Mahjoub Speaks @ Toronto Premiere + Free Screening of Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary
On Thursday, April 2nd, Mr. Mahjoub will be speaking on a panel at York University, after the premier screening of Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary. Mr. Mahjoub will speak about his experience in Canadian prisons, and ways in which we can support prisoners. Full details of the event are below.
Toronto Premiere + Free Screening of Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary
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DATE & TIME: Thursday May 2, 2013 | 6PM – 9PM
LOCATION: Nat Taylor Cinema, N102 Ross Building, York University Keele Campus, 4700 Keele St
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Before he was convicted of murdering a policeman in 1981 and sentenced to die, Mumia Abu-Jamal was a gifted journalist and brilliant writer. Now after more than 30 years in prison and despite attempts to silence him, Mumia is not only still alive but continuing to report, educate, provoke and inspire.
REBELS WITH A CAUSE FILM FESTIVAL, CINEMA POLITICA AT YORK, OPIRG YORK and JUSTICE IS NOT COLOUR-BLIND host the FREE SCREENING of Stephen Vittoria’s new feature documentary – an inspiring portrait of a man whom many consider America’s most famous political prisoner – a man whose existence tests our beliefs about freedom of expression. Through prison interviews, archival footage, and dramatic readings, and aided by a potent chorus of voices including Cornel West, Alice Walker, Dick Gregory, Angela Davis, Amy Goodman and others, this riveting film explores Mumia’s life before, during and after Death Row – revealing, in the words of Angela Davis, “the most eloquent and most powerful opponent of the death penalty in the world…the 21st Century Frederick Douglass.”
Film length: 120 min.
After the screening of the film, a panel will be speaking about:
+ Racist policies in the North American criminal justice system
+ Inconsistencies between governmental criminal justice policies and international law
+ Prison systems as oppressive tools of the state
SPEAKING ON THE PANEL WILL BE:
STEPHEN VITTORIA – Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal writer, director and producer (via Skype)
MOHAMMED MAHJOUB – Infamous Canadian security certificate detainee who has spent the last 12 years in either detention or house arrests.
SWATHI – a founding member of Toronto’s PrisCoPro chapter – Prisoner Correspondence Project is an LGBT prisoner support group who devote their efforts to assisting members of the LGBT community incarcerated in the North American Prison system through letters of support and other documents in the mail.
Facilitated by Chris Deo – CHRY 105.5 NEWS NOW host.
We regret that the film does not have caption. Nat Taylor Cinema is wheelchair accessible.
For info and accessibility contact: rebels@opirgyork.ca
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Harper locks his doors but hundreds gather to listen to Mahjoub
Reportback on western leg of the 12 Year Tour.
Mohammad Zeki Mahjoub: “I’d like to thank from the bottom of my heart all the people who hosted us, invited us in to their homes, organized the events, came out to listen to my story, committed to supporting me and fighting for migrant justice and donated to our travelling expenses.”
Whizzing through Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver and Victoria, Mr Mahjoub told his story from packed houses to intimate gatherings across the western coast of Canada. The Toronto father of two has been held on a security certificate since 2000 and is currently awaiting a decision on his certificate’s “reasonability”. (What are security certificates?)
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Look who Stephen Harper is afraid of!
Locked out of Harper’s riding office in Calgary.
Calgary, 10 April 2013 — Security Certificate detainee Mohammad Mahjoub and local supporters attempted to deliver letters to Stephen Harper’s riding office in Calgary this morning only to find the Prime Minister’s door locked against them. Neighbouring offices reported that Mr. Harper’s staff was in the office. But the staff hid; refusing to respond to knocks and phone calls.
“I came all the way from Toronto to deliver this message to Mr. Stephen Harper in Calgary. … Mr. Stephen Harper’s office is closed. I’m very disappointed with this behaviour,” said Mr. Mahjoub.
Deeply disappointed (video message)
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Advisory. Speaking tour to take Mohammad Mahjoub to Harper’s hometown
From April 9th to April 13th, Mohammad Mahjoub will speak in four cities across Western Canada, including Mr. Harper’s hometown of Calgary. Mr. Mahjoub, an Egyptian refugee and torture-survivor, will talk about his 12-year experience of being held without charge in prison and under house arrest in Canada on the basis of a “security certificate”.
Like other parts of immigration law, a ‘security certificate’ allows the government to detain people indefinitely on the basis of secret information about their profile and eventually deport them, relying on a process that has been very broadly condemned as unjust and unconstitutional. Mr. Mahjoub is expecting a court decision in the next weeks which could see the certificate against him finally thrown out.
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12 Year Tour: Mohammad Mahjoub speaking tour continues west, April 2013
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tour | Vancouver | Edmonton | Calgary | Victoria
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