#Canada: #AviLewis wins NDP leadership race in decisive first-ballot victory. | CBC https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/livestory/federal-ndp-announces-leader-9.7146267 #cdnpoli @avilewis

#Israeli police stop Latin Patriarch from entering Church of Holy Sepulchre. ‘The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem & the Custody of the Holy Land have released a joint statement stating that, on the morning of #PalmSunday, the Latin Patriarch of #Jerusalem…with the Custos of the Holy Land…, the official Guardian of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, were prevented from entering the Church of the #HolySepulchre…to celebrate the #PalmSunday Mass...’ | Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2026-03/israeli-police-stop-latin-patriarch-of-jerusalem-from-entering.html

#Iran: “100s of arrests have taken place…since the current conflict began… 3 young men arrested for…January protests have already been executed… [T]he regime [says]: “Individuals who collaborate with the enemy…are considered part of the enemy’s forces….” …[interpreting] “collaboration”…to encompass…activists, #lawyers defending #politicalprisoners, doctors who treated wounded protesters, minorities, or...” | oped, Center for #HumanRights in Iran https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/03/25/iran-islamic-republic-protests-executions/
Or https://archive.is/Qa5Cz

After Trump’s sovereignty threats, Canadians keep ‘elbows up’. ‘“Canadians have remained steadfast," said Steve Mossop, executive vice president at Leger, a Montreal-based polling service. "The biggest surprise is how adamant #Canadians are about not supporting the #USA in any shape or fashion." Canadians began moving their food purchases away from the #US…in early 2025…‘ | CNBC https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/07/canada-boycott-trump-travel-alcohol-economy.html

The Broligarchy's 1st World War? “…to understand what is happening…in #Iran & #Lebanon & the forces behind it, we need to see that... Dominique Pelicot & Andrew Tate & Jeffrey Epstein are only symptoms. They are the doorway through which we can understand the forces behind not just another catastrophic Gulf War but a global power structure in which state violence, commercial profit &…domination & violation of women are inextricably entwined.” | Carole Cadwalladr https://broligarchy.substack.com/p/is-this-the-broligarchys-first-world

#Iran: Grave risks to detained #lawyers & #prisoners of conscience amid armed conflict  | Joint oral statement to #UN #HumanRightsCouncil on 16 March 2016 by Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute & Centre for Supporters of Human Rights https://www.lrwc.org/iran-grave-risks-to-lawyers-amid-armed-conflict-hrc61/ #law #humanrights #US #Israel
#UNCharter #internationalhumanitarianlaw.

British couple in #Iran prison..on [false] ‘espionage charges…feel frightened by the war & abandoned by the British government... The couple are being held in separate cells in "appalling" & deteriorating conditions… …no medical care & food supplies were becoming increasingly scarce… sleeping in crowded cells on metal bunks with no mattresses… recent explosions from the US-Israeli bombardment have struck close enough to send shockwaves through prison buildings.’ | BBC https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cew72ll8245o