Abousfian Abdelrazik: Project Fly Home

winter morning blues

Listen to:
* winter morning blues
for Abdelrazik

saxophone — Matana Roberts
piano — Stefan Christoff
recorded by Thierry Amar @ Hotel 2 Tango

Statement from Abousfian

Listen to an audio statement from Abousfian Abdelrazik on April 1st, 2009 by clicking the play button below. You can download the MP3 here.

Endorsers

To add your organization's name to the list of endorsers of Project Fly Home's six demands statement, please email us at projectflyhome@gmail.com

The organizations listed below endorse Project Fly Home's demands:

  1. That Canada make all necessary efforts to ensure that Abousfian Abdelrazik's name be immediately removed from the UN 1267 "No Fly" list;

  2. That Canada's "United Nations Al Qaeda and Taliban Regulations" be repealed;

  3. That Canada use all means in its power to compel the UN Security Council to scrap the 1267 list;

  4. That all Canadian officials involved in the arrest, torture and exile of Abousfian Abdelrazik - particularly those at the highest level - be held responsible for their actions and either criminally charged, discharged from their positions, formally sanctioned, or subject to other measures as appropriate;

  5. That, acknowledging that nothing can restore these six lost years or heal the wounds, appropriate reparations be made to Abousfian Abdelrazik and his family; and

  6. That CSIS be compelled to cease its campaign of harassment against Muslims, Arabs and all other targeted communities.

  • Project Fly Home
  • People's Commission Network
  • Council of Canadians - Montreal
  • South Asian Women's Community Centre
  • El-Hidaya Association
  • Apatrides Anonymes
  • PINAY
  • Indigenous Solidarity Committee
  • Students for Sustainability - St Thomas University
  • Students for Sustainability - University of New Brunswick
  • Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW)
  • CAIR-CAN - Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations
  • Canadian Unitarians for Social Justice
  • Nova Scotia Public Interest Research Group (NSPIRG)
  • Sudbury Against War and Occupation
  • Pointe Libertaire
  • The Calgary Committee in Support of Abousfian Abdelrazik
  • Boundary Peace Initiative from the B.C. Southern Interior
  • Common Cause - Hamilton
  • Advocacy Collective (Fredericton, NB)
  • OPIRG Carleton
  • Council of Canadians | London
  • New Brunswick Public Interest Research Group
  • Fredericton Peace Coalition
  • People for Peace London
  • Soeurs Auxiliatrices
  • Coalition contre la répression et les abus policiers
  • Immigrant Workers Centre
  • Canadian Labour Congress
  • Canadian Arab Federation
  • Ziba Kazemi Foundation
  • QPIRG Concordia
  • l'Alliance canadien pour la paix
  • No one is illegal Ottawa
  • No one is illegal Toronto
  • No one is illegal Montreal
  • Solidarity Across Borders
  • OPIRG Ottawa
  • Peterborough Coalition Against Poverty (PCAP)
  • Peace Alliance Winnipeg
  • The Saugeen Peacemongers, Durham, On.
  • 2110 Centre for Gender Advocacy
  • Windsor Peace Coalition
  • Unitarian Universalists of Windsor
  • NOWAR-PAIX
  • Kitchener-Waterloo Anti-Torture Coalition (KWATC)
  • Making Peace Vigil, Regina
  • AW@L

Endorsers of Delegation

Endorsers

The following organizations endorsed a letter addressed to the Chair of the 1267 Committee and delivered by a delegation in June 2011. The letter called for Abdelrazik to be removed from the 1267 List and the 1267 regime to be abolished.

  • 2110 Centre for Gender Advocacy
  • Al Hidaya Association
  • Amnesty International, Burlington, ON group
  • Anti-Racist Action - Calgary
  • Artists for Peace
  • AW@L
  • BAYAN Canada
  • Boundary Peace Initiative
  • Briarpatch Magazine
  • CAIR-CAN - Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations
  • Calgary Committee to Support Abousfian Abdelrazik
  • Camp Micah: Leadership for Peace and Justice
  • Canada-Cuba Friendship Assocation - Calgary Branch
  • Canadian Arab Federation
  • Canadian Auto Workers (CAW-Canada)
  • Canadian Civil Liberties Association
  • Canadian Council of Muslim Women (CCMW) Montreal Chapter
  • Canadian Friends Service Committee
  • Canadian Islamic Congress
  • Canadian Labour Congress (CLC)
  • Canadian Muslim Forum (FMC-CMF)
  • Canadian Muslim Lawyers' Association
  • Canadian Peace Alliance
  • Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW)
  • Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)
  • Canadian Unitarians For Social Justice
  • Centre de ressources sur la non-violence
  • Centre for Philippine Concerns
  • Christian Peacemaker Teams
  • Coalition contre la répression et les abus policiers
  • Collectif Opposé à la Brutalité Policière
  • Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP)
  • Council of Canadians
  • Council of Canadians - Montreal
  • Council of Canadians (Regina Chapter)
  • Council of Canadians, Peterborough and Kawarthas chapter
  • CSN-CCMM
  • CUPE Saskatchewan
  • DIRA
  • Educators for Justice of the Waterloo Catholic District School Board
  • Fédération nationale des enseignantes et enseignants du Québec (FNEEQ)
  • Fredericton Peace Coalition
  • Halifax Peace Coalition
  • Hassan Diab Support Committee
  • Human Rights Committee of the Windsor District Labour Council
  • ILPS Canada
  • Immigrant Workers Centre (IWC)
  • Inter Pares
  • Interfaith Institute for Justice, Peace and Social Movements
  • International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers - Canada
  • La Ligue des droits et libertés
  • Latin American and Caribbean Solidaritity Network - Toronto
  • Latin American-Canadian Solidarity Association (London, Ontario)
  • Law Union of Ontario
  • Les Apatrides anonymes
  • Making Peace Vigil, Regina
  • Migrante Canada
  • No One Is Illegal Halifax
  • No One Is Illegal Montreal
  • No One Is Illegal Vancouver
  • No One Is Illegal-Ottawa
  • No One Is Illegal-Toronto
  • Nova Scotia Public Interest Research Group (NSPIRG)
  • NOWAR-PAIX
  • Ontario Committee for Human Rights in the Phillippines (OCHRP)
  • Ottawa Raging Grannies
  • Palestinian and Jewish Unity
  • People for Peace, London
  • People's Commission Network
  • Poverty Makes Us Sick (Kitchener-Waterloo)
  • Professors for Peace and Education
  • Project Fly Home
  • Projet accompaniment solidarité Colombie
  • Public Service Allicance of Canada (PSAC)
  • Quaker Committee for Refugees
  • Quebec Public Interest Research Group at Concordia University
  • Quebec Public Interest Research Group at McGill University
  • Rassemblement Outaouais contre la guerre
  • Regina Public Interest Research Group
  • Regina Solidarity Group
  • RightOnCanada.ca
  • Rights Action
  • Saskatchewan Office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
  • Science for Peace
  • Soeurs Auxiliatrices
  • Solidarity Across Borders
  • South Asian Women's Community Centre
  • Stop Canadian Involvement in Torture
  • Sudbury Against War and Occupation
  • Tadamon! Montreal
  • The North Glenmore Advocates for Human Rights
  • The Women's Alliance Party, Canada
  • Toronto Action for Social Change (TASC)
  • Windsor District Labour Council
  • Windsor Peace Coalition
  • Religions for Peace - Canada
  • Religions pour la Paix – Québec

Endorsers of Repatriation

The following organizations supported the public campaign to repatriate Abousfian Abdelrazik:

  • People's Commission Network
  • Toronto Action for Social Change
  • Rights Action
  • Ontario Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines (OCHRP)
  • Apatrides Anonymes
  • No One Is Illegal Toronto
  • Canadian Labour Congress
  • No one is illegal Ottawa
  • International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group
  • PeaceWorks, Sarnia, Ontario
  • Peaceworks, Midland, Ontario
  • People for Peace, London
  • Council of Canadians | London
  • Educators for Justice - Waterloo Region Catholic School Board
  • Camp Micah: Leadership for Peace and Justice
  • Polaris Institute
  • Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War
  • Boundary Peace Initiative
  • Peace Alliance Winnipeg
  • Canadian Peace Alliance
  • Bengali Students Association of the University of Waterloo
  • Fredericton Peace Coalition
  • Canadian Union of Postal Workers
  • Advocacy Collective, Fredericton
  • Rassemblement Outaouais contre la guerre (ROCG)
  • Tikkun Toronto
  • NOWAR-PAIX
  • Bathurst United Church, Toronto
  • The Justice for Mohamed Harkat Committee
  • OPIRG-Carleton
  • Windsor Peace Coalition
  • Paradigm Shift Environmental Alliance
  • Exile Infoshop
  • The Voice of Women (Ontario), Letter Writing Group
  • Student Coalition Against War, Ottawa University
  • Solidarity Across Borders
  • No One Is Illegal-Montreal
  • Ottawa Raging Grannies
  • CAIR-CAN
  • Group for Research and Initiative for the Liberation of Africa
  • Ligue des droits et libertés
  • Tadamon! Montreal
  • Anti-War@Laurier (AW@L)
  • Unitarian Universalists Windsor Region
  • Muslim Students Association of the University of Victoria
  • Canadian Council of Muslims Women (CCMW)
  • Canadian Islamic Congress
  • South Asian Women's Community Centre (SAWCC)
  • Immigrant Workers Center
  • Hamilton Monthly Meeting of the Relgious Society of Friends (Quakers)
  • Le DIRA
  • Ici la Otra campaña - Montreal
  • La Pointe Libertaire
  • No one is illegal Vancouver
  • Windsor District Labour Council
  • OPIRG-Ottawa
  • Council of Canadians - Peterborough and Kawarthas chapter
  • Muslim Council of Montreal
  • Conseil Central de Montréal Métropolitain - CSN
  • Palestinian and Jewish Unity (PAJU)
  • Comité Justice sociale des Soeurs Auxiliatrices
  • PINAY
  • Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT)
  • Collectif Échec à la guerre
  • Présence Musulmane Montréal
  • Nonviolent Resource Centre
  • QPIRG Concordia
  • Astrolabe
  • 2110 Centre for Gender Advocacy
  • Council of Canadians - Grand River chapter
  • Canadian Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
  • Green Party of Canada
  • Council of Canadians - Montreal chapter
  • Student Christian Movement of Canada
  • Canadian Arab Federation
  • Council of Canadians
  • Les Artistes pour la Paix
  • Christian Peacemaker Teams Canada
  • Confederation of Canadian Unions
  • Coalition pour la justice en Palestine UQAM (Université du Québec à Montréal)
  • Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW)
  • Science for Peace
  • The Gathering of Baptists
  • Hidaya Association
  • Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America
  • Le Forum musulman canadien
  • National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE)
  • Canadian Auto Workers (CAW)
  • Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC)
  • Gerald and Maas
  • Making Peace Vigil in Regina

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