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Related: About this forumTorontonians: Looking for something to do on May 12th? Arrest Bush!
George W. Bush plans to come to Toronto next month in defiance of the United Nations Committee against Torture report that Canadas duty to prosecute foreign nationals suspected of torture applies to everyone entering Canada however temporarily. see advert below.
PLEASE LET OTHERS KNOW THAT CANADA HAS THE DUTY UNDER THE CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE TO EITHER BAR BUSH FROM CANADA OR ARREST AND PROSECUTE HIM ON ARRIVAL.
Prior to 2012 Canadian officials took the position that Canadas duty (under the Convention against Torture, the Criminal Code of Canada and the Crimes against Humanity and War Crimes Act) to arrest and prosecute OR to extradite for prosecution any foreign national suspected of torture upon entry to Canada, applied only to suspects living in Canada and not to thosesuch as G.W. Bushvisiting temporarily. In 2012 the Committee against Torture ruled that Canada has a duty to exercise its criminal jurisdiction over EVERY torture suspect including those temporarily in Canada.
The Committee made this ruling in response to submissions from Lawyers against the War (LAW) and the Canadian Centre for International Justice (CCIJ) that Canada was violating the Convention against Torture by giving safe haven from prosecution to G. W. Bush. The UN Committee against Torture agreed and ruled that.
http://codepink.org/blog/2014/04/arrest-or-prosecute-bush-on-arrival-to-canada-states-lawyers/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Pinktank+%28CODEPINK%3A+PINKTANK%29
PLEASE LET OTHERS KNOW THAT CANADA HAS THE DUTY UNDER THE CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE TO EITHER BAR BUSH FROM CANADA OR ARREST AND PROSECUTE HIM ON ARRIVAL.
Prior to 2012 Canadian officials took the position that Canadas duty (under the Convention against Torture, the Criminal Code of Canada and the Crimes against Humanity and War Crimes Act) to arrest and prosecute OR to extradite for prosecution any foreign national suspected of torture upon entry to Canada, applied only to suspects living in Canada and not to thosesuch as G.W. Bushvisiting temporarily. In 2012 the Committee against Torture ruled that Canada has a duty to exercise its criminal jurisdiction over EVERY torture suspect including those temporarily in Canada.
The Committee made this ruling in response to submissions from Lawyers against the War (LAW) and the Canadian Centre for International Justice (CCIJ) that Canada was violating the Convention against Torture by giving safe haven from prosecution to G. W. Bush. The UN Committee against Torture agreed and ruled that.
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Torontonians: Looking for something to do on May 12th? Arrest Bush! (Original Post)
Joe Shlabotnik
Apr 2014
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2naSalit
(93,085 posts)1. OhPleaseOhPleaseOhPlease!!!!
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)2. Arrest Harper if he disobeys the law and does not arrest Bush.
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)3. Why do they show their hand every time
You're supposed to surprise him. Let him step foot in Canada, and handcuff him on the tarmac.