The Coalition Justice for Adil Charkaoui calls on all allies and supporters to join us in forming a strong contingent against racist immigration 'security' measures on Sunday, 4 May in the Solidarity Across Borders "Status for All!" march.

Sunday, 4 May 2008, 12:30pm

Gathering point: corner of Victoria and Van Horne (metro Plamondon, Van Horne exit)

To join the Justice for Adil contingent, look for the "Solidarity is our Security! Abolish racist (in)security certificates!" banner! 

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Screening:

Press Conference, 21 February 2008: Mostafa Henaway, Immigrant Workers' Centre (l); Gaétan Chateauneuf, President Conseil centrale de Montréal (CSN); Me. Johanne Doyon; Marie-Ève Lamy; Adil Charkaoui. Absent from photo: Salam Elmenyawi, President, Muslim Council of Montreal; Warren Allmand, International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group.

Listen to audio from the press conference.

Thursday, 31 January 2008
Supreme Court, 301 Wellington Street, Ottawa
 
* 9:00am, throughout day
Supreme Court Hearing, Charkaoui contests the destruction of evidence in his case
 
* 12:15pm to 1:30pm
Public Rally: End CSIS impunity, No to security certificates, No to C-3!
End the criminalization, profiling and harassment of refugees and immigrants!
 
* Lunch break (Court will determine time)
Press scrum with Adil Charkaoui and intervenors in case

 
On Thursday, 31 January, the Supreme Court of Canada will hear a bid by Adil Charkaoui to have the ‘security certificate’ against him quashed on the grounds that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) destroyed sources of secret evidence.
 

Press Conference
Wednesday, 30 January 2008, 3:45pm
Charles Lynch Room, Centre Block, Parliament, Ottawa

With:
- Ms. Mona El Fouli, wife of Mohamed Mahjoub
- Ms. Latifa Charkaoui, mother of Adil Charkaoui
- Mr. Ahmad Jaballah, son of Mahmoud Jaballah
- Mr. Christian Legeais, friend of Sophie Lamarche and Mohamed Harkat

Family members of security certificate detainees, joined by community leaders and members of Parliament,  will appeal to Parliamentarians and Senators to bring an end to their long years of uncertainty and suffering and oppose the new security certificate legislation, Bill C-3.

No to security certificates, No to C-3!
End CSIS criminalization, profiling and harassment of refugees and immigrants!

Thursday, 31 January, 12:15pm
Rally in front of the Supreme Court (301 Wellington Street), Ottawa

**Reserve your seat on bus from Montreal now (details below)!**

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Just as it was recently discovered that the CIA destroyed records, it was revealed in 2005 that CSIS destroyed evidence in the file of security certificate detainee Adil Charkaoui. On January 31st, Charkaoui will be challenging the legality of the destruction of evidence in his file by CSIS at the Supreme Court.

Community delegations visited the offices of 16 members of Parliament throughout the island of Montreal on Friday, 7 December. Around fifty people - individuals as well as members of groups like Solidarity across Borders, the Immigrant Workers Centre, le Comité BAIL, CEGEP St-Laurent and McGill student groups, Palestinian and Jewish Unity, the Centre for Philippine Concerns and others - took part in the day of action to urge MPs to vote against new security certificate legislation, which the Conservative government is currently ramming through Parliament at a pace allowing for no discussion or opposition. Similar delegations also took place in Sudbury, Peterborough, Vancouver, Toronto and Ottawa.

Lively march in Stéphane Dion's riding calls on Liberal leader to oppose new security certificate law

March against new security certificate legislation in Ville St-Laurent, Montréal
Saturday, 17 November 2007
Press scrum at 1:30pm at Côte Vertu metro (corner of Côte Vertu and Décarie)

Media contact : 514 222 0205 or 514 846 9325

On October 22nd, the federal Conservative Party introduced Bill C-3, new security certificate legislation. According to media reports, the federal Liberal Party immediately signaled their intention of supporting the bill. The New Democratic Party (NDP) and the Bloc Québecois affirmed that they plan to oppose the bill as it stands.