By Project Fly-Home On June 16th, 2011, a seven-person delegation, acting in solidarity with Abousfian Abdelrazik, met with a representative of the German Mission to the United Nations (Germany currently chairs the 1267-Committee) and representatives of the 1267 Monitoring Team.…
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End the bombing of Libya
Statement of Peace Alliance Winnipeg to the 30th Annual Walk for Peace, June 18, 2011 On Tuesday, June 14 the Conservative Government of Stephen Harper, with almost unanimous support of all political parties, extended Canada’s role in the bombing of…
Quebec refuses child assistance to Abdelrazik
31 May 2011, Montreal — Abousfian Abdelrazik, a Montreal man whose story of torture and exile became a major scandal for the Canadian government in 2009, was refused child assistance benefits earlier this month. A letter from Québec’s Régie des…
Stop the extension of the war in Libya
By the Canadian Peace Alliance, May 23, 2011 The Government of Canada is set to renew its support for the NATO led bombing of Libya, as the current three-month mandate expires on June 16. The Canadian Peace Alliance strongly condemns…
Project Fly-Home steps up its campaign against the UN No-Fly List
The UN’s “no-fly list,” also known as the “1267 List” was created in 1999, under the authority of UN Security Council 1267 to sanction people suspected of having links to terrorism. Suspicion is enough; no criminal convictions are required. Those…
Federal parties must respond to death threat against Canadian citizens by Israel’s Prime Minister
By Canadian Boat to Gaza As the Canadian federal election campaign enters week two, the government of Israel has launched a campaign to slander, disrupt, and possibly attack the upcoming Freedom Flotilla to Gaza, which will have many Canadians aboard…
Video: Huwaida Arraf, in Winnipeg, on the Free Gaza Movement
By Paul S. Graham March 16, 2011: Huwaida Arraf spoke at a forum in Winnipeg, Canada entitled “From Direct Action to the Freedom Flotilla: the International Solidarity Movement and the Palestinian Freedom Struggle. Arraf is co-founder of the ISM and…
“One day it could be you.” – The persecution of Mohamed Harkat
By Sophie Lamarche What was expected to be the end of a long nightmare and a great end to 2010 turned out to be a disaster. We can’t really put 2010 behind us because our battle continues. On Dec.…
Join Abousfian Abdelrazik’s campaign for justice against blacklisting!
Take action: March 14 to 25th by Project Fly Home Profiled, put under intrusive surveillance, imprisoned, tortured, exiled, and blacklisted – Abousfian Abdelrazik’s story reads like a catalogue of the repressive tools of the Orwellian “war on terror.” And he…
Save Saeed Malekpour
By Paul S. Graham Saeed Malekpour is an Iranian-Canadian awaiting execution in Iran’s infamous Evin prison. He’s been held there since 2008 when he was arrested on charges related to developing and promoting a porn site, an allegation he rejects.…