Gaza Visa program

CJPME urges Minister Miller to oppose charges against Palestinian Canadian protestors

Montreal, September 13, 2024 — Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) is demanding that Immigration Minister Marc Miller call for the dropping of criminal charges against three protestors who were arrested last week in front of a Liberal campaign office in Montreal. For months, the three protestors had been protesting to express their anger and heartbreak at the failure of Miller’s Gaza Visa program and the ongoing genocide in Gaza. The three pro-Palestinian activists face charges of criminal harassment for approaching Miller’s car and criticizing his failure to get their family members out of Gaza. CJPME condemns their arrest as an attack on legitimate free expression, and calls on Miller to publicly oppose the arrest. 

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CJPME acknowledges that our offices, located in Montreal, are on the unceded, unsurrendered Territory of the Kanienʼkehá꞉ka (Mohawk), whose presence here reaches back to time immemorial.  CJPME recognizes the Kanienʼkehá꞉ka as the customary keepers and defenders of the St. Lawrence River Watershed and its tributaries. We honour their long history of welcoming many Nations to this beautiful territory and uphold and uplift the voice and values of our Host Nation.  Further, CJPME respects and affirms the inherent and Treaty Rights of all Indigenous Peoples across this land. CJPME has and will continue to honour the commitments to self-determination and sovereignty we have made to Indigenous Nations and Peoples.  CJPME also acknowledges the historical oppression of lands, cultures and the original Peoples in what we now know as Canada and fervently believes that its work should contribute to the healing and decolonizing journey we all share together.

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