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Aug 21, Court for FightFees 14
Written by Jangali   
Tuesday, 19 August 2008
Court Support for the Fight Fees 14
When: Thursday, August 21st
Time: 8:45 am
Where: Old City Hall (60 Queen St. West)
Court Room 111


Its been almost 4 months since the University of Toronto has pressed criminal charges against 14 university students, alumni, and staff as well as pursuing Student Code of Conduct investigations against 13 students. With September just around the corner, U of T is not backing down and these charges are still hanging over the heads of the 14 students and community members.

Those who have been criminally charged are having a courtdate this Thursday (the 21st) at 8:45 am, at Old City Hall. We are asking friends and allies to come to the court house in show of support and send a clear message to the university and to the police: Drop all Criminal and Code of Conduct Charges!

Note: To get in the court room, the pigs will check your bags and have you empty your pockets.
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 19 August 2008 )
 
Prisoners Justice Day
Written by Jangali   
Tuesday, 05 August 2008
August 10 is the day prisoners have set aside as a day to fast and refuse to work in a show of solidarity to remember those who have died unnecessarily. It is a day when folks in the community hold demonstrations, vigils, worship services and other events in solidarity with prisoners.

August 10th is a day to raise public awareness of the demands made by prisoners to change the criminal injustice system, the brutal conditions that lead to so many prison deaths, and is a chance to publicly oppose prison and police violence.

Prisoners Justice Day has become a space to talk about the disproportionate numbers of marginalized people being held in detention; specifically First Nations and Indigenous peoples, Racialized people, Transgendered and Transsexual people, Sex workers, people with Disabilities, Psychiatric prisoners & survivors, and other folks marginalized by systems of oppression and violence.

August 10th, 2008 marks the 33rd year of PJD.

Sunday, August 10th
6 - 10pm
Outside the Don Jail
550 Gerrard St. East
Toronto

Why come out to PJD?

Toronto is building a sustained prisoners' justice movement focused on justice not jails! Come out and remember the lives of the many prisoners and ex-prisoners who have died inside and outside of various incarceration and detention prisons, jails, hospitals and centres. Show your support for the many courageous prisoners, ex-prisoners, and their allies, and help in the fight for justice not jails!
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 19 August 2008 )
 
STOP THE DEPORTATION OF JANE OKOJIE!
Written by Jangali   
Monday, 07 July 2008
AlwaysQuestion finds the Canadian State's intentions to deport Jane Okojie digusting and encourages all to come out to the No One Is Illegal protest. AlwaysQuestion firmly demands that all people on this land be given status and that there be an immediate end to the deportations, the majority of which are race and class driven. These attacks by the Canadian state terrorize racialized people and their communities, often scaring many from organizing in defense of their communities. We demand an end to this state terror now!

Read below for the time and location of protest. Below is taken from No One Is Illegal giving important information about the specific case.

July 8th at 11:00 am outside the Citizenship and Immigration Office at 50 St. Clair Avenue East (St. Clair and Yonge), Toronto.

Just over a week after Canada Day and Toronto’s Gay Pride celebrations, Jane Okojie, a woman of Nigerian nationality, is facing deportation to Nigeria. Jane’s situation is a perfect example of the Canadian immigration and refugee system failing women and persons of gay, lesbian, and bisexual orientation. Jane has already received a negative Pre-Removal Risk Assessment (PRAA) decision and a negative Humanitarian and Compassionate(H&C) decision.

Her removal date is set for July 10th. She is a both a victim of domestic & sexual violence in Nigeria, as well as having been beaten by local villagers when her bisexuality was discovered. If sent back to Nigeria, she is at great risk of persecution. She has a 12 year old Nigerian son (Samuel) who she also brought to Canada from Nigeria, as well as an approximately one year old Canadian citizen child. Since Jane will be at risk of both arrest and serious violence upon return to Nigeria, there is a very real chance that her children will be left there without a mother, forced to live a life of poverty.

The PRAA officer stated in his decision that ‘…[Jane] has not persuaded me that she is bisexual or lesbian.’ A basis for the PRAA officer’s finding was the during Jane’s PRAA interview, Jane could not remember her partner’s birthday. It is trite to assert that there are many people in straight relationships who forget the birthday of their partners. Are they considered to be any less credible with regards to their sexuality? The PRAA officer obviously applied a double standard to Jane, one that has resulted in a disastrous negative decision that will force Jane to be returned to Nigeria.
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 05 August 2008 )
 
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