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FiLiA is a feminist network and holds an annual conference in the UK. 

Two Nova Scotia nurses have been on a 25-year mission to change Canada’s torture laws.

It was a 1993 meeting with a young woman who had been tortured by those closest to her that drove two nurses to action.

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A week ago, Liberal MP Peter Fragiskatos tabled a private members bill — Bill C-242 — in Parliament to amend the Criminal Code to have non-state torture recognized as a crime in Canada.

Jeanne Sarson and Linda MacDonald have been pushing government for 23 years

WMC Live #138: Pam Elam, Erin Pettit, Jeanne Sarson & Linda MacDonald.

Linda MacDonald and Jeanne Sarson were recognized at the CFUW annual general meeting in Quebec City earlier this month.

It’s like racism or sexism, you have to pull these things out. It’s like a tooth that’s festering, until you say it’s infected, until you name it, it goes on hurting. 

Nova Scotia group pushes for new offence as victim speaks out.

2 Nova Scotia advocates are pushing the federal government to have domestic torture recognized as a crime.

After two decades of pushing for non-state torture to be recognized as a crime, Jeanne Sarson and Linda MacDonald are finally breaking ground. 

A CBC News Investigation follows two women in Truro who are speaking with torture victims in this province. 

As of now, only government officials like police and military officers can be charged with torture.

Dustin Paxton was found guilty of both aggravated and sexual assault.

Dustin LaFortune, 27, who was allegedly beaten and mutilated, wants torture to be added to the Criminal Code.