Immigration detention will not be Tolerated! (Report on days of action)

Posted by admin on Dec 26th, 2012

“Immigration detention cholbey na! cholbey na!”* (immigration detention will not be tolerated!)

Report on day of action Free the three, Freedom for migrants, End detentions!

The numbers are shocking: since 2004, at least 95,000 immigrants have experienced detention; the longest held – under the notorious ‘security certificate ‘ regime – for more than 12 years. The figures are set to climb as new legislation gives the immigration minister the power to mark certain migrants arriving in Canada for mandatory detention. Yet it is not cold numbers but the impact on our communities and on people we love – the humiliation, re-traumatization, feeling of powerlessness, bewilderment, fear, family separation, the lives put on hold – that motivates us to put an end to this system of injustice.

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Free the Three! Freedom for Migrants! End Detentions!

Posted by admin on Dec 2nd, 2012

http://www.supportmahjoub.org/pan-canada-days-of-action/

Actions are being organized across Canada in solidarity with security certificate detainees Mohammad Mahjoub, Mohamed Harkat and Mahmoud Jaballah and all those locked up in immigration detention on December 9th & 10th. Join Us! December 10th marks the 10th year anniversary of Mohamed Harkat’s arrest under a security certificate. Mahjoub will be in court the following day in Toronto for a detention review, once again calling on the judge to free him from over twelve years of arbitrary, indefinite detention. It is just a few days before C-31, the law that will see many refugees automatically detained, is expected to be fully implemented. And it is International Human Rights Day.

Canada’s spy agency misses accountability mark set by Supreme Court, says report

Posted by admin on May 20th, 2011

By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press, May 20 2011

OTTAWA – Canada’s spy service has failed to meet strict new accountability standards set by the Supreme Court, says a watchdog report obtained by The Canadian Press. The latest annual review from the inspector general of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service says the spy agency hasn’t lived up to a high-court ruling that requires it to retain all operational notes, electronic intercepts and other investigative material.

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Mohamed Harkat – Stop Secret Trials in Canada

Posted by admin on Mar 15th, 2011

Sign the petition – http://www.harkatstatement.com

Canadian Secret Trial: Man May Face Deportation and Torture

Posted by admin on Feb 2nd, 2011

Real News, Feb. 2 2011

Mohamed Harkat, a refugee in Canada, was arrested in 2002 and detained for four years without charge. He was then released under the toughest bail conditions in Canada’s history. He was under an immigration law know as a Security Certificate, meaning he could be held indefinitely without charge, and all evidence against him can be kept secret. A special detention center was built after 9/11 to house the men accused under Security Certificates, earning the nickname “Guantanamo North”. Lia Tarachansky talks to Mohamed and his wife Sophie Harkat as well as their lawyer Matthew Webber, about the recent concluding ruling in their case and what it means if he will be deported.

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