Community Forum on National Security, August 26!
A Community Forum on National Security, Arbitrary Arrests and the Criminalization of Dissent in CanadaWHEN: Saturday, August 26, 2006 – 5.30 pm to 8:30 pm
WHERE: Scarborough Civic Centre, Community Room 1 & 2
- March 2006 - present: Ongoing attacks on indigenous communities at Six Nations
- May 2006: African-Canadian men, allegedly “gang members”, arrested, later released
- June 2006: Ban on LTTE, arbitrary searches of Tamil community members
- June 2006: Muslim men arrested, accused of being “terrorists”
- What are the links between these events?
- Why has there been a rush to judgment? Where is the principle of innocent until proven guilty?
- How is this leading to profiling of entire communities as criminal, and creating a climate of increased racism and intolerance?
Come out to share your experiences and strategize about what we can do as affected communities. Join us in our struggle
- to build links between ourselves
- to resist the climate of fear-mongering, intimidation and growing racism
- to assert our human and civil rights, and our refusal to be made into second-class citizens
Speakers
• Zainab Amadahy
Member, Indigenous Caucus, Coalition in Support of Indigenous Sovereignty
• Avvy Go
Lawyer and community activist
• Tariq Amin-Khan
Forum of Progressive Pakistani-Canadians
• Grace-Edward Galabuzi
Professor, Ryerson
• Hazem Jamjoum
Canadian Arab Federation
Organized by: Community Initiative for Human Rights and Justice & Tamil Resource Centre
FREE EVENT. WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE. REFRESHMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED.
For more information: asundar@ryerson.ca 416-979-5000 x 6602
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