by CHARLIE SMITH, The Georgia Straight February 14, 2013 A New York–based human-rights group says it will stand by B.C. victims of alleged police abuse who’ve asked that their identities be kept secret. “If the government is committed to accountable…
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Human Rights Watch will not disclose identities of female aboriginal whistle blowers
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One Billion Rising – Occupy Respect
Ellen will be the MC at the One Billion Rising – Occupy Respect event tomorrow, February 14, 2013. One Billion Rising is a world-wide movement to protest rape and demand respect.
Walk out, Dance, Rise Up, and Demand an end to this violence!
Time: 10:30 – 11:30 am
Location: Marker of Change, The Women’s Monument
Main Street and Terminal Avenue, Thornton Park, Vancouver
Program:
R-E-S-P-E-C-T roadside action
Opening First Nations prayer & welcoming by T’Uy’Tanat-Cease Wyss
MC Ellen Woodsworth
Speakers:
Angela Marie MacDougall, Battered Women’s Support Services
Thekla Lit, *(BC ALPHA) – who will speak to the injustice against the “comfort women” *(BC Association for Learning & Preserving the History of WWII in Asia)
“This poem needs a name” read by Heidi Greco
Break the Chain dance – free style
Moment of Solidarity
Pledge to end violence against women