News and Updates
Rabble.ca article: India-administered Kashmir, four years later
Now four years later, the about 6,000 Kashmiri diaspora in Canada continue to wonder when the Canadian government will act on their concerns. There is no more mainstream media attention. Civil society is not aware that Indian authorities continue to commit grave...
Immediate Release: “Cones Not Drones” – Activists Rally against armed drone purchase in Montreal with ice cream for peace
Activists will be giving out free ice cream across Canada for a "Cones Not Drones" protest calling for an end to Canada’s planned armed drone purchase
Ontario, anti-Palestinian racism, in an updated anti-racism strategy is not a good look!
A response through the Ontario Information and Privacy Commission (IPC) has revealed that the province of Ontario intends to implement the controversial International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition through an updated anti-racism strategy that is expected to be released this summer. Ontario,...
Take Action: Tell Aldo that Apartheid is not a “playful style”
Take a minute to write to Aldo’s CEO, David Bensadoun. Let him know that complicity with Israeli war crimes and apartheid is a crime. Aldo has been identified by the Israeli research organization, Who Profits, as a company operating in the colonial-settler...
650+ individuals call on Prime Minister Trudeau to say “No” to a second extradition for Hassan Diab
July 15, 2023: Since the original letter written by Michelle Weinroth, and endorsed by Just Peace Advocates, was delivered to Prime Minister Trudeau with 116 individuals including Michael Lynk, Chris Hedges, and others, there are now over 650...
Jonathan Kuttab Releases Memoir
Read Jonathan’s story that begins as a child growing up in Palestine before the 1967 Naksa. Going to school in the US, Jonathan became a lawyer, where he worked in NYC/Wall Street. Jonathan in the late 1970s, returned to Palestine...
Canada’s pathetic response to civil society call to remove sanctions on Syria following Feb. 2023 earthquake
Why does Canada sanction beyond the sanctions put in place by the UN? Are sanctions beyond those specified by the UN, not acts of war taken unilaterally by those countries imposing them? #SanctionsKill and the impact becomes even...
Report from Geneva of the Civic Coalition for Palestinian Rights in Jerusalem
Zakaria Odeh the exec director from the Civic Coalition for Palestinian Rights In Jerusalem sent the following message from Geneva where he was attending the United Nations Human Rights Council 53rd Session.
Take Action: Lululemon Dressing up Apartheid!
Lululemon recently opened its first store in Israel and has plans to open seven more. Take Action: write to lululemon CEO Calvin McDonald, to let him know you will not be buying lululemon as long as they are selling products in apartheid Israel.
Stop the War, Stop NATO! Opposing the 2023 NATO Summit
As NATO gathers for a summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, we unite with pro-peace and anti-war actions occurring around the world at the same time to demand a ceasefire and negotiations to end the war in Ukraine.