[IPSM] {Montreal} RALLY IN SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINIAN REFUGEES: Thursday May 20th

[Stefan Christoff]

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Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 23:33:40 -0700 (PDT)
From: No One is Illegal Montreal <noii-montreal at resist.ca>


RALLY IN SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINIAN REFUGEES
Facing Deportation from Canada

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THURSDAY May 20th, 4 - 6pm
Citizenship and Immigration Canada
1010 St. Antoine West
(metro Bonaventure)
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The Coalition Against the Deportation of Palestinian Refugees is calling
for your solidarity and participation as we take the struggle of the
Palestinian refugees to the Montreal offices of Citizenship and
Immigration Canada. The demonstration in Montreal will take place as part
of a North American day of action in solidarity with the Palestinian
refugees facing deportation. This day of action will unite Palestinian
refugees and their supporters in demonstrations and actions on the streets
of Vancouver, Toronto, New York and other cities throughout North America.

This North American day of action will highlight the ongoing struggle of
the many Palestinian refugees who face deportation from Canada in the
coming weeks and months. These refugees face deportation to the illegal
and deadly Israeli military occupation, which plagues daily life
throughout Occupied Palestine and to the violence, poverty and persecution
which defines daily life in the Palestinian refugee camps of Lebanon.

The political power of collective action and popular support for the
Palestinian refugees was clearly illustrated this past week in the case of
Osama Saleh. After a persistent political campaign, Osama's deportation to
the West Bank was halted by a Federal Court Judge. Osama Saleh's fight to
remain in Canada is not over, but serves as a concrete example of the
power that collective action can have in fighting the deportation of
Palestinian refugees.

This day of action will also highlight the case of Khalil Ayoub, 67 Nabih
Ayoub, 69 and Therese Boulos Haddad, 62, three Palestinian refugees from
the refugee camp of Ein El-Helweh in Lebanon who have taken sanctuary in
the Notre-Dame-de-Grace Church since the 30th of January 2004, in order to
escape deportation.

As the majority of the Palestinian refugees are set to be deported from
Canada in the coming weeks and months, your support, solidarity and
participation is urgently needed!

WE WILL BE DEMANDING FROM CITIZENSHIP & IMMIGRATION CANADA:
1. To stop the deportations of the Palestinian refugees from Canada;
2. To grant them permanent residency on Humanitarian and Compassionate
grounds.

In Solidarity,
The Coalition Against the Deportation of Palestinian Refugees
Info: refugees at riseup.net / 514 591 3171

JUSTICE FOR ALL IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES!

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