[antiwar-van] Upcoming NOII events in November

[Harsha W.]

- please forward widely -

1) Sunday Nov 21: Weekly Noise Demos: Release Detained Tamil Refugees! In
front of Burnaby Youth Custody Services Centre at 1:30 pm (rides
provided).

2) Tues Nov 23: Abousfian Abdelrazik in Vancouver!

3) Saturday November 27th @ 1pm Vancouver Public Library: 3 Months Too
Long: Free Detained Tamil Refugees! Scrap Bill C49!



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Weekly Noise Demos:
Release Detained Tamil Refugees: Let Them Free, Let Them Stay!

Sunday Nov 21 at 1:30pm
Shuttles Leaving Edmonds station starting at 12:45 until 1:15
LOCATION: 7900 Fraser Park Dr, Burnaby. Burnaby Youth Custody Services
Centre where mothers and children who arrived aboard MV Sun Sea are being
detained.

If you can, please make a small donation so we can continue to rent the
equipment needed to make this happen!


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BREAKING THE SILENCE (Part Two):
ABDELRAZIK ON WESTERN CANADA SPEAKING TOUR

--Saskatoon--Regina--Edmonton--Calgary--Vancouver--

Between 17 and 23 November 2010, Abousfian Abdelrazik will be speaking at
public events organized in five cities across Western Canada. This tour
follows the Breaking the Silence tour which brought Mr. Abdelrazik from
Halifax to Winnipeg one year ago.

Vancouver
Tuesday, 23 November, 6pm
Maritime Labour Centre, 1880 Triumph Street
(south of Powell Street, west of Victoria Drive; Bus #20, 10 or 16)

Sponsored by: BC Federation of Labour; Canadian Labour Congress (Pacific
Region); RAGA Center for Race Autobiography Gender and Age (UBC);
Interfaith Summer Institute for Justice, Peace and Social Movements (SFU);
No One Is Illegal-Vancouver; Vancouver District Labour Council (VDLC).

More info: noii-van at resist.ca

It is now over sixteen months since Mr. Abdelrazik returned to Canada
after six years of exile - which included two years of arbitrary and
abusive detention and a further year trapped within the Canadian consulate
in Khartoum. As Federal Court judge Russell Zinn concluded, Mr.
Abdelrazik's initial detention probably took place at the request of CSIS,
Canada's spy agency.

Mr. Abdelrazik's life remains in limbo. Not only have Canadian officials
failed to take responsibility for the central role they played in his
wrongful imprisonment, torture and exile in Sudan, they have failed to
take steps within their power to free him from the sanctions imposed on
him when his name was arbitrarily placed on the UN Security Council’s
notoriously unjust "1267 list". Under these sanctions, Mr. Abdelrazik has
been subject to the harsh effects of a travel ban and complete asset
freeze for more than four years now. This means that in Canada it is
illegal for anyone to provide him with any financial aid - including a
gift, a loan, or a salary.

Project Fly Home is embarking on a new speaking tour with Mr. Abdelrazik,
which will bring him to five western cities, including Stephen Harper's
home town of Calgary. On this speaking tour, Project Fly Home will be
seeking the support of others to put pressure on the government to
immediately lift the sanctions on Mr. Abdelrazik, to ask all security
council members to support delisting Mr. Abdelrazik, and to withdraw from
the unjust and unconstitutional 1267 sanctions regime.

Come out to the event in your city to hear Mr. Abdelrazik's account
first-hand and to learn more about the "1267 list" and why you should be
concerned.

For more information: www.peoplescommission.org/en/abdelrazik or
projectflyhome at gmail.com


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3 Months Too Long: Free Detained Tamil Refugees!
Let them Stay! Scrap Bill C49!

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Saturday November 27th @ 1pm
Vancouver Public Library (Corner of Georgia and Homer)
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Join No One is Illegal in a rally and march to call for the immediate
release of detained Tamil asylum seekers, and an end to racist and
restrictive refugee policies, including the recently tabled Bill C-49.

Surviving a dangerous journey, 492 Tamil refugees, including women and
children, arrived in BC after fleeing war and persecution in Sri Lanka.
Three months later, the vast majority of the refugees remain in jails,
facing endless hearings that have revealed the clear incompetency,
deliberate negligence, and racism of the system.

Canadian government officials and media outlets continue to perpetuate
false and dehumanizing stereotypes of 'illegals', 'terrorists', and
so-called queue-jumpers. This fear-mongering is just another tactic used
to disguise the racist policies that define Canada’s immigration and
refugee system.

Public Safety Minister Vic Toews and Minister of Censorship and
Deportation Jason Kenney, have recently introduced Bill C49 under the
banner of combating “human smuggling” and deterring the arrival of future
boats.

Bill C49 would give the Minister the power to single out for special
punishment refugees who are suspected of having fled their country by
means of smugglers. These punishments are harsh and inhumane. Asylum
seekers suspected of using a smuggler will be subject to mandatory
detention for the first year after arrival, with no chance of review,
including for children. They also will not have the right to appeal a
negative refugee decision.  In addition, they will be prohibited from
obtaining permanent residency for a period of five years after obtaining
refugee status. This means these refugees will be held in limbo, not be
allowed to leave the country nor sponsor their family members, effectively
separating them from their families for a period of time well
beyond those five years.

This is a shameful piece of legislation. Refugees are forced from their
homes in emergency situations due to human rights abuses committed during
wars, military occupations, or persecution against a minority group. We
cannot expect refugees to wait for Canada to select them from overseas. We
must understand that they undertake long and dangerous journeys to protect
their lives and the lives of their families. According to the 1951 UN
Convention on Refugees, to which Canada is a party, there are no penalties
on  refugees who arrive without pre-authorization and irregularly.

No One is Illegal-Vancouver asserts the basic human right to safety,
mobility, and protection. It is well known that Tamils in Sri Lanka are
fleeing military atrocities and mass displacement. The only crime the
migrants have committed is transgressing this imposed settler-colonial
border. We encourage you to join us in rejecting repressive, racist, and
exclusionary ideologies and policies, and instead encourage compassion,
solidarity, respect for life, and justice for all refugees.

Release Detained Asylum-Seekers!
Justice, Freedom, and Status for All!
Right to Stay, Freedom to Move, Right to Return!

www.nooneisillegal.org





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