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After over 200 police officers raided the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory west of Belleville, Ontario on April 22nd, 2008 actions have escalated. On the evening of Friday, April 25th, the Tyendinaga community was again under attack, while continuing the blockade intended to protect itself and its "disputed" Quarry. Currently the Nation is surrounded by a wide police perimeter that prevents access to the Quarry.

Explanation :
  The Purpose of Bill C-484, is to amend the Criminal Code so that charges can be laid in all cases causing the death of an unborn child. The goal of the MP was, it seems, to make it particularly criminal to knowingly do violence to a pregnant woman and cause the death of the fetus. But, the way it is written, it grants a separate legal status to the fetus. Pro-life and certain religious conservatives hope to invoke the principle of this law in order to criminalize a doctor practising a voluntary abortion. Of course, as you can guess, the Conservative Party of Canada refuses to correct this private bill and votes massively For! Yet, if they did not have a hidden goal, Conservative MPs would simply amend it to make it state that it is a grave crime to knowingly harm a pregnant woman, period. - Michaël Lessard

=> Quebec's National Assembly reacted against this law

=> The Bloc and the NDP vote Against, but 27 Liberal MPs voted For

Info, Letter & Sign the online petition! (bilingual): www.fmsq.org/c%2D484/e/anglais.html
- Fédération des médecins spécialistes du Québec

Footprints for Peace (Australia), with the active support of the French network for nuclear phase-out, will walk from London to Geneva (April 26 - July 18) via France for a nuclear-free world.

A workers committee formed independently of the trades union apparatus organised the mobilisation.

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Four Colombian trade unionists--some of whom were reportedly associated with a March 6 demonstration protesting state and paramilitary human rights violations--were killed between March 4 and March 11. Members of human rights organizations have been subject to physical attacks, harassment, office break-ins and thefts of files in the past weeks. Over two dozen organizations and individuals received death threats purporting to come from paramilitary groups in the capital, Bogota.

Update from the Freedom for Ivan Committee

Thursday, 17 April, is political prisoner's day. In Montreal, Ivan Apaolaza Sancho - a 36 year old Basque refugee claimant and political prisoner - has been in detention for over ten months.

PAN, April 7, 2008 — Around 20 bodies had been dug out from the debris, saying most of the victims were women, children and old people.
- Abdul Moeed Hashmi, relayed by RAWA News in Afghanistan.

See also: January 24, 2008 - U.S.-led air raid killed 11 in Afghanistan which sparked protests said.
Some 200 villagers marched toward Ghazni town to protest against the latest strike, witnesses.
- Reuters, relayed by RAWA News.

About 1,000 people from 17 European countries went to the NATO headquarters in Brussels on the 23rd of March to take part in the international non-violent action NATO GAME OVER. 5 years after the start of the Iraq war and 10 days before the Bucharest NATO summit, peace activists from all over Europe demonstrate that preventing war starts in Europe. More (article, pictures, videos)>>

The makers of “911 In Plane Site” have been locked out of their own website, content has been suppressed, and funds have been illegally diverted.

CANSEC is Canada's largest weapons fair, held annually in Ottawa. This event is a display and distribution of the latest and deadliest machines to be used by the police, security, and military apparatus.

On April 10, a diversity of tactics will be employed to SHUT DOWN THE WAR MACHINE!

Info here: www.cmaq.net/fr/node/29545

[ Canada and Israel sign declaration to cooperate on domestic repression and surveillance !!! Wake up ! ]

Global Research, March 23, 2008.
vivelecanada.ca/

Rachel Corrie was killed in the Gaza Strip in Palestine on March 16, 2003, trying to prevent the demolition of the home of a Palestinian family (a pharmacist, accountant, their wives, and five young children).

To honor her peaceful courage, here are some active and current web sites:


Who was Rachel Corrie, for the Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice web site was established by members of Rachel’s family and community. This web site also has information about the current and ongoing crisis in Gaza and Palestine.

Rachel's World, has interesting updated news of campaigns related to Rachel's international solidarity.

A recording of illegal searches is shown on homelessnation.org http://homelessnation.org/en/node/8113