Original author: TASC (Toronto Action for Social Change)
Source: TASC Email List
Date: September 12, 2005


Friends, given the sheer amount of recent activity, we don't want to fill up your email with lengthy messages. Instead, there are references to website postings on the following items:

1. Mahjoub Hunger strike Today, secret trial detainee Mohammad Mahjoub enters day 68 of a hunger strike which may very well take his life unless the governments of Ontario and Canada act to meet his demands for urgent medical treatment and contact visits with his children. For background information and suggestions for what you can do, please visit: [link]

2. Jaballah Bail Hearing This morning in Federal Court a bail hearing will resume for secret trial detainee Mahmoud Jaballah, which heard three days of emotional testimony last week. Jaballah, family and friends described the mental torture against him and his family from the past 4+ years of indefinite incarceration without charge or bail. A CSIS agent also testified for the better part of a day, and it was revealed that CSIS' latest report on the effect of incarceration on long-term detainees appears to have deliberately held back crucial information from the Canadian government. A detailed report from the bail hearing is at:

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(If you have trouble linking here, we can send you the full report in an email message)

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