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www.amehtalaw.com ŏ ŏ Anne Mehta Barrister & Solicitor Tel: 905-789-6007 Cell: 647-207-8337 Fax: 905-326-4222 [email protected] ŏŏ ŏ č 1 Gateway Blvd., Unit 102,Brampton WWW.VOICEFORJUSTICE.CA SERVING SOUTH ASIAN COMMUNITIES BI-MONTHLY NEWSPAPER JULY 2021!(ŏ/ 00! + . ,ISSUE:+.0!ŏ 3 44 %0%#0%$+* 1 āĀŏ %(*!.ŏ1/%*!//ŏ+1.0Čŏ1%0!ŏĂāĀŏ+.+*0+Čŏŏŏ āŏăć ąāćċăĂāċāāĀĀ %*"+Į*23%(/+*ċ(3 LIMITED FESTIVITIES FOR EU PARLIAMENTąāć ċPASSESăĂāċāāĀĈ 333ċ*23 %(/+*ċ(3 CANADA DAY 2021 RESOLUTION CALLING FOR SANCTIONS ON SRI LANKA The European Union parliament passed Canada Day celebrations were cancelled a new resolution last month on Sri Lanka following the discovery of hundreds of expressing “serious concern at the rapid unmarked graves at residential schools across deterioration of human rights” on the island the country. Some events in Toronto have and urging the council to consider targeted sanctions against senior Sri Lanka officials been cancelled. ...SEE PAGE 4 accused of war crimes. ...SEE PAGE 4 US EX-COP SENTENCED TO OVER 22 751 UNMARKED GRAVES DISCOVERED AT YEARS FOR GEORGE FLOYD MURDER INDIGENOUS BOARDING SCHOOL IN CANADA What’s Inside... 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Cowessess First Nation announced last month the discovery of hundreds Together, we can change society! of unmarked graves on the grounds of the former Marieval Indian Residential School in the Canadian prairie province of Saskatchewan, and Indigenous leaders say they will find more at other sites. Chief Cadmus Delorme of the Cowessess First Nation in Saskatchewan said they found at least 600 graves Mission after radar detected 751 “hits” in a field on the school grounds. Chief Bobby Cameron of the Federation of Sovereign Indian Nations said the discovery, With the view to providing a voice to expose acts of injustice against coupled with the recent discovery of the remains of 215 Indigenous children individuals or communities, whether they be unfair, discriminatory, illegal at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia, shows or unjust, “Voice for Justice” stands firm on the ground that there can be no “genocide” committed by Canada. freedom without justice. Your support is needed to achieve this. Together, The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada determined in 2015 we can change society! more than 150,000 Indigenous children had been forced into residential schools. on June 22, Cameron said there are many burial sites like at Marieval and Kamloops, and searches will continue. The gravesite at Marieval was administered by the Roman Catholic Church, Delorme said. The discovery Objectives comes weeks after the remains of 215 children were found at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. “Voice for Justice” represents the unheard voices of voiceless people the world over living under extremely difficult political, social and economic Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described the discovery as “heartbreaking.” Pope Francis expressed “pain” and offered condolences after conditions, conditions not of their making, that need to be exposed. the “upsetting discovery of the remains of 215 children.” Elder Florence Sparver Impoverishment, exploitation and marginalization lead to injustices recalled her time at the Marieval boarding school. She said the Catholic nuns were “rough” with Indigenous children and barred them from keeping their to the voiceless, devoid of education, good health and decreasing life customs. Canada’s history of boarding schools for Indigenous children made expectancy with their children fast becoming the underclass of the national news following the Kamloops discovery. underprivileged. Canada is a leader in calling on other countries to respect human rights but It is extremely difficult to describe the miseries that these peoples have is now exposed as the perpetrator of such atrocities. Canada should prove itself as a nation that defends human rights and should order impartial investigations to endure, and they have little hope of calling attention of their plight. and take necessary steps to refrain from such actions in the future. Further, Indigenous people should be given adequate respect as they were the original It is in this context that some freelance amateur journalists and inhabitants of this country and were said to have crossed the Bering Strait. This professional academics have banded together to undertake the ambitious has been the subject of the scientific theory that humans migrated from Asia to task of making a dent in the print media to educate and inform the world, North America across a land bridge known as Beringia at least 40,000 years ago. which has little or no knowledge of the voiceless half around the world. As a welcoming approach, European Union parliament passed a new The journal is also intended to provide a forum for these people to freely resolution on Sri Lanka last month expressing “serious concern at the rapid express their views. deterioration of human rights” on the island and urging the Council to consider targeted sanctions against senior Sri Lanka officials accused of war crimes. The As a result of questions as to how we could be of assistance to these resolution passed on June 10 and also called on the Council to investigate and people, we have decided to dedicate our time and energies to a publication prosecute war crime abuses; suspend funding for the training of Sri Lanka’s that focuses on these people whose rights and justice are being denied. security forces; and suspend the favourable trading preferences granted by the GSP+ agreement. This publication is not intended to pursue a particular ideology or to The resolution, which comes ahead of the Council’s next periodic GSP+ be a critique of governments, institutions or any group. “Voice for Justice” review in November 2021, was adopted with 628 votes in favour, 15 against has no affiliation to any group or organization and is not motivated by any and 40 abstentions. Mentioning many Sri Lankan officials implicated in war political consideration. The prime objective is to be a catalyst to sensitize the crimes remain protected from investigation by the Sri Lankan authorities, it rest of the world by drawing their attention to the problems and injustices. also called on the Council to consider targeted sanctions. The resolution further expresses the need for “a rigorous, impartial and complete investigation into We believe those distant and voiceless voices must be heard. the

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