The 12 Year Tour

With Mohammad Mahjoub

First time in Ottawa!  Show your support!

Two Events on Saturday, May 12, 2012

For 12 years, Mohammad Mahjoub, a refugee from Egypt, has been detained in Canada without charge under a security certificate on the basis of secret information.

For the first time since his arrest in June, 2000, he is able to travel outside of Toronto. He is touring Ottawa, Montreal, Kingston, Guelph, London, Kitchener-Waterloo, and Toronto.  Ottawa is his first stop.  Come out to hear his story.

Speaking tour coordinated by Justice for Mahjoub Network:  www.supportmahjoub.org

TAKE ACTION FOR HASSAN DIAB

Check out this article by Matthew Behrens: Despite incredibly "Weak Case," Hassan Diab Forced to Keep Resisting Extradition to France.

The extradition order will be appealed.

The Minister of Justice signed the extradition order in spite of the weak and faulty evidence and unfair process used in France.

The Justice for Hassan Diab Committee asks people to write letters to the editor to point out the unfairness of this process. See talking points here.

Donations needed.
Hassan and Rania are paying $2000 a month for the GPS that Hassan is required to wear. The Justice for Hassan Diab committe is asking individuals and organizations to make small monthly contributions to the cost of the GPS. Click here to donate.

See Justice for Hassan Diab for more information.

PROTEST HARPER'S RECKLESS
IRAN WAR TALK

"In my judgment, these are people who have a particular, you know, a fanatically religious worldview, and their statements imply to me no hesitation about using nuclear weapons if they see them achieving their religious or political purposes. And … I think that’s what makes this regime in Iran particularly dangerous."

CANADA OUT OF LIBYA!!

NO TO POLITICAL ASSASSINATIONS!

NOWAR-PAIX condemns the murder of Muammar Gaddafi at the hands of the so-called Libyan rebels. This immoral, illegal and horrifying act is nothing but a planned and minutely executed political assassination.

Read the full statement here.

Resolve conflicts through peaceful, diplomatic means, not through interference and use of force!

NOWAR-PAIX unequivocally condemns the escalation of aggression by NATO forces against Libya and the continuing occupation. Since March 2011, these forces have been carrying out brutal interference in Libya and the entire North-African region under the pretext of opposing brutal dictatorships.  Once again, an oil-rich, welthy nation is being attacked and occupied under the pretext of a “humanitarian effort.”

Read the full statement here.

Lire la déclaration ici en français.

HELP GET JUSTICE FOR
MOHAMED HARKAT

The ruling that Harkat's Security Certificate is reasonable will be appealed. The judge has acknowledged that his judgement was based solely on secret evidence.

Help Moe get his appeal. Sign the new statement of support for an open, fair trial and no deportation to torture. We now have almost 2000 signatures.

www.harkatstatement.com

STOP Secret Trials in Canada
Abolish Security Certificates
For more information: Justice for Harkat

Launch of Peoples' Investigation
into Police Abuses

- Toronto Community Mobilization Network -

Community groups are calling on the public to come forward with photos, video, and eye witness accounts of police violence against civilians during the G20 summits in Toronto. This evidence will be used to ensure that there are consequences for all those who beat and injured people, and for the masterminds who conspired to plan and give orders for the widespread police violence and repression that was experienced by thousands on the streets.

Further details can be found at: http://g20.torontomobilize.org/PeoplesInvestigation

Check out the nowar-paix banner at the G20!

Delist Now!

Six-Month Campaign to Free Abousfian Abdelrazik from the Prison Without Walls

Build the pressure! Break the Sanctions!
PARTICIPATE in a SANCTIONS-BUSTING TELETHON
APRIL 28th
7-9 pm
Phone number 1-877-737-4070

TIME TO BREAK THE SANCTIONS

Project Fly Home is organizing the first ever Sanctions-busting Telethon on Wednesday, April 28th, from 7to9pm. The telethon is being organized to challenge the United Nations "1267" sanctions regime and show solidarity with Abousfian Abdelrazik, who is on the 1267 list.

During the telethon, we will invite people to call in to 1 877 737 4070 to pledge a donation to Abdelrazik. As you know, this regime imposes an asset freeze on listed individuals; as it is implemented in Canada, it is illegal for anyone to provide Abdelrazik with any funds or financial support. Thus the telethon is an open call for people to defy this law, as unconstitutional, unjust, and dangerous.

Rabble Tv has tentatively agreed to live-broadcast the show (pending a check of technical capacities), so you can probably tune in to watch the show from across Canada and even internationally at www.rabble.ca.

We are hoping that you can support this initiative in the following two ways:

• agree in advance to call in. If you can do this, send us an email - we want to guarantee that there will be a decent number of calls!
• encourage people in your cities and regions to call in and donate in defiance of the sanctions. Download the poster and let people know by email.

Learn more about how you can help at Project Fly Home.

ZUCCHINI CAMPAIGN

We sent zucchinis to War Minister O'Connor one year ago because children were starving in Afghanistan.

On September 5, 2006, the respected Senlis Council released a report that stated children are starving in Afghanistan. Foreign military expenditures in that country outpace development and reconstruction spending by 900% .

Two years later, the crisis deepens, with no action on starvation!

In an August, 2007 report, the Senlis Council slams the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) for failing to answer key questions about where and why aid that’s been promised has not appeared on the ground in Afghanistan.

So now is the time to send a Zucchini to Canada's New War Minister, Peter MacKay.   Here's how!

This campaign was initiated by Homes Not Bombs.  Read the full story here.

COUNTER-RECRUITMENT CAMPAIGN

The military has launched a new recruitment campaign to sign up youth needed in Afghanistan.  This campaign is called Operation Connection.  In General Hillier's words: "...we're moving from a passive approach on recruiting where essentially we sat around waiting for you to come to us to a more active and aggressive one..."

To help young people withstand this pressure, ACT for the Earth has launched a counter-recruitment campaign called Operation Objection. Check it out and be sure to tell all concerned parents and young people you know about the website:  http://operationobjection.org.

NOWAR-PAIX (Network to Oppose War And Racism - Pacte contre l'Agression,
 l'Intolerance et la Xenophobie) is a volunteer activist coalition in Ottawa, Canada.