December 10, 2010 | 7pm. Rhizome Cafe, 317 E. Broadway. Vancouver, Unceded Coast Salish Territories
$5-$20 suggested. No one turned away for lack of funds. Child-friendly and bus tickets available.

Join us for a night of live music, poetry and film in support of the ongoing work of No One Is Illegal–Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories. Try your luck at winning fabulous prizes at the first ever No One Is Illegal raffle. Enjoy tasty treats from Rhizome and shake your butt on the dance floor.

As part of broader global struggles, December 10th – International Human Rights Day – marks many pivotal moments within local campaigns. On December 10th 2002, the Secwepemc people were brutally repressed by the government of BC and the RCMP, as their homes and sweatlodges were demolished. Also on December 10th, Mohamed Harkat, an Algerian refugee was detained under a Security Certificate, on which he continues to be held. December 10th also represents moments of resistance. It marks the anniversary of the historic airport action to prevent the deportation of Laibar Singh in 2007. And across the country this year, actions are being held in solidarity with Abousfian Abdelrazik against the anti-terror sanctions of the UN 1267 regime.

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Shop for socially conscious art, crafts and holiday gifts and support organizations working for social change. No One Is Illegal will have tshirts, posters, postcards, bandannas, patches, cds, and other goodies you won’t want to miss!

Saturday, December 4th, 6-10pm. Rhizome Cafe: 317 East Broadway

No One is Illegal, The Purple Thistle Centre, Redwire Native Youth Media, Leave Out ViolencE, The Organizing Centre for Social and Economic Justice / Defendamos Nuestra, Tierra Artesanias, Prison Justice Day Committee, Indigenous Action Movement, Rhizome Cafe, Café Justicia la mano ethical textiles

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Vancouver: Tuesday, 23 November, 6pm. Maritime Labour Centre, 1880 Triumph Street

Between 17 and 23 November 2010, Abousfian Abdelrazik will be speaking at public events organized in five cities across Western Canada. Sponsored by: BC Federation of Labour; Canadian Labour Congress (Pacific Region); RAGA Center for Race Autobiography Gender and Age (UBC); Interfaith Summer Institute for Justice, Peace and Social Movements (SFU); No One Is Illegal-Vancouver; Vancouver District Labour Council (VDLC). More info: noii-van@resist.ca

It is now over sixteen months since Mr. Abdelrazik returned to Canada after six years of exile – which included two years of arbitrary and abusive detention and a further year trapped within the Canadian consulate in Khartoum. As Federal Court judge Russell Zinn concluded, Mr. Abdelrazik’s initial detention probably took place at the request of CSIS, Canada’s spy agency.

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Release Detained Tamil Refugees: Let Them Free, Let Them Stay!

Shuttles Leaving Edmonds station starting at 12:45 until 1:15. 7900 Fraser Park Dr, Burnaby Burnaby Youth Custody Services Centre where mothers and children who arrived aboard MV Sun Sea are being detained.

If you can, please make a small donation so we can continue to rent the equipment needed to make this happen!

For the past eight weeks we have gathered in front of the Burnaby Youth Custody prison where approximately 90 Tamil refugee mothers and children are being incarcerated. Supporters bang on pots and pans and blew whistles and horns to the beats of Tamil music. A large Tamil banner reading “We welcome you, we support you” is held towards the two detention units where children can be seen waving and smiling, peering through prison bars. (For photos, see here http://www.flickr.com/photos/nooneisillegal/)

Saturday November 27th @ 1pm. Vancouver Public Library (Corner of Georgia and Homer)

Surviving a dangerous journey, 492 Tamil refugees, including women and children, arrived in BC after fleeing war and persecution in Sri Lanka. Three months later, the vast majority of the refugees remain in jails, facing endless hearings that have revealed the clear incompetency, deliberate negligence, and racism of the system. Join No One is Illegal in a rally and march to call for the immediate release of detained Tamil asylum seekers, and an end to racist and restrictive refugee policies, including the recently tabled Bill C-49

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