Côte-des-Neiges Solidarity Street Party in support of the Awan family Food, music, speeches and more! Thurday May 15th, noon to 2pm. Corner of Van Horne and Victoria (Plamondon metro, Van Horne exit). Family friendly! Rain or shine! (facebook event here) In…
Category: Awan
(April 4) In refuge on Refugee Rights Day: The Awan family story
http://rabble.ca/news/2014/04/refuge-on-refugee-rights-day-awan-family-story By The Awan Family Support Committee | April 4, 2014 Since August 2013, Khurshid Begum Awan has been living in sanctuary in a Montreal church. She had courageously opted to defy a deportation order which would have disrupted her access…
(February 27, 12pm) From Behind Church Walls: A picket in solidarity with the Awan family and other sanctuary struggles
When: Thursday, February 27th, 12pm-1pm Where: outside CIC and CBSA offices, 1010 St-Antoine (metro Bonaventure) ** Free spiced hot chocolate will be served ** Featuring a creative visual action to honour some of those lives lost or left in suspension…
(29 January) Musical solidarity with the Awan family: a community benefit concert & fundraiser
Wed. January 29, 2014 doors 8:30pm / $8 suggested donation La Sala Rossa, 4848 St. Laurent Montreal, Quebec Join us for a community benefit concert for the Awan family, a family facing and struggling against the institutional violence of the…
(November 26 & 28) Two events in solidarity with the Awan family
+ Tuesday, November 26th, 6:30pm at CÉDA (2515 rue Delisle) : Fall feast for the Awan family + Thursday, November 28th, NOON-1pm, 1010 Saint-Antoine: 100 Days Too Many! Demo outside of immigration headquarters ********** Fall Feast for the Awan Family…
Solidarity Across Borders supports the Awan family
Solidarity Across Borders endorses the following statement from the Awan family support committee: Statement in Support of Khurshid Begum Awan: to demand that she be granted status immediately & that her husband be allowed to return to Canada To add…
Awan Grandmother facing deportation despite physicians’ warnings about her heart condition
Press Release Awan Grandmother facing deportation tomorrow despite physicians’ warnings about her heart condition 20 August 2013, Montreal – Mrs. Khurshid Begum Awan was informed today that she will be deported tomorrow evening at 6pm. Canadian Border Service Agency (CBSA)…
The Awan family supported by community groups call on Immigration Minister to let elderly grandmother stay and to bring back grandfather now in hiding in Pakistan
PRESS RELEASE – For Immediate Release The Awan family supported by community groups call on Immigration Minister to let elderly grandmother stay and to bring back grandfather now in hiding in Pakistan Contact: Cynthia Beaudry : 438-878-4354 ; Rosalind Wong : 438-933-7654 email : solidaritesansfrontieres@gmail.com…