[OPIRG-EVENTS] Public Forum on the Future of Civil Liberties - Tues. Feb.5

[Mick Panesar <mspanesar2@yahoo.com>]

NOWAR/PAIX (Network to Oppose War and
Racism/Pacte contre l'agression,
l'intolérance et la zénophobie) presents...

A public forum on the future of civil liberties
in Canada

Who's a Terrorist Anyway?
Immigrants?...Activists?...Journalists?...Arabs?...You?

Ottawa Public Library Auditorium,
(Metcalfe at Laurier)
Tuesday, February 5th from 7 to 10 p.m.

Free/Donations Accepted to help cover costs of
the event 

The presenters are:

Richard Warman
Lawyer/Activist 

Deborah Bourque
Canadian Union of Postal Workers and member of
the Sept. 11 Peace Coalition

Amina Sherazee
Legal Counsel, Canadian Arab Federation

Representative from the aboriginal community
(still to be confirmed)

Christian Legeais (French presentation)
CAZO (Comité antiZLÉA de l'Outaouais) (Outaouais
anti-globalization group)

There will be a discussion following the
presentations.


ABOUT NOWAR/PAIX: In response to the horrific 
events of September 11, the resulting
declarations of war by the U.S. government and
its military
allies, the attack on civil liberties and the 
right to dissent, and the ugly racist and
xenophobic attacks on innocent people of colour
across North America, a group of concerned
Ottawa-area citizens has recently formed
NOWAR/PAIX.

This coalition has three goals: 

1) to oppose 
terrorism in all its forms (including state
terrorism), the U.S. call to war, and Canada's
participation therein; 

2) to oppose the racist backlash against people 
of colour, including attacks on immigrant and
refugee rights; 

3) to oppose the erosion of civil liberties in 
the name of national security. 

Our network, which is made up of a diversity of 
members from within the community, seeks to build
a broad-based coalition of organizations and
individuals within the Ottawa region to advance 
the above goals by organizing events and
increasing public awareness in the coming weeks
and months.


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