At the direction of the Ford government’s secretive and Orwellian named “Hate Crimes Working Group” (HCWG), police in Ontario have intensified their crackdowns and suppression of the Palestinian community and its allies, violating Charter rights.
On November 18, Ottawa Police illegally blocked a planned peaceful march, arrested six organizers that evening and imposed draconian bail conditions. This adds to a dangerous trend of over-policing the Palestinian solidarity movement under the pretext of hate crime enforcement, with Ontario police and crown prosecutors using these measures to persecute Palestinian Canadians for opposing Israel’s genocide and Canadian companies profiteering from it.
Send an email to Ontario Premier Doug Ford to demand that he stop persecuting pro-Palestinian activists through the so-called "Hate Crimes Working Group.” The HCWG must be dismantled!