[van-announce] Nov.7: Picket Harper, or call/email/fax to support Malalai Joya!

[Derrick O'Keefe]

Wednesday, Nov. 7: Day of Action to reinstate anddefend Malalai Joya!
 
***Phone, Email, or Fax Foreign Affairs Canada, the PMO
and the Afghan Ambassador this Wednesday***
 
***Even if you can't make the picket against Stephen
Harper (see details below), take a few minutes to
communicate your opposition to the Harper government's
silence***
 
It is unacceptable that the Government of Canada,
which as part of the NATO occupation of Afghanistan
backs the corrupt and repressive government of
Afghanistan, has remained silent and complicit with
efforts to marginalize and ultimately eliminate
Malalai Joya's voice of opposition.
 
Across Canada, we are asking you to take a few minutes
to show your support for Malalai Joya by phone, email
or fax: Demand that Joya be reinstated to her elected
position and that her security be assured. Let Harper
and company know that people in Canada and the world
are watching! 
 
Prime Minister, Stephen Harper
Office of the Prime Minister
80 Wellington Street
Ottawa K1A 0A2
Fax: 613-941-6900
email:pm at pm.gc.ca
 
Afghanistan's Ambassador to Canada, Omar Samad
246 Queen Street, Suite 400
Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5E4
Tel: (613) 563-4223 / 65
Fax: (613) 563-4962
email: contact at afghanemb-canada.net
 
The Hon. Maxime Bernier
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Lester B. Pearson Building, Room A-10 125 Sussex Drive
Ottawa ON K1A 0G2
Phone: Phone: (613) 995-1851
Fax: (613) 996-3443
Email: maxime.bernier at international.gc.ca
 
In May of this year, Stephen Harper was in Afghanistan
the day after the popular and outspoken 29 year-old 
Malalai Joya was unjustly suspended from the Afghan
parliament. Joya has faced assassination attempts and
constant threats and abuse ever since she gained
prominence at the 2003 Constitutional Assembly where
she denounced the presence of warlords and war
criminals. Joya was elected to parliament in 2005 and
has continued to speak out. She has been suspended on
the pretext that she had insulted fellow MPs by
criticizing them in a television interview.
 
 
***
 
Reminder: Protest Stephen Harper in Vancouver
 
-Demand Canada call for the reinstatement and protection of Malalai Joya

Wednesday, Nov.711:30am to 1pm, The Westin Bayshore Resort & Marina1601 Bayshore Drive
 
Stephen Harper will attending a luncheon hosted by the
Vancouver Board of Trade.
 
Organized by StopWar.ca Vancouver. Info:
contact at stopwar.ca 


 

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