Posted by admin on Jun 7th, 2011
BY CHRIS COBB, Ottawa Citizen, Jun. 7 2011
OTTAWA — Former University of Ottawa professor Hassan Diab was led by police from an Ottawa courtroom Monday to the sound of loud applause and hugs and handshakes from his supporters. It was the end of a short but emotional hearing that saw the alleged terrorist committed for extradition to France. Diab will remain at the Ottawa Regional Detention Centre until a bail hearing, likely in Toronto on Thursday.
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Posted by admin on Jun 7th, 2011
By Mike Head, World Socialist Web Site, Jun. 7 2011
Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s minority Labor government is pushing ahead this week to finalise an agreement with its counterpart in Kuala Lumpur to begin forcibly removing 800 asylum seekers to Malaysia, brushing aside mounting condemnations and evidence that the refugee-swapping scheme will violate fundamental legal and democratic rights.
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Posted by admin on May 31st, 2011
No One Is Illegal – Toronto, May 31 2011
“Thank you. To all the people that signed petitions, that came out to rallies, all the organizations that have supported me, Thank you from the bottom of my heart. The detention centre is still full, with kids and families. It’s not fair. It’s not fair that police are working with immigration to arrest people. We need change now. I hope that people in the community will continue to fight for justice for immigrants and refugees.†Alvaro Orozco, May 31, 2011
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Posted by admin on May 31st, 2011
Paul Koring, Globe and Mail, May 31 2011
Quebec has blocked government child-benefit payments to Abousfian Abdelrazik, the only Canadian on the UN’s al-Qaeda blacklist, saying Ottawa must get written permission from the UN Security Council in New York before it will issue the monthly cheques every other Canadian parent is entitled to receive.
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Posted by admin on May 30th, 2011
Latin American Herald Tribune, May 30 2011
SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, Mexico – The 11 migrants who staged a 24-day hunger strike at a prison in Tapachula, a city in southern Mexico, have been released, human rights activists said. The migrants – nine Cubans, a Honduran and a Dominican – were caught in early May and sent to an immigration detention center.
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