G20 Legal Defence Fund!

[blake 3:17]

Apologies for the 20 zillion posts and threads on the G20 in Toronto, but if people can contribute or could spread the word, money is needed. Information on how to donate is here: http://g20.torontomobilize.org/

Thanks and solidarity!

[jake williams]

I really wish I had cash right now.

[blake 3:17]

Please contribute if you can. The Law Union has some useful information to people who got screwed by police during the protests, pass it on to anyone you think could use it.

Link: http://www.lawunion.ca/node/169

[Adi Shankara]

Apologies for the 20 zillion posts and threads on the G20 in Toronto, but if people can contribute or could spread the word, money is needed. Information on how to donate is here: http://g20.torontomobilize.org/

Thanks and solidarity!

I agree with the cause and the defense of the G20 activists, but I can't in good consciousness, donate to their defense fund when groups in Africa like Abahlali baseMjondolo (http://www.abahlali.org/)
are being attacked by police in deadly shows of force, when all they are trying to do is prevent their homes being bulldozed by capitalist building developers.

I agree with the cause, but there are so many more worthy causes who need the money more.

[blake 3:17]

Folks defending G20 protesters are looking for supportive photos and videos. Thanks!

http://www.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/statica/2010/07/g8g20-communiqué-power-bear-witness

[blake 3:17]

Lost G20 charge puzzles man's lawyer

Last Updated: Thursday, July 29, 2010 | 11:28 AM ET Comments164 (http://www.revleft.com/vb/#socialcomments)Recommend86 (http://www.revleft.com/vb/#)

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http://www.revleft.com/gfx/images/news/photos/2010/06/26/toronto-100626-reuters-police-patrolling-security-fence-banner.jpgPolice had said anyone who came within five metres of the security fence was obliged to give police their name and state the purpose of their visit on request. (Mike Segar/Reuters) The lawyer of a man who was told he was charged under what has become known as the "G20 five-metre rule," only to find out later there was no record of the charge ever being filed, says he is still waiting for an explanation.
Dave Vasey, 31, was arrested June 24 near the G20 security fence in Toronto under a new regulation reportedly added to Ontario's Public Works Protection Act — one he says he didn't know existed.
Vasey was subsequently detained for five hours in a police detention centre on Eastern Avenue and told he was charged with refusing a request of a peace officer.
As a condition of his release, he was to appear in court in Toronto on Wednesday. But when Vasey got there, his name did not appear on the court docket and there was no document chronicling the charges, said his lawyer Howard Morton.
"There was no explanation. Nobody at that particular court — I talked to the provincial prosecutor — had any knowledge whatsoever of a charge against Mr. Vasey," Morton told CBC Radio's Metro Morning.
The attorney general has referred the matter to the police. A Toronto police spokeswoman told the Globe and Mail that the matter was related to an administrative issue and that the fact they were G20-related had nothing to do with the charge never being filed.
"I've never seen anything like this with a case that was relatively high-profile. And you would have thought that somebody in the attorney general's office would have been keeping track of it," said Morton.
The temporary regulation that was in effect in the leadup to the summit through to June 28 was lambasted by civil liberty groups.
At first there were reports the new provisions would allow officers the power to stop and search anyone coming within five metres of the G20 fence in downtown Toronto. But when the summit ended, Toronto police Chief Bill Blair confirmed there never was such a five-metre law — an account confirmed by the Ministry of Community Safety.
A regulation giving police special temporary powers at and inside the G20 fence — but not outside — was passed quietly by the Ontario cabinet on June 2 without debate. Its application and the manner of its passage is now being investigated by Ontario's ombudsman.
Vasey plans to sue the Ministry of Community Safety and Toronto police over the matter, Morton said.



Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/politics/story/2010/07/29/g20-charges-security651.html#ixzz0v9GhnHFS

[blake 3:17]

oops double post

[Eastside Revolt]

$140,000 bail?????

http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/story/g20-activist-released-140000-bail-extreme-conditions/4306

this thread should be stickied!!!

[blake 3:17]

This should be really good. Of the three confirmed speakers I've heard 2 speak on more than one occasion and found them very very thoughtful. Rhe other confirmed speaker is an important activist in Toronto and was particularly picked on by the police. This meeting is both educational and organizational. I hope people can make it. And please pass on the links to people in the region or with basic sympathies.

- http://g20.torontomobilize.org/node/447 --


Full list ofspeakers and video statements to be announced![Please note that Childcare is available upon request. Please let usknow by Mon, Aug 16 by emailing [email protected]]For ten days at the end of June, the Police led a coordinated against Toronto’s civilian population. Community organizers were in particular targeted. Mobilizations for justice, for dignity and forself-determination were infiltrated, harassed and intimidated.

A Canadawide response is at hand... as people fight to have the criminal chargesdropped and to continue the struggle against the G20's anti-people and anti-environment policies. (Support the Legal Defence Fund!http://g20.torontomobilize.org/support)To understand why people mobilized against the G20 and how organizers were targeted; to hear accounts of police brutality and repression; and to understand the political nature of the bail conditions, the criminalization of dissent and ways to support the people facing charges, us for an informative panel and discussion.

This event is focused towards activists, grassroots organizers and peoplewho are interested in knowing more and acting in solidarity with localstruggles and defendants.Endorsers: Ontario Coalition Against Poverty | No One Is Illegal - Toronto| Rainforest Action Network - Toronto | Common Cause - Toronto Branch

To endorse this event, please email [email protected]

Sponsored by: Hussan Freedom Committee, Ontario Public Interest SmiliesResearchGroup - Toronto

LESLEY WOOD is a Professor of Sociology at York University and a member ofthe Toronto Community Mobilization Network and the Ontario CoalitionAgainst Poverty. Lesley will be speaking about G20 policies, policeviolence during the summit and the role of global justice movements andcommunity struggles. Read her latest movement article at:http://bit.ly/bT5LdB

SYED HUSSAN is a member of the Toronto Community Mobilization Network andNo One Is Illegal-Toronto. He was arrested on the morning of June 26, 2010and held for 12 days. Hussan will speak about his arrest, bail conditions,and the need for solidarity and ongoing organizing. Read statements fromNo One Is Illegal at http://bit.ly/9xt45c and http://bit.ly/dkQ8hG


AJ WHITHERS is a member of DAMN 2025 and the Ontario Coalition AgainstPovert (OCAP). OCAP is a grassroots anti-poverty organization that facedincreasing police repression following mass demonstrations in 2001. AJwill be speak about the targeting of various community groups in 2001 andduring the G20 and the need to struggle against the G8/G20 policies in thecoming years. Read more at http://bit.ly/bKZfyu andhttp://ocap.ca/node/904




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