Abousfian Abdelrazik meets the press in Montreal on his return to Canada on Saturday, June 27, 2009. Photo: Tatiana Gomez Delist Now!: Six-Month Campaign to Free Abousfian Abdelrazik from the Prison Without Walls By Project Fly Home, Feb. 5, 2010…
Category: Campaigns
Canada-Haiti Action petition to demilitarize aid to Haiti
Paratroopers from the U.S. 82nd Airborne division arrived in at least four choppers to secure the executive mansion in Port-au-Prince. Photo: Reuters. The Canada Haiti Action Network, working alongside colleagues in the UK and the United States, has launched a…
Humanitarian relief urgently needed in Haiti, not militarization of aid
by the Canadian Peace Alliance The Canadian Peace Alliance (CPA) urges its member organizations and supporters to give generously to the relief efforts responding to the catastrophic disaster in Haiti following last week’s massive earthquake. The CPA also wishes to…
URGENT APPEAL FOR THE PEOPLE OF HAITI
By Canada Haiti Action Network, Jan. 14, 2010 Two days ago at 5 p.m. local time, a powerful magnitude-7 earthquake struck in Haiti. It was centred near the capital city Port-au-Prince and has caused massive destruction. The Canada Haiti Action…
Ceasefire.ca campaigns for a torture inquiry
The news from Ottawa is shocking. Senior intelligence officer Richard Colvin repeatedly warned the government about the routine use of torture in Afghan prisons, yet the Canadian Forces continued to hand over their prisoners to brutal Afghan authorities. Stephen Harper’s…
Support war resister Rodney Watson
Iraq war deserter takes sanctuary in Vancouver church By John Bermingham, Vancouver Province, October 18, 2009 Rodney Watson speaks to the media in Vancouver on October 19, 2009. He is a U.S. war resister seeking asylum at the First United…
Oppose plans to keep Canadian troops in Afghanistan
Troops may stay in Afghanistan after 2011: MacKay by CBC News, Oct. 8, 2009 The Conservative government will let Parliament decide what Canada’s future role in Afghanistan will be beyond 2011, two cabinet ministers say. The country’s troops may stay…
Malalai Joya – Afghan MP Calls for Troops out of Afganistan
Malalai Joya is one of the bravest women in Afghanistan. As an elected member of the Wolesi Jirga from Farah province, she has publicly denounced the presence of warlords and war criminals in the Afghan parliament. In May 2007, Joya…
A Deserter’s Tale: Joshua Key’s story of horror and hope
Joshua Key is an American war resister who fought in Iraq and who sought refuge in Canada because of his war experiences. Author of “The Deserter’s Tale,” Joshua told the story of his recruitment into the U.S. Army, the carnage…
A boost for American war resisters in Canada
Support Bill C-440: first steps by laura k, we move to canada, Sept. 17, 2009 We have a bill! Bill C-440, a bill in support of US Iraq War resisters, was introduced in the House of Commons today. MP Gerard…