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| Concordia censorship, PLEASE write them |
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| amatullah |
| 03/25/02 at 11:03:01 |
| Here is an urgent request for action from Janet Weinroth about censorship of media coverage of the Palestinian issue at Concordia University, in Montreal Canada. Please take a moment and review the message and send a letter of complaint to the University Administration addresses listed below and a copy to Janet Weinroth to forward to Sammas Elibyari and to SPHR at Concordia. Please forward to your friends for letters of support. Thank you in advance for your prompt action. Are > > we now in occupied Palestine? - please act > > > > > > > Urgent appeal > > > > > > Today at Concordia university the administration put in effect a media > > > ban on campus. Media > > > representatives coming to cover the events of SPHR's "Concordia under > > > occupation" exhibit > > > portraying life with checkpoints and occupation were barred from > > > entering the campus or taking > > > photos of the mock checkpoints even through the windows out side the > > > Hall Building downtown. Only > > > one Journalist from La Press refused to leave and had to fight off > > > University PR rep's for his > > > camera. In the course of the arguement the Journalist expressed his > > > Freedom of the press rights > > > and one of the by-standees reminded the University rep that we are not > > > in Israel. > > > > > > Please write to all the media sources that you can reach especially La > > > Press for their coverage to > > > high light the incident. We ask you also to email the University > > > officials about your dismay > > > towards there actions. > > > > > > It seems that the administration believes that having successfully: > > > > > > -curtailed freedom of speech, > > > -engaged in a McCarthiest witch hunt against Arabs and Muslims on > > > campus, > > > -limited the right to assembly, > > > -surpassed the right to due process, > > > -surpassed the right to be presumed innocent till proven guilty, > > > -breached the student personal information confidentiality, > > > -and engaged in interference in student politics by financing and > > > advising a slate of political > > > hopefuls > > > > > > Now they think they can breach the last right they didn't yet, Freedom > > > of the press. > > > > > > These are the emails of Concordia administrators: > > > > > > lowyfh@vax2.concordia.ca, lightst@vax2.concordia.ca, > > mdg@vax2.concordia.ca, > > > mdanis@alcor.concordia.ca, garrym@vax2concordia.ca, > > > dlb@alcor.concordia.ca, csu@csu.tao.ca, > > > csu@tao.ca > > > > > > > > > It is important to do so today, for tomorrow there will be a sit-in in 6 > > > universities across > > > Canada organised by the SPHR and we would like the Media to be able to > > > cover the action. ===== > > > Want to know what is going on in the Montreal Muslim Community? Drop us > > > a line at muslimsinmontreal@yahoo.com |
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