[IPSM] Reminder: (Saturday) March for Immigrant and Refugee Rights: SOLIDARITY ACROSS BORDERS (April 24, 1pm, metro Atwater)

[Jaggi Singh]

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Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 20:10:41 -0700 (PDT)
From: No One is Illegal Montreal <noii-montreal at resist.ca>

[Final reminder: A very important public demonstration and march for
immigrant and refugee rights -- organized by many of the groups' directly
affected by anti-immigrant and security laws and policies -- will take
place in Montreal this Saturday, April 24 at 1pm.

The demo will begin at metro Atwater and march along Ste-Catherine Street
to the Complexe Guy-Favreau (headquarters of the Immigration and Refugee
Board).

Please help promote the demonstration in the next few days. It's important
to march in solidarity with our immigrant and refugee allies! See you on
the streets on Saturday!]

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march and demonstration
SOLIDARITY ACROSS BORDERS!:
Justice and Dignity for Immigrants and Refugees
SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 1PM
Atwater and Ste-Catherine (metro Atwater)
MONTREAL
This is a child-friendly march.
Please bring your placards, banners and noisemakers.
Info: nooneisillegal at tao.ca or 514-859-9023
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The Solidarity Across Borders demonstration is demanding: 1) The
regularization of all non-status persons; 2) An end to deportations; 3) An
end to the detention of immigrants and refugees; 4) The abolition of
security certificates.

As well, the demonstration supports the specific demands of the groups
that are organizing the Solidarity Across Borders demonstration, for
example: status for all families currently in sanctuary in Canada; no
extradition of Basque political prisoners to the Spanish state; a fair
trial for Adil Charkaoui, Mohamed Harkat, and other victims of secretive
security certificates; the return of Mohamed Cherfi to Canada; a
moratorium on deportations to Algeria; the abolition of bills C-11 and
C-36; and more.

Solidarity Across Borders members include: The Coalition Against the
Deportation of Palestinian Refugees; The Action Committee of Non-Status
Algerians; The Pakistani Action Committee Against Racial Profiling;
Colombianos Unidos; No One Is Illegal-Montreal, The Justice Coalition For
Adil Charkaoui, The Support Committee for Mohamed Cherfi, The Support
Committee for Basque Political Prisoners, The Kurdish Institute of
Montreal, The South Asian Women's Community Center, Solidarity for
Palestinian Human Rights, NEFAC, Block the Empire, McGill Students Against
War and Racism, Libertad, and many other groups and individuals.

Some recent supporters include: The Jewish Alliance Against the
Occupation, La Commission justice et paix de la Communaute Catholique
Congolaise de Montreal, the Canadian Tamil Congress-Quebec, the Justice
for Mohamed Harkat Committee (Ottawa) and many others.

TO GET IN TOUCH:
e-mail: noii-montreal at resist.ca
phone: 514-859-9023

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march and demonstration
SOLIDARITY ACROSS BORDERS!:
Justice and Dignity for Immigrants and Refugees
SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 1PM
Atwater and Ste-Catherine (metro Atwater)
MONTREAL
This is a child-friendly march.
Please bring your placards, banners and noisemakers.
Info: nooneisillegal at tao.ca or 514-859-9023
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