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200+ Canadian Organizations Calling for Canada to Support ICJ Order to Stop Assault on Rafah
May 24, 2024
To: Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly
Cc: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Today, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Israel to stop its assault on the city of Rafah that has already cost far too many innocent lives. We are calling upon Canada to reiterate our call for a ceasefire by supporting that ruling loudly and clearly today. If Canada does not, then we take another step towards signalling a blatant disregard for the international rules-based order.
The ICJ called upon Israel for the following measures as well, in conformity with Israel’s obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment ...
Joint Letter from Alberta Organizations on brutal crackdown on peaceful protesters at the University of Calgary and the University of Alberta
Dear Minister Amery,
We are shocked at the brutal crackdown on peaceful protesters at the University of Calgary and the University of Alberta by the Calgary Police Service (CPS) and the Edmonton Police Service (EPS). This is not the first time law enforcement authorities have used excessive force to respond to peaceful protesters exercising their fundamental right to peacefully assemble, and we are deeply concerned by this dangerous pattern of behaviour.
Hundreds of students across Canada and thousands around the world are peacefully protesting the wholesale slaughter of Palestinian women, children, and men by the Israeli forces, in what the ...
Letter to MPs from Muslim Community Regarding Ramadan
To Our Elected Members of Parliament:
The blessed month of Ramadan, observed by over two million Muslims in Canada and almost two billion Muslims worldwide, will be here in a few short weeks. A foundational pillar of Islam is fasting from dawn to sunset throughout this holy month. This devotional act is a powerful means of cultivating God-consciousness in our hearts and minds, inspiring self-reflection, and increasing empathy and good works. It is also a time when our places of worship overflow with Muslims gathering together to worship as a single community.
The Muslim community throughout our country is deeply affected by the loss of all ...
Canada Must Place a Weapons Embargo On Arms Exports To Any Country Involved in Human Rights Abuses
Action Alert: Write this letter to the Prime Minister that Canada Must Place a Weapons Embargo On Arms Exports To Any Country Involved in Human Rights Abuses
Over the past two months, We have been horrified by the footage coming out of Gaza.
We have been horrified by the unthinkable amount of civilian deaths, especially children. We cannot accept that our nation, which upholds human rights, justice, and international law would allow the export of arms to any government is participating in international human rights law violations.
As a Canadian, We ask that Canada places a weapons embargo on all arms exports to Israel and to all other ...
A First Step Towards Peace
ACTION ALERT: LET MINISTER JOLY KNOW THAT CALLING FOR A PAUSE ON HOSTILITIES IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
Today, Minister Joly tweeted the following "A civilian is a civilian...We are calling for humanitarian pauses on hostilities to be considered".
Thousands of Palestinian children have been killed. Far too many innocents, Israeli and Palestinian, have lost their lives or been injured.
We continue to urge Canada to take a strong role in convening our partners internationally in calling for peace and to a ceasefire.
Send this letter that goes to ALL CANADIAN MPs
Canada Needs To Call for an Immediate Ceasefire Today!
Last week, a bipartisan group of 33 MPs came together to urgently call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. As the civilian death toll rises to 5000 Palestinians, one third of which has been children, we need Canada to be a voice for peace and justice.
The Israeli state appears to be committed to this unrelenting siege and unlawful blockade of the Gaza strip. There is no end in sight. Their threats of violence are only escalating. If this violence continues at this rate, many fear the ethnic cleansing or genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.
Enough is enough.
The international community is calling for a ceasefire. Canadians from coast to coast ...
Send a Letter to Minister Mendicino to Fix The Inequality Created by Privatizing Prison Chaplaincy
Religious minorities in our federal prisons are suffering needlessly because they are not getting the spiritual and chaplaincy services they need.
The problem started in 2013, when the then Harper administration privatized the federal prison chaplaincy system by eliminating all 49 part-time chaplains and handing over all responsibilities to a for-profit company.
Those eliminated positions represented many chaplains serving minority faith prisoners who feel like their needs have been increasingly marginalized in the following years. Our new report, co-presented with the Islamic Family & Social Services Association—"A Review of Privati...
Send a Letter to Minister Mary Ng on Trade Agreement with Indian Government
Canada is failing to uphold human rights standards and principles while engaging in trade negotiations with India. Islamophobia has long been on the rise at an alarming rate in many Indian states.
On March 10 2022, Canada’s Minister of International Trade, Mary Ng, met with her counterpart, Minister Piyush Goyal, in New Delhi. The two discussed working towards an Early Progress Trade Agreement. Minister Goyal of the BJP is someone with known links to the RSS, India's main Hindu nationalist organization tied to acts of communal violence against India's Muslims and other communities. The Government of Canada must make it clear that any discus...