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SUMMARY:Support Abousfian Abdelrazik as Canadian Complicity in Torture Goes on Trial (Online and in Ottawa)
DESCRIPTION:Join us in court beginning October 21 in Ottawa or online as the six week trial proceeds. \nTo register online to observe proceedings\, visit: https://cas-satj.zoom.us/…/WN_fSbwmniiRZ2f7_T7xFLkGg \nTo receive court location details for Ottawa\, contact tasc@web.ca \nAbousfian Abdelrazik is “the victim of a series of gross injustices attributable directly or indirectly to Canadian state actors\, including arbitrary and illegal detention\, prolonged solitary confinement\, torture\, and forced exile and separation from his home and young children. These breaches of the Plaintiff’s fundamental human rights were flagrant\, extreme and continuous over a period of six years. Most egregiously\, many senior Canadian officials were fully aware that Canada could have ended the Plaintiff’s cruel and unjust ordeal at any moment by simply securing a flight home to Montreal. In this action\, he seeks redress and compensation that vindicates his Charter rights and is proportionate to the unprecedented seriousness of this wrongful state conduct.” (from his lawsuit) \nCanada has a loathsome history of rendering Muslim citizens to torture abroad and being complicit in their torture. The case of Abousfian Abdlerazik is the first time such a case is scheduled for a trial. \nWhen a combination of civic action and a court action successfully brought him home in 2009\, Abdelrazik told the Globe and Mail a “ chilling account of six years of imprisonment and forced exile abroad… Mr. Abdelrazik recounted stories of interrogation and alleged torture. He told of Canadian Security and Intelligence Service agents laughingly saying “Sudan will be your Guantanamo” when he begged to be allowed to return home. \nHis ordeal – described as Kafkaesque by the federal court judge who ordered him repatriated – is far from ended. But the Harper government made it clear that Mr. Abdelrazik couldn’t expect any support in his efforts to remove his name from the UN list. \nMr. Abdelrazik said one of the two CSIS interrogators was the same agent who questioned him at his home two days before he flew to Khartoum in March of 2003. Mr. Abdelrazik said he had called the Montreal police to get the CSIS agents to leave. \n“One of them\, he turned and said to me\, ‘You will see…’ ” he said. \nAlthough CSIS denies it arranged for Mr. Abdelrazik to be imprisoned in Sudan\, heavily redacted government documents say he was arrested “at our request\,” meaning Canada’s.After months in solitary with little food and occasional torture\, Mr. Abdelrazik said one day his Sudanese jailers told him the “Canadian muhabarat want to talk to me\,” using the feared Arabic term for secret police. \nMr. Abdelrazik says he was taken to a room with a table laden “with cakes and fruits and juice and bottles of water\,” but before he could say anything\, one of the CSIS agents said\, “Remember I told you in Montreal that ‘You will see\,’ … and now\, you will see.” \nMr. Abdelrazik said he begged to be allowed to go home and offered to face any charges the agents wanted to press. \n“I am not going to help a terrorist\,” the CSIS agent replied\, according to Mr. Abdelrazik. The agent added that Mr. Abdelrazik was “Sudanese\, not a Canadian\, and should stay in Sudan forever.” \n“My country doesn’t need you\,” the CSIS agent said. After the two left\, Mr. Abdelrazik said the worst period of torture and abuse began. \nStay in touch at Stop Canadian Involvement in Torture\, tasc@web.ca
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/support-abousfian-abdelrazik-as-canadian-complicity-in-torture-goes-on-trial-online-and-in-ottawa/
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SUMMARY:Harmony Circle for Palestine with Albert Dumont and Friends
DESCRIPTION:For this Harmony Circle\, Spiritual Advisor Albert Dumont will be joined by Aisling Quinn and Yipeng Ge.  Aisling is a member of Irish Healthcare Workers for Palestine – a collective set up to advocate for the protection of Healthcare Workers\, infrastructure\, humanitarian workers and all civilians.  Yipeng is a primary care doctor and public health practitioner in Ottawa. In November 2023\, Dr. Ge was suspended from his medical residency at the University of Ottawa for pro-Palestinian social media remarks critical of Israel. A petition demanding his reinstatement received over 65\,000 signatures\, indicating widespread support for Dr. Ge and raising concerns about free speech and the right to criticize government policy without risking professional repercussions.\nWe will talk about solidarity with Palestine among Healthcare Workers – the efforts being taken in Ireland and Canada\, and the differences in approach.  After the formal conversation\, we will open up the meeting for a Sharing Circle where all participants are invited to ask questions or share what is on their heart in the chat.  We will end the Harmony Circle with concrete social justice actions we can take to help. This is an invitation to do something in a time of great suffering\, devastation and emotional turmoil.\n\n\nHere are the important links for sharing … \nFacebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/8385325838217622/\nFacebook post: https://www.facebook.com/harmonycircleswithalbert/posts/122118762014513446\nInstagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DBRJLhRxoJi/\nLinktree: https://linktr.ee/harmonycircleswithalbert\nRegistration form: https://forms.gle/PBSPWbQbmaUWfLgTA \n\n\nPlease let me know if you need any other info or if you want it in a different format.\n\nSincerely\,\nThe Harmony Circles Team – Albert\, Evneeki\, Nadia\, Lindsey\, Lisa and Sylvia
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/harmony-circle-for-palestine-with-albert-dumont-and-friends/
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