[Bloquez l'empire!] 17 February Rally CLOSE GUANTANAMO NORTH

[Hungerstrike Support Committee]

from justiceforadil at riseup.net

CLOSE GUANTANAMO NORTH
End Indefinite and Arbitrary Detention
End Deportation to Torture

RALLY
Saturday, 17 February 2007, 1pm
Berri Square (parc Émilie-Gamelin, in front of Berri Metro)

***2ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE 'LIBERATION' OF ADIL CHARKAOUI***

==> Posters and flyers: http://fairtrademedia.com/temp/adil/ <==

18 February marks two years since Adil Charkaoui was released from 21 months
of detention without charge or trial in Montreal only to be placed under
equally arbitrary conditions which severely restrict his liberty and that of
his entire family. He also remains under an active threat of deportation to
torture, which takes its toll, day-by-day, on him and his family.

Meanwhile, in Canada's 'Guantanamo North' prison, located in Millhaven
Penitentiary in Ontario, three other "security certificate" detainees have
been held up to 6.5 years on secret evidence, without charge, all under
threat of deportation to torture: Mohammad Mahjoub,
Mahmoud Jaballah and Hassan Almrei. The six-cell, multi-million dollar
prison, which opened in April 2006, was built specifically for non-citizens
detained without charge or trial on secret information. Guantanamo North
established a precedent in Canada and signalled the government's intention
to continue
its unjust policy of "security certificates", over the objections of tens of
thousands of Canadians and Quebeckers, against the recommendations of major
human rights organizations and three UN committees, and despite a pending
Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of security certificates and
an unfinished parliamentary review.

One other man, Mohamed Harkat, held for three and a half years, is currently
"out" on some of the most severe restrictions on human liberty ever imposed
in a Canadian bail release. He too has never been charged or provided with a
fair trial; he too continues to live under the threat of deportation to
torture.

On 17 February, join us in the streets of Montreal to demand that the
Canadian government:

1. Immediately close its 'Kingston Immigration Holding Centre' (Guantanamo
Bay North);
2. Immediately release 'security certificate' detainees or provide them with
a fair trial;
3. End all proceedings to deport the five victims of security certificates;
4. Abolish security certificates; and
5. End deportations to torture.

* Endorsed by:

2110 Centre
Action Refugié Montréal
Agir Ensemble pour la Paix (AEP)
Alternative Perspective Media / Regard Alternative Média (APM-RAM)
Andrew Telegdi, MP-Liberal
Artistes pour la paix
Association des avocats de la Défense de Montréal
Association des Jeunes Libanais Musulman
Barnard-Boecker Centre Foundation (Victoria)
Bethune Institute for Anti-Fascist Studies
Bill Siksay, NDP critic on immigration
Block the Empire Montréal
Campaign to Stop Secret Trials in Canada
Canadian Alliance for Concerned Jewish Canadians
Canadian Arab Federation
Canadian Auto Workers Union
Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture
Canadian Council for Refugees
Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CAN)
Canadian Labour Congress (CLC)
Canadian Peace Alliance
Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW)
Centre des femmes d'ici et d'ailleurs
Centre for Constitutional Rights (New York)
Centre justice et foi
Chinese Canadian Redress Alliance / Alliance des sinocanadiens pour la
réparation
CKUT 90.3 FM Radio
Coalition Against the Deportation of Palestinian Refugees
Collectif Opposé à la Brutalité Policière (COBP)
Council of Canadians
Échec à la guerre
El-Hidaya Association
Fédération des Congolais de l'étranger (FCE-Canada)
Fédération des femmes du Québec
Forum Musulman Canadien / Canadian Muslim Forum (FMC-CMF)
Human Rights Watch
Immigrant Workers Centre
Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement (IPSM)
International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group (ICLMG)
Jesuit Refugee and Migrant Service (Toronto)
Justice for Mohamed Harkat Committee
Les Soeurs Auxiliatrices
Ligue des droits et libertés
Monia Mazigh (married to Maher Arar)
Muslim Council of Montreal
NEFAC
No one is illegal Montreal
No One is Illegal-Toronto
NOWAR-PAIX (Ottawa)
NPD-Section Québec
Ontario Coalition against Poverty (OCAP)
Parole arabe
Presence musulmane montreal
QPIRG Concordia
QPIRG McGill
Québec Solidaire
Rassemblement Outaouais contre la guerre (ROCG)
Social Justice Committee
Societé Elizabeth Fry Québec
Solidarity across Borders
Table de concertation des organismes au service des personnes réfugiées et
immigrantes (TCRI)
Toronto Action for Social Change
United Muslim Students Association (UMSA)

* Organised by:
Coalition Justice for Adil Charkaoui
www.adilinfo.org
tel. 514 859 9023
justiceforadil at riseup.net