Coalition Justice for Adil Charkaoui, 21 February 2007

Friday, 23 February 2007, 2:30pm
Centre St. Pierre, 1212 Panet, room 105, Montréal

Speakers include:
• Me. Johanne Doyon, legal counsel for Mr. Adil Charkaoui before Supreme Court
• Mr. Adil Charkaoui, arrested under security certificate
• Hon. Warren Allmand, International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group
• Sheikh Salam El Manyawi, Muslim Council of Montreal
• Me. Philippe Robert de Massy, Ligue des droits et libertés
• Me. Dominique Larochelle, legal counsel for Mr. Adil Charkaoui

    Coalition Justice for Adil Charkaoui, 16 February 2007

Close Guantanamo North: Rally and March
Saturday, 17 February 2007, 1:15 pm
Berri Square (corner Ste. Catherine and Berri), Montreal

Speakers include:

    Coalition Justice for Adil Charkaoui, 12 February 2007

Press Conference
Wednesday, 14 February 2007, 10 am
1710 rue Beaudry, local 3.5, Montréal

Speakers include:
·    Me. Johanne Doyon, argued constitutional challenge to security certificates;
·    Adil Charkaoui, arrested under a security certificate in 2003;
·    Amir Khadir, Québec Solidaire;
·    Philippe Robert de Massy, Ligue des droits et libertés.

    Coalition Justice for Adil Charkaoui, February 2007
 
End Indefinite and Arbitrary Detention

End Deportation to Torture

RALLY and SPEAK-OUT
Saturday, 17 February 2007, 1pm
Berri Square (parc Émilie-Gamelin, in front of Berri Metro)

2ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE 'LIBERATION' OF ADIL CHARKAOUI
 
VIEW PHOTO ESSAY OF RALLY HERE.

Federal Court Watch is an initiative in the campaign against security certificates. Modelled on Cop Watch projects, Federal Court Watch aims to mobilize public scrutiny and networks to protect community members against abusive power.

WHY FEDERAL COURT WATCH

Since the new security certificate law, Bill C-3, entered into force, there has been growing concern about the role the Federal Court is playing in security certificate cases. Those closely observing the cases are concerned that the Federal Court has failed to come to terms with the fact that it has been applying an unconstitutional (thus illegal) law for years. The principles on which the Supreme Court made its unanimous decision to strike down the security certificate law in February 2007 are not evident in the Federal Court's current handling of these cases.

These reports are prepared by volunteer observers. They do not necessarily represent the view of all of the organizations participating in Federal Court Watch and, while a serious attempt has been made to be accurate, they should be checked against Federal Court transcripts for any official uses.

Hearings to determine the reasonability of the Security Certificate issued against Adil Charkaoui and to review his conditions

Public hearing, Day 7: January 21th, 2009, Montreal

Members of the following organizations were present at the hearings: Coalition Justice for Adil Charkaoui, Collective Opposed to Police Brutalitiy, Solidarity Across Borders, PGA-Bloc Montreal, Tadamon! Montreal, People’s Commission Network, Centre for Philippine Concerns, Mile End Neighbourhood Peace Group, Mcgill Anti Racist Coalition (MARC), South Asian Women’s Community Centre (SAWCC).

This report reflects highlights of the day, not all material is covered. Some material is excluded for privacy.

Evening of film and discussion on the struggle of security detainees for justice in Canada

Tuesday, 28 November 2006, 7pm
Centre St. Pierre, 1212 Panet St., room 1205 (Beaudry metro)

Whisper translation (French and English) ::::: Free childcare

Projection of "SECURE FREEDOM" (French version)

Followed by a panel discussion with:

• ALEXANDRE TRUDEAU, writer and producer of "Secure Freedom"
• AHMAD JABALLAH, oldest son of security certificate detainee Mahmoud Jaballah
• MONA EL FOULI, married to security certificate detainee Mohammad Mahjoub
• ADIL CHARKAOUI, arrested under a security certificate in 2003

    Coalition Justice for Adil Charkaoui, 18 October 2006
 

Action report-back and update on "ordinary rendition" cases in Canada

In January 2001, Adil Charkaoui was arrested at JFK airport while on the way home to Montreal from a visit to Morocco. He and his wife were forced off the plane at gunpoint by FBI agents. He was held and subjected to questioning for hours: to his bewilderment and anger, he was informed that he had come under suspicion of Canadian authorities as a potential risk to" national security". The FBI agents asked him questions displaying an intimate knowledge of his life in Canada; in his words, "they knew everything about my life". It seemed that Canadian intelligence had passed information to the FBI about him.

    Allison Hanes, CanWest News Service; National Post, September 12, 2006

TORONTO - After five years of fighting to have a suspected terror cell member deported to his native Egypt, government lawyers on Monday unexpectedly asked the judge in the case to weigh whether it would be constitutional to send Mahmoud Jaballah back to a country where he may face torture.

Lawyers and supporters of the Toronto father of six - who has been detained on a national security certificate since August, 2001 - were caught off guard by the sudden turn of events. But perhaps no one was more taken aback by Monday's surprise pitch than Federal Court Justice Andrew Mackay.

"I don't know what's come over you," he quipped to the Justice Department lawyer who made the plea. "It's been a most unusual afternoon.''