Friends and family of G20 defendants speak out, demand all charges be dropped
MEDIA ADVISORY
For Immediate Release
19 August 2010
Friends and family of G20 defendants speak out, demand all charges be dropped.
Toronto– Almost all the people facing criminal prosecution for being on the streets during the G8/G20 Summit (25-27 June) will be appearing in court on August 23, 2010, supported by friends and family. Supporters and community organizations from Torontoand Montrealare disgusted by the ongoing targeting of innocent people and activists and are demanding that all charges be dropped against the defendants, this expensive security fiasco be finally stopped, and that authorities cease their ongoing criminalization of dissent.
WHAT: Press Conference
WHEN: 10am, 23 August 2010
WHERE: 2201 Finch Avenue (Metro West Etobicoke Courthouse, Ontario Court of Justice)
WHY: To drop all G20 related charges immediately
VISUAL: Nearly 300 defendants are appearing in court for G20 related charges
Following the Court Appearance, a rally will take place at Police Headquarters (40 College Street) at 6pm.
Defendants from Ontario and Quebec, Lawyers, Supporters, Friends and Family members will be available for comment at the Press Conference.
To arrange interviews in advance or for more information contact
Natalie Caine
Media Liaison, Toronto Community Mobilization Network
tcmn.media@gmail.com | 647.454.2443 | www.twitter.com/g20mobilize
http://g20.torontomobilize.org
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The G8/G20 meetings took place in Ontario from June 25-27, 2010. Toronto-based organizations of women, people of colour, indigenous peoples, the poor, the working class, queer and trans people and disabled people organized a peoples convergence with 40,000 people taking to the streets, standing up for justice in collaboration and solidarity!
Activists, community members, inspired and outraged individuals came together as a movement to demand justice for people and the planet. Over a week of mobilizations, events, workshops and direct actions took place in the face of state and police repression, violence and infringements on rights and freedoms.
We must continue to mobilize and build greater solidarity among our communities- an important part of this is supporting all those arrested during the G20 summit, including our allies still in detention, and those released on bail.