No justice for deaf Inuit</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="No justice for deaf Inuit"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="No,justice,for,deaf,Inuit"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">07-02-2005</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>No justice for deaf Inuit</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/img_news/img_P4tHTMKcqVPlZMoEFFFc_0.jpeg" align="left" vspace="5" hspace="5" ><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Nunavut, Canada (Nunatsiaq News): The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees all citizens a right to a fair trial, regardless of physical disability. That should guarantee Inuit sign language user Bobby Suwarak the right to a certified interpreter, but not in this case. <br>Since being charged with several criminal offences last spring, Bobby Suwarak has relied on a close childhood friend who learned American Sign Language to serve as an interpreter in court. But three successive defense lawyers have refused to represent Suwarak because they aren't convinced his signing system provides reliable communication. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://www.nunatsiaq.com/news/nunavut/50204_01.html " target="blank">www.nunatsiaq.com/news/nunavut/50204_01.html </a> <br>Also: <br>MACDOUGALL, J.C., 2001, Access to justice for deaf Inuit in Nunavut: The role of 'Inuit sign language', in “Canadian Psychology”, 42(1): 61-73 <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show