#BreakingNews:
#Trump’s #NSPM-7 Directive targets #Americans for beliefs.
This will end the #FirstAmendment freedom of speech & thought. #ThoughtCrime #SpeechCrime #SaveDemocracy #WeThePeople
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Canada repealed its #BlasphemyLaw in 2018.
I enjoy the UUnique #honourANDprivilege of being the last Canadian accused of the #SpeechCrime known as #BlasphemousLibel by a "religion" before it was removed from the #CanadianCriminalCode.
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#UUA #UUism #SAAM
I asked CDN-NDG mayor Gracia Kasoki Katahwa two questions about the questionable arrest of #Montréal author and activist #YvesEngler by the #SPVM on #SpeechCrime charges during tonight's #CDNNDG borough council meeting.
#FreeSpeech #FreeYvesEngler #MySPVM #PolMTL
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It gets my Irish up that Montréal's #SPVM police farce arrested #Montréal author and activist Yves Engler on #SpeechCrime charges, and he spent 5 days in #BordeauxPrison because Québec's #DPCP tried to impose excessively restrictive #BailConditions on him.
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Canada's flawed #BailSystem recently kept #Montréal author and activist #YvesEngler in #BordeauxPrison for 5 days because he refused to sign #BailConditions aka #ReleaseConditions that prohibited him from speaking publicly about his questionable arrest on #SpeechCrime charges by the #SPVM.
#FTRW25
Please denounce the arrest & 5 day imprisonment of #Montreal author & activist Yves Engler on #SpeechCrime charges by Montréal's SPVM.
This #SPVM - #DPCP attack on #FreeSpeech & #PressFreedom should be condemned by all #Canadians who value #CharterRights.
#FreeYvesEngler #FreePress #FTRW #FTRW25
Page 1 of a PEN Canada letter to Montréal mayor Valérie Plante and SPVM Police Chief Fady Dagher regarding speech crime charges the SPVM and The Crown aka DPCP brought against Yves Engler - February 25, 2025 Mr. Fady Dagher, Montreal Police Chief Mme. Valérie Plante, Mayor of Montreal Sent via email Dear Police Chief Dagher and Mme. Mayor Plante — PEN Canada was founded in 1983. We are a nonpartisan organization of writers and readers. One of our central roles is to defend the right to freedom of expression. We raise our voices against domestic and international violations of freedom of expression. Today, we write to raise PEN’s voice about the arrest of author and journalist, Mr. Yves Engler. It is our understanding that Mr. Engler has been arrested and was detained for his pro-Palestinian writing. It is not clear to us whether Mr. Engler has been charged or what charges he is facing. But if it is true that he has indeed been arrested and detained and is either facing charges or has already been charged, the actions taken by the Montreal Police raise serious questions about impartiality and respect for the fundamental rights to freedom of expression. PEN Canada takes no position on the substance of Mr. Engler’s comments, only on his right to make them. Mr. Engler has been an outspoken critic of Israel and the actions that state has taken against Palestinians in Gaza. In so doing he is acting well within his rights of freedom of expression. PEN Canada takes the position that it is not a crime to take a pro-Palestinian stance in public. It is not a crime to object to those who support Israel’s actions or to describe them as fascists. It is not a crime to criticize or condemn the state of Israel. It is not a crime to write that Israel’s actions in Gaza are genocide. To object, in print, to others who support Israel’s actions is not a threat to any individual or to the police.
Page 2 of a PEN Canada letter to Montréal mayor Valérie Plante and SPVM Police Chief Fady Dagher regarding speech crime charges the SPVM and The Crown aka DPCP brought against Yves Engler - Today, we write to raise PEN’s voice about the arrest of author and journalist, Mr. Yves Engler. It is our understanding that Mr. Engler has been arrested and was detained for his pro-Palestinian writing. It is not clear to us whether Mr. Engler has been charged or what charges he is facing. But if it is true that he has indeed been arrested and detained and is either facing charges or has already been charged, the actions taken by the Montreal Police raise serious questions about impartiality and respect for the fundamental rights to freedom of expression. PEN Canada takes no position on the substance of Mr. Engler’s comments, only on his right to make them. To object, in print, to others who support Israel’s actions is not a threat to any individual or to the police. It is not harassment to object to actions taken by the Montreal police or to write about them. It is not a crime to ask other citizens of Canada to object to actions taken by the Montreal police. Every citizen of Canada is entitled to write their opinions and to speak out in public. Freedom of expression is a fundamental right, whether one agrees with the content of such statements, or whether one disagrees with the content. If the Montreal police are arresting and charging journalists and writers for speaking out against Israel or taking a pro-Palestinian stance, such actions will have a chilling effect on all writers and journalists. Such actions undermine the freedom of expression which is a fundamental right of Canadians and is protected by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. PEN Canada raises its voice to support all writers and journalists exercising their right to freedom of expression, including Mr. Engler. Respectfully, Brendan de Caires Executive Director, PEN Canada
Thank-you #PENinternational for supporting and endorsing PEN Canada's letter to #Montréal mayor #ValériePlante and SPVM police chief Fady Dagher expressing PEN's concerns about the #SpeechCrime charges the #SPVM and #DPCP brought against Yves Engler last week.
#FreeYvesEngler #MySPVM #FTRW #FTRW25
Page 1 of a letter PEN Canada sent the mayor of Montréal Valérie Plante and SPVM police chief Fady Dagher setting out PEN's concerns with speech crime charges brought against Canadian writer Yves Engler. Text - February 25, 2025 Mr. Fady Dagher, Montreal Police Chief Mme. Valérie Plante, Mayor of Montreal Sent via email Dear Police Chief Dagher and Mme. Mayor Plante — PEN Canada was founded in 1983. We are a nonpartisan organization of writers and readers. One of our central roles is to defend the right to freedom of expression. We raise our voices against domestic and international violations of freedom of expression. Today, we write to raise PEN’s voice about the arrest of author and journalist, Mr. Yves Engler. It is our understanding that Mr. Engler has been arrested and was detained for his pro-Palestinian writing. It is not clear to us whether Mr. Engler has been charged or what charges he is facing. But if it is true that he has indeed been arrested and detained and is either facing charges or has already been charged, the actions taken by the Montreal Police raise serious questions about impartiality and respect for the fundamental rights to freedom of expression. PEN Canada takes no position on the substance of Mr. Engler’s comments, only on his right to make them. Mr. Engler has been an outspoken critic of Israel and the actions that state has taken against Palestinians in Gaza. In so doing he is acting well within his rights of freedom of expression. PEN Canada takes the position that it is not a crime to take a pro-Palestinian stance in public. It is not a crime to object to those who support Israel’s actions or to describe them as fascists. It is not a crime to criticize or condemn the state of Israel. It is not a crime to write that Israel’s actions in Gaza are genocide. To object, in print, to others who support Israel’s actions is not a threat to any individual or to the police.
Page 2 of a letter PEN Canada sent to Montréal mayor Valérie Plante and SPVM police chief Fad Dagher expressing its concerns about the arrest of Montréal writer Yves Engler on speech crime charges. It is not harassment to object to actions taken by the Montreal police or to write about them. It is not a crime to ask other citizens of Canada to object to actions taken by the Montreal police. Every citizen of Canada is entitled to write their opinions and to speak out in public. Freedom of expression is a fundamental right, whether one agrees with the content of such statements, or whether one disagrees with the content. If the Montreal police are arresting and charging journalists and writers for speaking out against Israel or taking a pro-Palestinian stance, such actions will have a chilling effect on all writers and journalists. Such actions undermine the freedom of expression which is a fundamental right of Canadians and is protected by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. PEN Canada raises its voice to support all writers and journalists exercising their right to freedom of expression, including Mr. Engler. Respectfully, Brendan de Caires Executive Director, PEN Canada
Thank-you PEN Canada for writing to #Montréal mayor Valérie Plante and SPVM police chief Fady Dagher expressing PEN's concerns about the #SpeechCrime charges the #SPVM and #TheCrown aka #DPCP brought against Yves Engler last week.
#FreeYvesEngler #FreeSpeech #FreePress #CharterRights #FTRW #FTRW25
X posts in which 'outspoken advocate for Israel and #JewishIssues' Dahlia Kurtz describes anti-Zionist orthodox Jews Neturei Karta as 'fake Jews' and part of an 'anti-brain mob'.
In that 6 of the #ProPalestinian protesters in what outspoken advocate for #Israel and #JewishIssues #DahliaKurtz describes as an "anti-brain mob" are #AntiZionist #OrthodoxJews, can Dahlia be accused of #antisemetism, or even an #antisemetic #SpeechCrime?
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