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VPD hears complaints by pro-Palestine advocates, then appoints former Deputy Chief to investigate

Arabic proverb: لمين تشكي والقاضي غريمك
Who do you complain to when the judge is your opponent?

Human Rights Groups Alarmed that Former Deputy Chief of VPD Selected to Investigate Allegations of Illegal Mass Surveillance and by Deferral of Excessive Use of Force Complaint – BC Civil Liberties Association %
(Photos: Michael YC Tseng)

Background info on legal complaint: Police Board to consider legal complaints filed against VPD for excessive use of force and surveillance of Palestine movement
Says Dania Barakat, a local Palestinian organizer:
“Across the country and around the world, we are seeing a rise in police and state repression against pro-Palestinian activists. This increasing anti-Palestinian racism is happening as we are witnessing a genocide unfolding in Gaza every day and as Canada refuses to implement a two-way arms embargo against Israel. But the VPD repression and surveillance of our actions will not stop us. The global movement for our liberation is only growing.”

Solidarity with Palestinian Advocacy and Liberation!

Tell the Canadian Government to Stop Criminalizing Palestinian Advocacy – Action Network

Now Endorsed by 19 Groups:

  • Africa 4 Palestine
  • BDS Vancouver-Coast Salish
  • Barnard-Boecker Centre Foundation
  • Canada Palestine Association 
  • Canadian Arab Federation 
  • Canadian BDS Coalition & International Allies
  • Canadian Foreign Policy Institute 
  • Canadian Lebanese Academic Forum 
  • Coordinating Council 4 Palestine 
  • Friends of the Filipino People in Struggle 
  • Greater Toronto for BDS GTA4BDS 
  • Jewish Anti-Zionist Collective Toronto 
  • Niagara Movement for Justice in Palestine-Israel (NMJPI)
  • Ontario Palestinian Rights Association 
  • Palestine Solidarity Committee Saint John 
  • Palestinian and Jewish Unity 
  • Regina Peace Council  
  • Socialist Action 
  • Solidarité: Sherbrooke-Gaza 

#ShutDownScotiabank

Join the campaign to force Scotiabank to complete
their divestment from Elbit and all other companies that support Israeli war crimes, occupation and the colonization of Palestine.

On October 2, activists across the Lower Mainland in BC disrupted business as usual for genocide-enabler Scotiabank and its global asset fund. Leading up to the week of action entitled RESISTING GENOCIDE: BOYCOTT FOR PALESTINIAN LIBERATION, protestors confirmed their resolve to not rest until Scotiabank and all complicit entities are forced to divest from genocide.

Highlights video: https://www.instagram.com/p/DArl5azygFN
More info on Scotiabank investments: Scotiabank is invested in over $15 Billion Canadian ($11 billion USD) in war crimes & potentially genocide – Just Peace Advocates

ScotiaBank name is an embarrassment – Canada Palestine Association
Scotiabank must divest completely from Elbit Systems! – Canada Palestine Association (cpavancouver.org)

Who crafted Canada’s bogus “terrorist list”?

CPA Chair Hanna Kawas delves into Canada’s “terrorist list” and how the Zionist lobby was instrumental in having Palestinian and Lebanese resistance groups banned as such. Both the U.S. and Canadian governments are quick to remind us that they have designated these groups are “terrorist entities”, as they justify Israel’s extrajudicial assassinations that also murder hundreds (perhaps thousands) of civilians.
This presentation was part of the Right to Resist Meeting held May 8 in Vancouver, highlighting the repression globally and in Canada of pro-Palestine advocacy.

Background info:
Open Letter to Solicitor General of Canada Re: Banning of Palestinian Groups – Canada Palestine Association (cpavancouver.org)
Open Letter to the Canadian Prime Minister Regarding the Banning of Moslem Organizations