Sozan Savehilaghi from No One Is Illegal addresses the CBSA declaration of Jose Figueroa’s inadmissibility to Canada and the hardship caused to the family. After over 3 hours, the hearing ended and the judge reserved decision.
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Please help Jose by showing your support at 11am on May 26, 701 West Georgia St, Vancouver.
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Monday, May 26
at 11:00am
701 West Georgia (corner Granville)
Come show your support for Jose Figueroa and stand with his family as the federal court reviews the decision to deport Jose.
The judicial review is scheduled for 11:30 a.m., but we will gather outside the building (at 701 W Georgia St in Vancouver) at 11 a.m. in a
demonstration of solidarity.
Join us for a couple of hours, or stop by on your lunch break — we demand justice for Jose, and hope to see him back with his family this summer!
http://bccla.org/events/2014/04/statelessness-deportation-deepan-budlakoti-speaks/
May 14th, 2014, 7 PM at the YWCA Hotel (733 Beatty Street, Vancouver).
For years, Deepan Budlakoti has been fighting deportation. This isn’t just a simple deportation case, it’s complicated by the fact that Deepan was born and raised in Canada – the only home he’s ever known. He spent his life under the assumption that he is a Canadian citizen, but the Canadian government is attempting to revoke his citizenship and deport him to his parents’ native India arguing that his Canadian birth certificate and passport were issued “in error.â€
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7th Annual Community March Against Racism
Saturday March 22, 2014
Gather at 2 pm
March begins at Victory Square, Cambie and Hastings
Unceded xÊ·məθkwÉ™yÌ“É™m, Sḵwx̱wuÌ7mesh, and SÉ™lÌ“iÌlwÉ™taÊ” territories.
Family-friendly festivities! Bring your neighbours, banners and drums!
The International Day for the Elimination of Racism marks the anniversary of the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre in South Africa when police opened fire on hundreds of South Africans protesting against Apartheid’s passbook laws, killing 67 and wounding 186. Every year we join friends and allies around the world to mark this day and to speak the truth about racism.
