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Peace
- Jews and Muslims marched side by side to condemn Israel’s actions against Lebanon. Demonstrators came out in the hundreds and took to the streets of Toronto despite the pouring rain. They were accusing Israel of war crimes in their acts of aggression against Lebanon and Gaza. Simultaneous demonstrations were held in other cities all over the world.
- Devlin (center) and his mother Susie (left), from Kitchener, Ontario, believe that peace is possible. Demonstrators in Toronto marched to show their support for Canadian troops serving in Afghanistan, and to demand their return from an occupation that serves the interests of neither the Canadian or Afghan peoples. Simultaneous demonstrations were held in cities all across Canada.
- Thousands marched on the streets of Montreal at the Global Climate Change March, to demand that world leaders take action to fight climate change.
- A vigil organized by the Christian Peacemaker Team (CPT) to call for the safe release of four CPT members taken hostage in Iraq. Four members of the Christian Peacemaker Team - Tom Fox, Norman Kember, James Loney, and Harmeet Singh Sooden - were taken hostage while doing humanitarian work in Iraq. Tom Fox, an American, was killed while the other three were resued by a multinational force.
- Despite the efforts of the vast majority of the demonstrators to prevent “anti-semitic” chants and actions, a handfull of Hezbollah supporters vent their anger by burning an Israeli flag outside the US consulate.
- Prayers for - James Loney - Canadian Hostage in Iraq. A vigil organized by the Christian Peacemaker Team (CPT) to call for the safe release of four CPT members taken hostage in Iraq. Four members of the Christian Peacemaker Team - Tom Fox, Norman Kember, James Loney, and Harmeet Singh Sooden - were taken hostage while doing humanitarian work in Iraq. Tom Fox, an American, was killed while the other three were rescued by a multinational force.
- Demonstrators gathered in Toronto to demand action to stop the genocide taking place in Darfur, Sudan.
- The Best Way to Stop Terrorism is to Stop Participating in it.
- Dozens of people organised a barter market just outside the Eaton Centre shopping mall. The event was held on “Buy Nothing Day,” and was intended to raise awareness about sustainable alternatives to a culture of consumption. Participants brought various items that they traded with each other. A wide variety of things were on offer including books, clothing, and music. People passing by could trade anything they had to offer, even hugs, songs, poems, and conversation were welcomed for exchange.
- Amnesty International organized simultanious demonstrations in major cities around the world to call on the United States to close Guantanimo Bay Prison, where several prinsoners have been held without charges for several years. Amnesty International is particularly concerned about the treatement prisoners have recieved in the prison. Official reports from the United Nations and the International Red Cross have indicated that interrogation techniques and detention conditions in the prison violate the international prohibition on torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. Amnesty International insists that the US governments should “close Guantánamo and … charge detainees with recognized crimes and bring them to trial under fair trial procedures or else release them with full protections against further abuses … In the meantime the US government should ensure that all detainees are treated in accordance with international law and standards, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and other international instruments relevant to the treatment of persons deprived of liberty.”
- A demonstration calling for justice for the “Secret Trial Five” - Mohammad Mahjoub, an Egyptian refugee and father of two; Mahmoud Jaballah, an Egyptian refugee and father of six; Hassan Almrei, a Syrian refugee; Adil Charkaoui, and Mohamed Harkat - had been imprisoned without charges, based on secret evidence linking them to terrorism ties. The Supreme Court of Canada has since ruled the “Security sertificate” system unconstitutional and only Hasan Almrei remains emprisoned. The prisoners were held for up to seven years under conditions that earned the prison the nickname “Guantanamo Bay North.” Many of the prisoners went on hunger strike for several days to demand fair trials.
- Patrick Hart, an American war resistor, speaks to demonstrators gathered outside the US Consulate in Toronto. Hart, a sargeant in the the 101st Airborn Division, came to Toronto in Augus 2005 after serving nine and a half years of active duty.
- Demonstrators gathered outside Queen’s Park to demand action to stop the genocide taking place in Darfur, Sudan.
- A demonstrator wearing a mask with prison bars which says “say no to hijab.” Hundreds of demonstrators marched in downtown Toronto to celebrate International Woman’s Day in support of woman’s rights, equity, justice, and peace worldwide.
