/JmhgX2OGH2

[Etan Nechin @Etanetan23]

Haaretz exposed Gen. Avi Bluth, who oversees the West Bank,admits the IDF applies different rules to Jewish and Palestinian attackers. “Soldiers firing on Jews has profound societal consequences.”

Also bragged “we're killing like we haven't since 1967.”

https://t.co/7btd2MNzMi

[Matthew Behrens @MatthewBehren11]

The King's Drivel summed up in this interpretation.

[Myrna Dawson🇨🇦 @DawsonMyrna]

In case you missed this while recovering from shock of acquittal of neurologist by judge Craig Parry, see how the police (do not) respond to their own ⤵️

[Kimberly Murray @kahnasatake]

How Residential School Students Became Victims of Nazi Race Science | The Walrusy https://t.co/WPfuIK2rS6

[Canadian Femicide Observatory 🇨🇦 @CAN_Femicide]

It requires re-posting - long post. Share among your networks and re-post.

Please read to end then contact your local, provincial, or federal leader/representative

[Link to news story at end]

Male judge Craig Parry (Kitchener) acquits neurologist of 48 counts of sexual assault against 48 female patients.

Yes, that's right - 48 female patients came forward.

48 female patients were not believed.

48 female patients apparently deemed unreliable

Male judge discounts expert testimony of Dr. Vera Bril - yes, female doctor and expert - who told the court that it is not norm to do vaginal exams, breast exams or exams of other intimate areas during appointments for neurological concerns.

Go figure!

However, male judge knows better than female doctor/expert.

He finds the evidence of 48 women unreliable.

He acquits male accused anyway, despite the 'doctor' having had license revoked in 2019 by College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.

Looking for any male who has had a prostate exam when they went to doctor for neurological concerns.

We'd love to year from you.

What happened during the acquittal of Jeffrey Sloka?
https://t.co/UzWlkxMQmw

[Myrna Dawson🇨🇦 @DawsonMyrna]

What year are we living in?

Acquitted.

48 women lied?

Has any man received a prostrate exam for neurological issues?

Justice Craig Parry ruled he is satisfied there was a valid medical reason for examinations performed by at 'doctor' at clinic.
https://t.co/EpKjiXMnmZ

[Canadian Femicide Observatory 🇨🇦 @CAN_Femicide]

Canada's Standing Committee on Justice & Human Rights examining Bill C-16.

It references femicide - that's progress - but doesn't go far enough.

Our #CallItFemicide brief published at:

https://t.co/7LsRyNTsv2

We urge @SeanFraserMP & fed gov't to actually #CallItFemicide.

[Matthew Behrens @MatthewBehren11]

Some days I just want to vomit. Carney's propaganda video over the weekend was racist and militaristic to the core. His description of settlers arriving to an "inhospitable land" was an insulting erasure of thriving Indigenous people, culture, and history.

[Matthew Behrens @MatthewBehren11]

This book is a gift. Not all gifts are easily received, and while at times difficult to read, it's an important rejoinder to those who question CNN exclusive report about the online “rape academy” that received 62 million visits in February. https://t.co/cRH7bCtTAX

[Matthew Behrens @MatthewBehren11]

https://t.co/5qU7fprFrP

[David Pugliese @davidpugliese]

My latest article...Officer with Ukrainian unit linked to neo-Nazis received military training in Canada.
https://t.co/YUT6TQhigH via @ottawacitizen

[Defend Our Juries @DefendOurJuries]

BREAKING - @zarahsultana exercises Parliamentary Privilege to expose the unjust nature of the Filton 24 re-trial.

UK press has been court ordered not to publish these details.

“If convicted, they and 18 others will be sentenced as terrorists, but the jury will not be told that”