This special uploaded edition of No One Is Illegal Radio is a compilation of audio from the launch of the final report of the "People's Commission into Immigration "Security" Measures." The public launch of the report took place o
Produced by Leila Pourtavaf and Jaggi Singh of No One Is Illegal-Montreal.
Audio excerpts from the People's Commission launch include:
* FETYA AHMED, SARWAT VIQUAR & JARED WILL, commissioners: presenting the findings of the People's Commission * SARITA AHOOJA, member of No One Is Illegal-Montreal and a commissioner: speaking on the Land Reclamation at Six Nations * KHADIJA BENNIS, spokesperson of the Justice for Anas Campaign: speaking about the killing of her brother by Montreal police * MARY FOSTER, member of the Justice Coalition for Adil Charkaoui and an organizer of the People's Commission: speaking about the Kingston Immigration Holding Center ("Guantanamo North") and the Secret Trial Five * TATIANA GOMEZ, member of Solidarity Across Borders and an organizer of the People's Commission: speaking about the case of Amparo Torres, a Colombia refugee facing deportation based on secret evidence * HICHAM HALLAL, member of the Al Hidaya Associatoin: speaking about Islamophobia and the racial and religious profiling of Arab and Muslim communities * MARIE-EVE LAMY, member of the Justice Coalition for Adil Charkaoui and an organizer of the People's Commission: speaking about the case of Suleyman Goven, a Kurdish refugee to Canada who was denied status for 15 years due to CSIS harassment and intimidation * LEILA POURTAVAF, member of No One Is Illegal-Montreal and a researcher for the People's Commission: speaking on the current immigration regime in Canada * LAURA SCHEVCHENKO, organizer with the Sogi Bachan Singh Support Committee: providing an update about the deportation to possible torture of Sogi Singh, based on secret evidence
-- Produced by Leila Pourtavaf and Jaggi Singh of No One Is Illegal-Montreal.
For three days in April 2006, the People's Commission on Immigration Security Measures held Public Hearings at a community centre in Montreal's Little Burgundy neighbourhood. The first popular commission of inquiry on immigration issues to take place in Quebec, its purpose was to investigate the implications of security-related measures currently imposed on international migrants in the name of national security. The Commission, though based in Montreal, drew on support from Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa, Kingston, Sherbrooke, Halifax and elsewhere in Canada. The Commission investigated and reported on the actions of Canadian government bodies in relation to Immigration and Refugee Protection Act security measures (IRPA), examining the equality of treatment of non-citizens, security certificates and similar procedures, detention and deportation (including deportation to torture). Based on its findings, the Commission has made recommendations for appropriate legal or popular action against those responsible for abuses and for changes to the current legal and procedural framework. The public launch of the People's Commision Final Report took place on February 1, 2007 at the Center Communautaire Musulman de Montreal.
The People's Commission is a project of the Coalition for Justice for Adil Charkaoui (www.adilinfo.org), QPIRG-Concordia(www.qpirgconcordia.org), and Solidarity Across Borders (www.solidarityacrossborders.org).
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