Estimated 500+ Aboriginal women have gone missing or been murdered in Canada over the past thirty years- The crisis of missing and murdered women

Event about the crisis of missing and murdered Aboriginal women in Canada

The event will begin with the screening of Finding Dawn, a compelling documentary on the estimated 500+ Aboriginal women who have gone missing or been murdered in Canada over the past thirty years.

The documentary "Finding Dawn" illustrates the deep historical, social and economic roots of violence against Aboriginal women. It concludes with a message of hope and shared responsibility. Directed by Métis filmmaker Christine Welsh.

The documentary: Finding Dawn: Justice for Aboriginal Women

When: Wednesday, October 7 at 7:00 PM

Where: Kailash Mital Theater, Southam Hall, Carleton University, Ottawa ON

Free admission (suggested donation $10)


Entry is free to public and all donations – suggested at $10 – will go to the Kelly Morrisseau Education Fund established by Paul Dewar. The fund is dedicated to Kelly Morrisseau’s children, a young aboriginal woman who was murdered in Gatineau Park in December 2006.

Help put a copy o Dark Days in the hands of all Canada's 308 Members of Parliament

All the books - 308 needed - must be in their hands by mid-February, when Members of Parliament will be discussing the findings of the Iacobucci Inquiry in Parliament.

This is a campaign to bring awareness. Please spread the word.

More information at Kerry Pither's Blog at:

http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=6514274233420745263


The book has a special price of $30 total(GST included) and can be bought at:
http://www.octopusbooks.ca/content/dark-days-members-parliament

or by giving them a call at 613.233.2589 to arrange to pay over the phone or by mail.

For those in Ottawa,

Saturday, January 31 at the Library and Archives Canada - an event called "The age of persecution: Perspectives on an atrocity of our time."

hosted by CBC radio's Adrian Harewood, Kerry Pither ll be speaking along with authors Monia Mazigh and Alan Cumyn.

It starts at 7:00 p.m. and admission is free.

Torture on TV Rising and Copied in the Field - GLOBAL TV in Canada - Primetime Torture - TV and Banalization of TORTURE - Human Rights First

TORTURING DEMOCRACY - Documentary on US Torture Program; Is Canada an Accomplice? The facts say : YES

December 9, 2008 Demand Action: Maher Arar’s attorneys return to the U.S. Court of Appeals

HOW CAN YOU CONTRIBUTE:
Demand action by the U.S. government on December 9, 2008, when Maher Arar’s attorneys return to the U.S. Court of Appeals seeking justice for his rendition to torture.
More info at:

http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=3978

While the black cloud of George W. Bush is finally lifting, the crimes perpetuated by his administration will not be undone or erased in January. Join us to hold high levels of the Bush administration—former Attorney General John Ashcroft, former Deputy Attorney General Larry Thompson, and FBI Director Robert Mueller, as well as numerous U.S. immigration officials—accountable for the torture and rendition.

THIS IS A MOVEMENT THAT CAN CERTAINLY REVEAL MORE ABOUT THE CANADIAN (CSIS/RCMP and others) COMPLICTY IN TORTURE!

Canadian Torture - a Real Account by Torture Survivor Abdullah Almalki

- Torture Program in Canada - Government Complicity and non-Accountability

- The Participation in torture by :
- RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) and
- CSIS (Canadian Secret Inteligence Service)

(Designed Torture, KUBARK Manual)

Speakers: Abdullah Almalki, Canadian Engineer tortured in Syria & Kerry Pither, author of "Dark Days: the story four Canadians Tortured in the name of Fighting Terror"
(Ahmad El Maati, Abdullah Almalki, Maher Arar and Muayyed Nureddi)