[Bloquez l'empire!] 4 May: Solidarity against (in)security certificates

[People's Commission]

JOIN the JUSTICE FOR ADIL CONTINGENT
in the Status for All! march

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Sunday, 4 May 2008, 12:30pm
Gathering point: corner of Victoria and Van Horne (metro Plamondon, Van
Horne exit)

**To join the Justice for Adil contingent, look for the "Solidarity is our
Security! Abolish racist (in)security certificates!" banner.**
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Flyers available for download: www.adilinfo.org

The Coalition Justice for Adil Charkaoui calls on all allies and
supporters to join us in forming a strong contingent against racist
immigration 'security' measures on Sunday, 4 May in the Solidarity Across
Borders
"Status for All!" march.

The recent introduction of the "special advocate" into the security
certificate process has only served to legitimize an unjust, two-tier
system based on racial profiling and to open the door to a greater use of
secrecy in other areas of immigration and criminal law.

Armed with the new security certificate law, both the federal government
and Federal Court have signalled their intention to rapidly "finish" the
five current security certificate cases. Under the 'new' but no less
fundamentally unjust legislation, the cases could "finish" either in
indefinite house arrest or deportation to torture. The groundwork for public
acceptance of such brutal treatment has been laid by a series of
irresponsible, deeply racist, media attacks
depicting the detainees as "dangerous foreigners". Through this process,
the detainees and their entire families have been cast out of normal legal
protection, impoverished and pushed to the margins of society.

JOIN US IN THE JUSTICE FOR ADIL BLOC TO SAY "SOLIDARITY IS OUR SECURITY"!
Break the fear, End the isolation! End racial profiling and islamophobia!

The march will take place in the largely working class, immigrant
neighbourhood of Côte des neiges with the overall message, "Status for
all! No to poverty, racism and racial profiling!" The march is organized by
Solidarity Across Borders as part of a cross-Canada day of action for
immigrant rights, and is also part of Montreal's MayWorks festival (full
announcement:
http://solidarityacrossborders.blogspot.com/2008/04/status-for-all.html).

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Coalition Justice for Adil Charkaoui
www.adilinfo.org
justiceforadil at riseup.net
tel. 514 848 7583