Security Certificates

LML Numéro 87 - 17 octobre 2007:

20 octobre 2007: Journée d'action contre les procès secrets:
Défendons les droits de tous!

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• Défendons les droits de tous! Les certificats de sécurité doivent être abolis!

• Non aux procès secrets! - Campagne contre les procès secrets au Canada

• Pétition adressée à la Chambre des Communes assemblées au parlement

• La décision de ne pas lever les conditions de libération conditionnelle très décevante - Coalition Justice pour Adil Charkaoui

• La contestation sur la fuite d'information ultra secrète dans le dossier Chakaoui -

Coalition Justice pour Adil Charkaoui

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20 octobre: Journée d'action contre les procès secrets

Défendons les droits de tous! Les certificats de sécurité doivent être abolis! Le mercredi 10 octobre 2007, le juge Simon Noël, de la Cour fédérale, a décidé de maintenir les conditions de libération d'Adil Charkaoui malgré que les certificats de sécurité à l'origine de ces conditions aient été jugés anticonstitutionnels.

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Source: The Campaign To Stop Secret Trials In Canada
Date: Oct 2007

Coast to Coast actions 20 October 2007
NO NEW SECURITY CERTIFICATE LEGISLATION
FREE THE SECRET TRIAL FIVE

Minister of "Public Safety" Stockwell Day is expected to introduce new security certificate legislation in Parliament any day now. The reform comes in response to strong public opposition to the security certificate - a symbol of injustice against migrants in Canada - and in response to the Supreme Court decision in February 2007 that the 'security certificate' process is unconstitutional.

This means that the government intends to maintain a two-tiered justice system, with one process for refugees and permanent residents and another for citizens. If it succeeds, this move will further entrench the use of secrecy and racial profiling in the Canadian legal system. It will help to normalize indefinite detention/house arrest for people who are deemed "suspect" by the spy agency CSIS. It will normalize increased government control and surveillance. All while leaving the door open to deportation to torture.

JOIN US on the cross-Canada day of action on 20 October to send a clear message to the government: no new security certificate process; immediately free those detained under this illegal law - or charge them and give them a fair and open trial.

BELOW:

1. Demands of day of action
2. Statements by security certificate detainees and family members
3. List of actions across Canada
4. What else you can do
5. List of organizations who have endorsed the day of action
6. Bios and photos of the secret trial five
7. For more information

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Source:TMLD
Date: October 16, 2007

October 20 Day of Action Against Secret Trials
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• The Other Arars: When the "Exception" Is the Rule

• UN Refugee Agency Condemns Harper Government for
Refusing Asylum to Refugees

• U.S. Refugee Advocate Arrested by Canadian Border
Services

• FBI Puts Antiwar Protesters on Criminal Database;
Canada Uses It to Ban Protesters From Entry - Rob
Kall, [link]

• Public Safety Canada Quietly Launches Lawful Access
Consultation - Michael Geist

Updates

• Admissibility Hearing for U.S. Anti-War Activist -
Alison Bodine Defence Committee

• Robin Long Released, Deportation Stopped for Now -
Lee Zaslofsky, War Resisters Support Campaign

Source: TMLD (The Marxist-Leninist Daily) No. 162 URL: [link] Date: October 15, 2007 Defend the Rights of All! Abolish Security Certificates! October 20 Day of Action Against Secret Trials • Defend the Rights of All! Abolish Security Certificates! • Toronto Says No to Secret Trials - Campaign to Stop Secret Trials in Canada • Decision to Refuse Freedom "Deeply Disappointing" - Coalition Justice for Adil Charkaoui • Challenging the Leak of Top Secret Information in Charkaoui's file Report of Federal Court hearings on 24 September - Coalition Justice pour Adil Charkaoui • Secret Evidence Again Used to Deny Bail to Secret Trial Detainee Hassan Almrei - Homes Not Bombs ===== October 20 Day of Action Against Secret Trials Defend the Rights of All! Abolish Security Certificates!

On Wednesday October 10, Justice Simon Noël of the Federal Court ruled that restrictions on Montrealer Adil Charkaoui, originally imposed by the security certificate process which has since been struck down, must remain in place to "neutralize" the potential threat represented by Charkaoui.

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Original author: Jan Ravensbergen
Source: The National Post
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Date: October 10, 2007

Adil Charkaoui, a Montrealer under a federal security certificate, will have to keep wearing a Global Positioning System device that has monitored his every movement since Feb. 17, 2005, a Federal Court of Canada judge ruled Wednesday morning.

"The request for Mr. Charkaoui's provisional liberation without conditions is denied," Judge Simon Noel concluded in a 26-page judgment.

Mr. Charkaoui remains unable to travel outside Montreal without Mr. Noel's permission. He is also required to be supervised at work, and accompanied at all times by specified people when outside his home.

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Original author: "TASC" - [email] Source: TASC Email List URL: N/A Date: October 10, 2007 Just Say NO to New Secret Trials in Canada! Peaceful Toronto Rally and Walk Saturday, October 20, 12 Noon Meet at CSIS, 277 Front Street West (at John) Walk through downtown includes stops at the Federal Court of Canada and ends at a potent symbol of Canada's paranoia and misplaced priorities, Moss Park Armoury (Queen East and Jarvis) Part of the Day of Action from Coast to Coast to Coast Saturday, October 20

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The six-year campaign against secret trials won a major victory in February when the Supreme Court ruled that security certificates were unconstitutional. However, the Harper government has already announced that it will introduce NEW security certificate legislation this fall. This is likely to be based on the “special advocate” model, which will further entrench the use of secrecy in the immigration and justice systems.

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Source: The Campaign to Stop Secret Trials In Canada, The Justice Coalition for Adil Charkaoui, and The Justice for Mohamed Harkat Committee Date: October 2007 NO TO NEW SECRET TRIALS IN CANADA!

!!!! Join the cross-Canada Day of Action, Saturday, October 20th !!!! !!!! Sign up for Emergency Actions when the new law is introduced into Parliament !!!! The campaign against secret trials won a victory in February when the Supreme Court recognized that the "security certificate" is unconstitutional. However, the Supreme Court gave the government one year before the law falls. All five detainees thus remain in indefinite, arbitrary detention or house arrest conditions, under threat of deportation to torture - under a law that has now been recognized as illegal.

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From: "Janet Dench" <[email]> To: <[email]> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 8:57 AM Subject: [CCRLIST] Gov't response on detention conditions for security certificate detainees The government has submitted its response to the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration's report on security certificate detention. The response is available at: link expired et en français à link expired The response rejects most of the recommendations, including all the more significant ones (e.g. to use criminal prosecutions rather than immigration procedures, to have the Correctional Investigator oversee the Kingston facility, to have a complaints mechanism for CBSA). They report having made some changes in line with some recommendations (e.g. improved telephone access, canteen facilities, suspending the head count - but they might start it up again at any time, to "count" the one remaining detainee). The only recommendation that they are really enthusiastic about is the one calling for adequate resources for police and intelligence services.

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Original author: Jim Brown
Source: Canadian Press via Yahoo News
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Date: August 26, 2007


OTTAWA (CP) - The lawyer for an accused terrorist living in Canada is demanding access to Abu Zubaydah, a key al-Qaida operative held at Guantanamo Bay, to find out first-hand what Zubaydah knows about his client.

Paul Copeland, counsel for Algerian-born Mohamed Harkat, has written to officials in both Ottawa and Washington saying he needs to interview Zubaydah to mount a proper defence of Harkat, who is accused by Canada's secret service of having terrorist ties.

So far U.S. authorities have replied only that the interview request is under consideration and a decision "may take some time." There has been no response from the Canadian government.

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service, in previous court proceedings against Harkat, has claimed he was identified by Zubaydah as the operator of a safe house for Islamic militants in Peshawar, Pakistan.

CSIS also claims to have additional evidence - heard behind closed doors by a Federal Court judge but never made public - linking Harkat to Zubaydah.

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Original author: Matthew Behrens of The Campaign to Stop Secret Trials In Canada Source: TASC Email List URL: N/A Date: August 27, 2007 Just Say NO to New Secret Trials in Canada! Join the Day of Action from Coast to Coast to Coast Saturday, October 20 Sign on for Emergency Actions during the week that new legislation is introduced into Parliament to revive unconstitutional security certificates BACKGROUND

The six-year campaign against secret trials won a major victory in February when the Supreme Court ruled that security certificates were unconstitutional. However, the Harper government has already announced that it will introduce NEW security certificate legislation this fall. This is likely to be based on the “special advocate” model, which will further entrench the use of secrecy in the immigration and justice systems.

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