A message from Avaaz.org With over 1000 Palestinians and 13 Israelis killed and the death toll mounting daily as the Gaza offensive escalates, we’re urgently demanding action to end the violence and protect civilians. Sign the petition below calling for…
Rights groups urge Obama to stop Khadr trial
by Paul Koring, Globe and Mail, Jan. 13, 2009 WASHINGTON — Right groups challenged president-elect Barack Obama yesterday to stop the war-crimes trial of Canadian Omar Khadr, the first terrorist suspect scheduled to go on trial at Guantanamo only six…
Protests against the Israeli attacks on Gaza to continue
Jan. 10, 2009: Some of the 200 Winnipeggers who protested the Israeli invasion of Gaza. Photo: Paul Graham Peace Alliance Winnipeg, the Canada Palestine Support Network (Winnipeg Chapter) and Canadian Muslims for Palestine will hold a rally at the corner…
Canadian Muslims for Palestine launches educational awareness campaign on Gaza
On Friday, January 16th, 2009, Canadian Muslims for Palestine asks all people of conscience to assist in distributing hundreds of CMP Information Folders to the larger Canadian community entitled, “The Truth Behind the War in Gaza.” Each CMP Information Folder…
Canada’s Shame: Conservative government votes against human rights
Canadian Peace Alliance urges that you send a letter to Stephen Harper On January 12, 2008 the United Nations Human Rights Council voted to condemn the “massive violations of human rights” by Israel in Gaza. Thirty three countries voted in…
Dallaire wants Obama to halt Khadr trial
Canwest News Service, Vancouver Sun, Jan. 12, 2009 WASHINGTON — Senator Romeo Dallaire and several human rights activists were in Washington on Monday calling on president-elect Barack Obama to stop the upcoming trial of Omar Khadr in Guantanamo Bay. The…