[Stopwar-l] Protest Cheney Monday / Forum on Bush Visit Thursday

[StopWar]

Join us this week is protesting Dick Cheney and demanding accountability
for war crimes.

Momentum is building for our efforts: Immigration Critic and Vancouver MP
Don Davies has called Cheney to be denied entry to Canada; Human Rights
Watch has called for Canada to investigate Cheney for torture. Here a
couple of links to media stories:

-'Dick Cheney must be barred entry to Canada, Vancouver MP Don Davies says'
http://www.straight.com/article-469436/vancouver/dick-cheney-must-be-barred-entry-canada-vancouver-mp-don-davies-says

-'Prosecute Dick Cheney for torture, human-rights group tells Ottawa'
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/prosecute-dick-cheney-for-torture-human-rights-group-tells-ottawa/article2179140/

In the event the Harper government lets Cheney into the country Monday,
help us make the protest Monday evening loud and strong. Bring pots and
pans and other noisemakers.

Then on Thursday, there is an important forum with Gail Davidson of
Lawyers Against War and a speaker from the US based Center for
Constitutional Rights -- see all the details below.

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*Please circulate*

Reminder: THIS MONDAY 5:30PM

Protest War Criminal Dick Cheney

Monday, Sept. 26
5:30pm
Outside the 'Vancouver Club' at 915 W. Hastings

The misnamed 'Bon Mot Book Club' in Vancouver is hosting war criminal and
unrepentant torture and war advocate Dick Cheney at the Vancouver Club on
Sept. 26.

Under international and Canadian law, Cheney should be banned from
entering the country or arrested upon arrival. It is outrageous that the
Harper government, which has on a number of occasions banned anti-war
speakers and other social justice activists from entering Canada, would
allow this war criminal to enter Canada to promote his new book.

Join us in giving Cheney the welcome he deserves. Organized by the StopWar
Coalition.

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*Accountability for Torture: George W. Bush Visits BC*
*A Panel Discussion*
Thursday, September 29, 2011
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
UBC Robson Square
800 Robson St, Room c-180 (Enter by the ice rink)
Vancouver, BC

In his memoir, former U.S. president George W. Bush admits that when he was
asked if men in U.S. custody should be waterboarded, he replied “Damn,
right.” Despite admitting that he authorized torture, Bush has not been
investigated or held accountable for his actions in the United States -- or
by any judicial body elsewhere. Bush has enjoyed global impunity for his
role in the torture of detainees held in Guantánamo, Abu Ghraib, Bagram and
secret “black sites.”

Bush is scheduled to speak in Surrey, B.C. on October 20th. Is there a case
against Bush for torture? Should Canada investigate him? Will Canada
prosecute Bush for torture?

Please join us for an expert panel to discuss Bush’s responsibility for
torture in the “war on terror” and the options for accountability in Canada.

For directions, visit: http://robsonsquare.ubc.ca/find-us/

Panelists:
Matt Eisenbrandt, Legal Director, Canadian Centre for International Justice
Katherine Gallagher, Senior Staff Attorney, Center for Constitutional Rights
Gail Davidson, Lawyers Against the War

Co-hosted by the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights (
www.ccrjustice.org) and the Canadian Centre for International Justice (
www.ccij.ca).

For more information, please contact meisenbrandt at ccij.ca or 604-569-1778