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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

October 16, 2013

Contact:

Gail Davidson, Lawyers Against the War (LAW), 1-(604) 738-0338, law@portal.ca

Professor Francis Boyle, LAW, Tel: + 1 217-333-7954; email: fboyle@illinois.edu

Elizabeth Ramos, War Criminals Watch/World Can't Wait, (866) 973-4463,

warcriminalswatch@worldcantwait.net*

Nancy Mancias, CODEPINK, (415) 342-6409

Tasha Moro, National Lawyers Guild, (212) 679-5100 ext. 15, communications@nlg.org

Harper Government Ignores Torture Opponents’ Call to Ban Dick Cheney from

Canada or Prosecute Him

Protest Planned on Halloween at Metro Toronto Convention Centre

(Toronto) Lawyers from the National Lawyers Guild (U.S.), International Association of

Democratic Lawyers, European Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights (Germany),

Brussells Tribunal (Belgium), International Initiative to Prosecute US Genocide in Iraq (Iraq,

Egypt, Spain), Lawyers Against the War (Canada) and Rights International Spain (Spain) are

urging Canada to either bar Dick Cheney from Canada – as a person credibly accused of torture

– or to arrest and prosecute him on arrival, as required by the Convention against Torture. A

letter from Lawyers Against the War (LAW) sent to Canada’s Prime Minister, Attorney General

and Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Immigration has been gravely ignored.

"It is long overdue for Cheney and other Bush administration officials to be held to account

for the high crimes of instituting and implementing the systematic practice of torture. This

record of impunity must not be allowed to stand."

Azadeh Shahshahani, President, National Lawyers Guild.

Torture and war crimes suspect Dick Cheney is scheduled as a keynote speaker at the October

31st luncheon of the Toronto Global Forum, hosted by the International Forum of the Americas.

Should Cheney be allowed to freely enter Canada despite the illegalities involved, civil society

groups are planning a rally beginning at 11:00 am on Halloween, Oct. 31st, outside the Metro

Toronto Convention Centre.

The Facebook page for the protest can be viewed here.

Brussells Tribunal (BT) is peace organization and think tank with a special focus on Iraq. BT founded

IAON, the International Anti-Occupation Network which continues to monitor Iraq. Members of the BT

network include Noam Chomsky, John Pilger, Denis Halliday, Hans von Sponeck, Tun Mahathir, Richard

Falk, Father Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, Eduardo Galeano and many others.

Canadian Peace Alliance (CPA) is Canada's largest umbrella peace organization working for global

nuclear disarmament and peace. CPA organizes campaigns, facilitates actions and provides education for

peace. Since its foundation in 1985 the organization has been helping member groups to act as a broad

network, in order to provide a strong, coordinated voice for peace issues at the national level.

CODEPINK is a US women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end USfunded

wars and occupations, to challenge militarism globally, and to redirect our resources into health

care, education, green jobs and other life-affirming activities – www.codepink.org.

European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) is an independent, non-profit legal

and educational organization dedicated to protecting civil and human rights throughout Europe. ECCHR

engages in innovative strategic litigation, using European, international, and national law to enforce

human rights and to hold state and non-state actors accountable for egregious abuses.

The International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) is committed to the principle of equality

among peoples, the rights of all peoples to self-determination, the elimination of imperialism and

colonialism and the peaceful settlement of international disputes. IADL has members in over ninety

countries and has consultative status with ECOSOC and UNESCO of the United Nations.

International Initiative to Prosecute US Genocide in Iraq is mainly concerned with possibilities for

legal action against those responsible of war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of genocide

in Iraq.

Lawyers Against the War (LAW) is a Canada-based committee of jurists and others who oppose war and

advocate for adherence to international humanitarian law and against impunity for violators.

National Lawyers Guild (NLG) is a U.S. national non-profit legal and political organization comprised of

lawyers, legal workers, law students, and jailhouse lawyers, founded in 1937.

Rights International Spain (RIS) is an independent, non-profit, NGO, composed of jurists specialized

in international law, human rights, transitional justice and criminal law. RIS mission is to strengthen

human rights accountability in Spain by monitoring government activity, with a particular focus on rule

of law and access to justice, as well as raising civil society’s awareness and mobilize support to demand

justice.

Toronto Coalition to Stop the War (TCSW) is the largest peace organization in the Greater Toronto Area

and represents over 60 labour, student, faith and community groups. The TCSW opposes war and

occupation and supports civil liberties.

World Can't Wait is a US-based movement formed to halt and reverse the terrible program of war and

repression, initiated by the Bush/Cheney regime as well as the on-going crimes that continue to this day –

www.worldcantwait.net. War Criminals Watch is a project of World Can’t Wait –

www.warcriminalswatch.org.

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