Évènement - June 26: Join National Day to Close Guantanamo Bay North in Kingston, Ontario
Franc-Parler publie un appel à participer à la journée d'action pour fermer la prison de Kingston réservée aux individus sous un certificat de sécurité, le "Guantanamo du Nord". Franc-Parler joint sa voix pour dénoncer les mesures gouvernementales privant ces personnes de liberté au nom de la "sécurité nationale" tout en maintenant les preuves contre elles secrètes. Franc-Parler dénonce le "Guantanamo du Nord" à propos duquel des rapports font état de violation des droits humains.
Mark the international day against torture with the demand that the new facility for Canada's secret trial detainees be closed; that those who remain behind bars be released from indefinite detention without charge; and that Canada's policy of deportations to torture be ended.
Currently, three men - Mohammad Mahjoub, Mahmoud Jaballah, and Hassan Almrei - remain detained (for periods of between four and six years) without charge under Canada's secret trial security certificate regime, while one other (Adil Charkaoui) has been released under severely restrictive bail conditions. A fifth man, Mohamed Harkat, was granted bail under house arrest by the Federal Court, but the Governmment of Canada is appealing, leaving him behind bars for the time being.
None of these men has ever been charged with, much less convicted of, a single crime. The psychological and physical abuse to which they have been subjected during their incarceration -- and through which their families have suffered in equal measure -- constitutes, at minimum, cruel and unusual treatment. All are fighting deportation to torture.
Please consider joining in by organizing a vigil, rally, or creative action in your community at a government office, CSIS location, or MP's office on Monday, June 26.
Email tasc©web.ca if you'd like to discuss ideas for action or to let us know about your action.
Needless to day, the cases of the Secret Trial Five represent only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Canadian complicity in torture.
Consider that: Many of the almost 14,000 people annually deported from Canada are returning to uncertain fates that may include torture or worse.
Under the so-called Safe Third Country Agreement, Canada is turning away countless at-risk individuals who subsequently face increased risk of deportation to torture from the U.S.
A current MP and potential future leader of the Liberal Party performs moral gymnastics to justify torture.
The Canadian government is officially linked with the U.S.-based training school for torture, the School of the Americas (aka SOA/ WHINSEC , whose graduates have included some of the worst and most notorious human rights abusers in Latin American history). Two Canadian officers graduated from the "School of the Assassins" in 2004.
The federal government has yet to come clean on its role in the scores of CIA flights that have landed in Canada since 2001, many of which may be implicated in the deportation to torture program known as extraordinary rendition.
Upwards of 100 Canadian soldiers are current stationed at Afghanistan's Bagram Air Force Base, home to a detention facility where occupying forces have tortured and murdered detainees in custody. Conditions at Bagram are described as even worse than those at the notorious Guantanamo Bay detention centre. Under the current agreement pertaining to treatment of detainees in Afghanistan, Canadian forces regularly hand over detainees to forces known to be involved in torture.
Canada is one of the few countries in the world that's refused to condemn the illegal U.S.-run detention and torture centre at Guantanamo Bay.
Canadian police, RCMP, and military have been training Iraqi police and Afghani police. Amnesty International reports that detainees in Iraq continue being tortured with electric shocks and plastic cables. Torture in custody remains a major problem in Afghanistan. What, exactly, are Canadians teaching?
Spy agency CSIS regularly trades information with torturers, as CSIS officials publicly admitted during the Arar Inquiry.
The Canadian Press reported on January 19, 2006 that Human Rights Watch found "Canada allegedly backed Bush on forced disappearances" and "worked aggressively" to dilute key elements of a United Nations treaty outlawing forced disappearances. The story notes "that [former PM Paul] Martin apparently decided to run interference for the U.S. as a way for Canada to mend strained relations." Human Rights Watch notes that "disappearances occur when governments seize people without acknowledging their detention, leaving them highly vulnerable to torture or execution."
Campaign to Stop Secret Trials in Canada, PO Box 73620, 509 St. Clair Ave. West, Toronto, ON M6C 1C0, (416) 651-5800,
In Toronto on June 26, join us in front of the Federal Court at 361 University Avenue at 12:30 pm for a lunch-hour vigil.
In March, 2006, a Federal Court judge upheld as "lawfully made" a federal government decision to deport Mahmoud Jaballah to torture or death in Egypt. Mr. Jaballah's security certificate hearing will continue on this day, so if you can join us and Mr. Jaballah's family in court that day as well, that would be great. Call (416) 651-5800 to confirm times.
(Tiré du Site Web Justice for Mohamed Harkat)
Mark the international day against torture with the demand that the new facility for Canada's secret trial detainees be closed; that those who remain behind bars be released from indefinite detention without charge; and that Canada's policy of deportations to torture be ended.
Currently, three men - Mohammad Mahjoub, Mahmoud Jaballah, and Hassan Almrei - remain detained (for periods of between four and six years) without charge under Canada's secret trial security certificate regime, while one other (Adil Charkaoui) has been released under severely restrictive bail conditions. A fifth man, Mohamed Harkat, was granted bail under house arrest by the Federal Court, but the Governmment of Canada is appealing, leaving him behind bars for the time being.
None of these men has ever been charged with, much less convicted of, a single crime. The psychological and physical abuse to which they have been subjected during their incarceration -- and through which their families have suffered in equal measure -- constitutes, at minimum, cruel and unusual treatment. All are fighting deportation to torture.
Please consider joining in by organizing a vigil, rally, or creative action in your community at a government office, CSIS location, or MP's office on Monday, June 26.
Email tasc©web.ca if you'd like to discuss ideas for action or to let us know about your action.
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Needless to day, the cases of the Secret Trial Five represent only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Canadian complicity in torture.
Consider that: Many of the almost 14,000 people annually deported from Canada are returning to uncertain fates that may include torture or worse.
Under the so-called Safe Third Country Agreement, Canada is turning away countless at-risk individuals who subsequently face increased risk of deportation to torture from the U.S.
A current MP and potential future leader of the Liberal Party performs moral gymnastics to justify torture.
The Canadian government is officially linked with the U.S.-based training school for torture, the School of the Americas (aka SOA/ WHINSEC , whose graduates have included some of the worst and most notorious human rights abusers in Latin American history). Two Canadian officers graduated from the "School of the Assassins" in 2004.
The federal government has yet to come clean on its role in the scores of CIA flights that have landed in Canada since 2001, many of which may be implicated in the deportation to torture program known as extraordinary rendition.
Upwards of 100 Canadian soldiers are current stationed at Afghanistan's Bagram Air Force Base, home to a detention facility where occupying forces have tortured and murdered detainees in custody. Conditions at Bagram are described as even worse than those at the notorious Guantanamo Bay detention centre. Under the current agreement pertaining to treatment of detainees in Afghanistan, Canadian forces regularly hand over detainees to forces known to be involved in torture.
Canada is one of the few countries in the world that's refused to condemn the illegal U.S.-run detention and torture centre at Guantanamo Bay.
Canadian police, RCMP, and military have been training Iraqi police and Afghani police. Amnesty International reports that detainees in Iraq continue being tortured with electric shocks and plastic cables. Torture in custody remains a major problem in Afghanistan. What, exactly, are Canadians teaching?
Spy agency CSIS regularly trades information with torturers, as CSIS officials publicly admitted during the Arar Inquiry.
The Canadian Press reported on January 19, 2006 that Human Rights Watch found "Canada allegedly backed Bush on forced disappearances" and "worked aggressively" to dilute key elements of a United Nations treaty outlawing forced disappearances. The story notes "that [former PM Paul] Martin apparently decided to run interference for the U.S. as a way for Canada to mend strained relations." Human Rights Watch notes that "disappearances occur when governments seize people without acknowledging their detention, leaving them highly vulnerable to torture or execution."
Campaign to Stop Secret Trials in Canada, PO Box 73620, 509 St. Clair Ave. West, Toronto, ON M6C 1C0, (416) 651-5800,
In Toronto on June 26, join us in front of the Federal Court at 361 University Avenue at 12:30 pm for a lunch-hour vigil.
In March, 2006, a Federal Court judge upheld as "lawfully made" a federal government decision to deport Mahmoud Jaballah to torture or death in Egypt. Mr. Jaballah's security certificate hearing will continue on this day, so if you can join us and Mr. Jaballah's family in court that day as well, that would be great. Call (416) 651-5800 to confirm times.
(Tiré du Site Web Justice for Mohamed Harkat)
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