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Support a Montreal woman facing double punishment after more than 20 years in Canada

** Make your donations here! http://igg.me/at/nonaladoublepeine ** Video on double punishment: http://youtu.be/Mt-0PdBIPi8   Dear friends and allies, This week Solidarity Across Borders will be launching a fundraising campaign for a family that is facing the injustices of double punishment. After…

Solidarity disruption: Activists stage a disruption at the Immigration and Refugee Board in solidarity with migrant detainees

A surprise disruption took place this morning at the Guy-Favreau Complex to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the hunger strike undertaken by 191 migrants detained in a maximum-security prison in Lindsay, Ontario. A few PHOTOS from the modest disruption have…

(Monday Sept 22) Press conference for the Awan family – Call for supporters

Justice for the Awan family! Status for Khurshid Begum Awan! PRESS CONFERENCE Monday September 22, at 10am Anglican Diocese of Montreal, 1444 Union St., 2nd floor *** In 2011 Khurshid Begum Awan and her husband Mohammad Khalil Awan came to…

(August 26) Solidarity Across Borders Budget Assembly

To all members of Solidarity Across Borders: Solidarity Across Borders BUDGET ASSEMBLY Tuesday, August 26, 2014, 6:30pm-8pm 1500 de Maisonneuve West, #204 (métro Guy-Concordia)– wheelchair accessible – childcare available on request (please contact us in advance by e-mail) – translation:…

Call to Action: Stop the Deportation of Sarah Maggali and her daughter Kezia Hope

STOP THE DEPORTATION OF SARAH MAGGALI AND HER DAUGHTER KEZIA HOPE KEEP THE PIKA FAMILY UNITED IN QUEBEC AN URGENT CALL TO ACTION -> Hear directly from Sarah Maggali and Kezia Hope in the following video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkGJaFx0xek -> For more info,…

NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION: CRIMINALIZATION COSTS SEX WORKER LIVES

Join Solidarity Across Borders on Saturday in support of this danse-athon against the dangerous recriminalization of sex work. Across the country, sex worker groups along with organizations and individuals that support human rights, labour rights and women’s rights are gathering…

(April 15) Activist for migrant rights faces deportation tomorrow despite risk to his life

For immediate release “This is not human” : Activist for migrant rights faces deportation tomorrow despite risk to his life MONTREAL, April 15 2014 – A Montreal man is facing deportation to South Korea early tomorrow morning, a country where…

(Updates) Solidarity with Carlos, Amelie and Fallon !

UPDATE – February 24, 2014 From friends of Amelie, Carlos and Fallon On Sunday, January 5th, two groups of people threw rocks and molotov cocktails at the offices of the Ministry of Communications and Transport and at the vehicles of…

Solidarity against police repression in Montreal: We will not submit to municipal by-law P-6 (Updated)

(This public statement is endorsed by Solidarity Across Borders.) It’s not at City Hall that P-6 will be defeated, but on the streets! We will not submit to municipal by-law P-6 On April 23, 2013, Montreal City Council voted to…

(October 25) Demonstrators confront Pauline Marois and the PQ government at isolated cabinet retreat

Updates (Media Articles) – Le Soleil: www.lapresse.ca/le-soleil/actualites/politique/201310/25/01-4703720-la-contestation-de-la-charte-des-valeurs-rattrape-le-cabinet-marois.php – Global News (with video): http://globalnews.ca/news/925899/pq-cabinet-retreat-interrupted-by-protesters/ – Radio-Canada: http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Politique/2013/10/25/001-ministres-reunion-pq-lac-taureau-elections-discussions.shtml – TVA: http://tvanouvelles.ca/lcn/infos/national/archives/2013/10/20131025-121226.html – Métro: http://journalmetro.com/actualites/national/392990/elections-le-pq-fait-durer-le-suspense/ – Canoe: http://fr.canoe.ca/infos/quebeccanada/politiqueprovinciale/archives/2013/10/20131025-120600.html – Le Devoir: http://www.ledevoir.com/politique/quebec/390962/rumeurs-d-elections-le-gouvernement-marois-entretient-le-mystere – Montreal Gazette: http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Unspoken+question+cabinet+meets+Timing+next+election/9083050/story.html —– Demonstrators directly confronting Pauline Marois and…

Support Striking Immigration Detainees! (Lindsay, Ontario)

Support Striking Immigration Detainees! Soutenons les immigrants détenus en grève! More info: http://endimmigrationdetention.wordpress.com Joint statement by Books to Bars Hamilton, Dignidad Migrante, Fuerza/Puwersa, No One Is Illegal-Montreal / Personne n’est illégal, No One Is Illegal Toronto, No One Is Illegal Vancouver, Solidarity Across…