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[Press Release] Why Did British Columbia Sentence Aboriginal Elder to Death?

“What we need is [an] Aboriginal Malcolm X to put some pride back into these lost souls.” – Elder Harriet Nahanee, 1995 This just is: Fellow Aboriginal activists and concerned non-indigenous citizens demand answers regarding the death of Harriet Nahanee as a direct result of her incarceration On February 24, …

Killer Cops East and West

A worthwhile article in last Friday’s Globe & Mail, by Sheema Khan, about the cop killings of Mohammed Anas Bennis in Montreal and Ian Bush in Vancouver: A tale of two young men SHEEMA KHANGlobe and Mail Update About a year ago, I visited my father’s grave at a Muslim …

The Death of Mohamed Anas Bennis: More and More Questions, Still No Answers

Sorry i didn’t post this earlier – i’m no longer in the habit of reading the Mirror. This article by Montreal activist/journalist Stefan Christoff is a welcome mention of Mohamed Anas Bennis in the local media. Montreal Mirror: Why did Mohamed-Anas Bennis die? by Stefan Christoff One year after Montreal …

The Case of Mohamed Anas Bennis, Eleven Months Later

Mohamed Anas Bennis,shot dead by Montreal’s killer copson December 1st 2005 Montreal’s Collective Opposed to Police Brutality have released the following document summarizing the past year’s bullshit whitewash of the police killing of Mohamed Anas Bennis. This killing, the brazen secrecy and disrespect on the part of the government, and …