by "Harsha" - harsha©resist.ca
Source: NOII Vancouver
URL: [link]
Date: May 17, 2008


1) Tues May 20 - Protest Immigration Minister Diane Finlay
2) Sun June 1 - Community Rally to Scrap Bill C50
3) 28 de mayo- TALLER COMUNITARIO (en espanol)
4) Reportback- Action to Oppose Bill C50

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EMERGENCY PROTEST!
All out to protest Immigration and Citizenship Minister Diane Finley!

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TUESDAY MAY 20
SURREY: 9:15 am @ Sheraton Guildford (15269 - 104 Avenue, Surrey)

>From Vancouver: Gather at 8:15 am in South East corner of Safeway Parking
Lot, Corner Commercial Drive and Broadway
Transport to Surrey provided- if you have access to a vehicle please email

harjap©resist.ca or call 778 552 2099
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As part of the Conservative government's frantic efforts to appease
immigrant communities about Bill C50 and to attempt a positive media spin
on the fundamentally unjust and racist Bill C50, Diane Finlay will in
Surrey on Tues May 20th.

Finlay has most recently launched a multimillion dollar advertisement
campaign. The ads- which contain few details about the actual bill- are
running in ‘ethnic’ media only and are the first time that CIC has ever
launched an ad campaign to promote legislation that Parliament has not yet
even passed yet.

At the same time, the Conservative government has hypocritically and
opportunistically made announcements to acknowledge the Komagata Maru,
survivors of residential schools, and allocated grant money to commemorate
the Ukranian-Canadian internment and the Chinese Head Tax.

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Source: Coalition Justice for Adil Charkaoui
[link]

justiceforadil©riseup.net



!!!!UPDATED with programme details (see below)!!!!

PEOPLE'S CAMP in Park Extension, Montreal

Friday, 23 May 2008, from 12 to 7pm
Parc de la place de la gare Jean Talon
(corner Jean Talon & Parc, Parc Metro)
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12 to 1:30 Workshops, videos, art exhibits
1:30 - 2:30 RALLY
3:00 to 6pm Workshops, videos, art exhibits
6:00 Solidarity across Borders PICNIC
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The Coalition Justice for Adil Charkaoui presents the "People's Camp", which
will take place on Friday, 23 May in the working class, immigrant
neighbourhood of Parc Extension. The half-day, multi-media info-fair is
organized in solidarity with the five security certificate detainees -
Hassan Almrei (coming up to seven years in prison), Adil Charkaoui, Mohamed
Harkat, Mahmoud Jaballah, Mohammad Mahjoub - and their families. Consisting
of art displays, info-tables, videos, a mini-workshop series and a
speak-out, the People's Camp will arm people with knowledge about
immigration 'security' measures, racial profiling and how to fight them.


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Source: Cageprisoners.com
URL: [link]
Date: May 13, 2008


In May 2006, Detainee QQ was arrested and placed under an order claiming that he is a threat to national security. After spending some time in HMP Belmarsh and HMP Long Lartin, QQ was finally placed under a bail order while fighting his removal from the UK and being sent to Libya. QQ speaks to Cageprisoners about life under a bail order regime for him and his family and how the order has affected their lives.

CP: Could you please introduce yourself?

QQ: I have to be referred to as Detainee QQ, due to an anonymity order.

CP: What is your nationality, are you a UK citizen or resident?

QQ: I am a Libyan national, but am resident in the UK and have been for the last 12 years.

CP: What was your occupation prior to arrest?

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by Paul Koring
Source: The Globe and Mail
URL: [link]
Date: May 16, 2008

Getting on the UN's terrorist list is easy. Getting off is next to impossible.

Co-sponsored by Canada, the blacklist created by Security Council Resolution 1267 in 1999 turns the listed into international pariahs. All United Nations member states are obligated to seize their assets, prevent them from travelling and prosecute anyone who gives them money beyond the absolute minimum for subsistence.

That's the situation Canadian Abousfian Abdelrazik finds himself in. He has been marooned in Sudan for nearly five years because he is on the list and the Canadian government refuses to issue him a new passport.

Originally aimed at squeezing the Taliban when it was running Afghanistan, the list has been repeatedly changed and toughened until it has morphed into a long roll of people and groups secretively accused of belonging to or helping proscribed organizations, including al-Qaeda.

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by "C. Ailes"
Source: Harkatjustice Email List
ULR: [link] (subscribers only)
Date: May 16, 2008

You can find the Federal Court decision regarding
Mohamed Harkat at:

[link]

par Presse Canadienne
Source: La Presse
URL: [link]
Date: 15 mai 2008


Un homme soupçonné de terrorisme s'est vu refuser le droit de déménager parce que sa nouvelle demeure rendrait sa surveillance difficile.

Mohamed Harkat a été arrêté en décembre 2002 en vertu d'un certificat de sécurité, en raison de ses liens présumés avec Al-Qaïda. Il fait face à la déportation, mais est actuellement en libération surveillée.

Harkat a demandé la permission de quitter l'appartement où il habite actuellement avec sa femme. La juge Eleanor Dawson de la Cour fédérale a toutefois refusé sa demande, parce que l'installation de caméras de surveillance n'a pas été permise dans le condo où le couple souhaitait s'installer et que les équipes de surveillance n'ont pas eu la permission de se stationner tout près.

Le Service canadien du renseignement de sécurité affirme que Harkat, un réfugié algérien, est un extrémiste islamiste membre du réseau terroriste d'Osama ben Laden. L'ancien livreur de pizza et préposé dans une station-service nie tout lien avec le terrorisme.

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by Andrew Duffy
Source: The Ottawa Citizen
URL: [link]
Date: May 15, 2008


OTTAWA - Ottawa terror suspect Mohamed Harkat will not be leaving his unhappy basement apartment anytime soon. A Federal Court judge ruled Thursday that Mr. Harkat cannot move to a new condominium townhouse until he meets the security concerns raised by government officials.

It means that, at least for the immediate future, Mr. Harkat and his wife, Sophie, will continue to live in the basement of a home that belongs mostly to Alois Weidemann, a retired Citizen employee, and the former romantic partner of Ms. Harkat's mother, Pierrette Brunette.

Ms. Brunette moved out of the house last November after the acrimonious collapse of that relationship, leaving Mr. Weidemann with the Harkats in his basement.

"I've been trying to get out of this situation since last fall," Mr. Weidemann said in an interview. "How are things going? Terrible. I want to get on with with my life." Mr. Weidemann, who reluctantly acts as one of Mr. Harkat's sureties, wants to sell his house, but he cannot do that without Ms. Brunette's approval since she owns 10 per cent of the property. Ms. Brunette, however, doesn't want to sell yet because her daughter and son-in-law are still in the house along with her grand piano.

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by Amy Husser
Source: Canwest News Service
URL: N/A
Date: May 13, 2008


OTTAWA -- The federal government's refusal to return Omar Khadr to Canada for trial should be likened to the terrorist activities that Mr. Khadr is alleged to have committed, Senator Romeo Dallaire said Tuesday.

Testifying before a parliamentary subcommittee on human rights, the Liberal senator said the United States -- and by association, Canada -- were ignoring international law by not recognizing Mr. Khadr as a child soldier. He argued the Canadian citizen was a victim who should have been swiftly rehabilitated and reintegrated into society instead of being tried in what he called an illegal court.

Mr. Dallaire is best known for leading the UN peacekeeping mission in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide, an experience that he said gave him expertise on child soldiers.

The senator said the United States "panicked" following the terrorist attacks of 9/11, and began using unfair legal practices that made the superpower "no better than the other guy," referring to al-Qaeda and other extremist groups.

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Press Release By "Liberte pour Ivan" - libertepourivan©gmail.com
Source: Fwd. to secrettrials-org listserv
URL: [link]
Date: May 13, 2008


UPDATE: IRB ISSUES DEPORTATION ORDER AGAINST
IVAN APAOLAZA SANCHO

Montreal, 13 May 2008 - This morning, IRB Board member Louis Dubé rendered his decision in Ivan Apaolaza Sancho's case, accepting that a key declaration in the case was provided under torture but nevertheless issuing a deportation order against him.

Mr. Apaolaza Sancho, a refugee claimant of Basque origin, has been detained at the Rivière-des-Prairies prison since June 2007. He was arrested by the RCMP, acting at the behest of the Spanish authorities, who alleged that he was a member of the Basque nationalist group ETA, a "listed entity" under Canada's Antiterrorism Act. Mr. Sancho vigorously denies the allegations. Nevertheless, the Minister has argued that Mr. Apaolaza Sancho is inadmissible to Canada on these grounds.

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by News Release
Source: International Criminal Defense Attorneys Association
URL: [link]
Date:


Chères / Chers Membres,

L’AIAD a le plaisir d’annoncer son endossement d’une lettre conjointe au Premier Ministre du Canada, M. Stephen Harper. Les signataires demandent le rapatriement d’Omar Khadr vers le Canada et l’application des standards internationaux relatifs aux enfants soldats et au procès juste et équitable dans cette affaire.

Veuillez trouver la lettre, envoyée le 9 mai 2008 au Premier Ministre Harper et diffusée aux médias, en cliquant ici [PDF].+++

Dear Members,

The ICDAA is pleased to anounce its endorsement of a joint letter to the Prime Minister of Canada, Mr. Stephen Harper. The undersigned request that Omar Khadr be repatriated to Canada and the application of international standards with regards to child soldiers and fair trial rights in this case.

The letter, which was sent on the 9th of May 2008 to Prime Minister Harper and the media is available here {pdf}.