Jaggi Singh court support tmw Tues 6/21 TORONTO

Callout for court support: G20 protester Jaggi
Singh facing six-month prison sentence (June 21, Toronto)

This coming TUESDAY, JUNE 21, Jaggi Singh will
receive his sentence for urging people to tear
down the G20 security fence in Toronto.  The
hearing will begin at approximately 9:45am and is
not expected to last any longer than the morning
session. Note: there is a security check --
emptying your pockets, bag check and passing
through a metal detector -- for everyone who enters the courtroom.

TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 9:45am
Courtroom M1 (3rd floor)
Old City Hall Court, 60 Queen Street West
TORONTO
CONTACT: blocampmontreal@gmail.com
INFO: www.clac-montreal.net/en/jaggi
follow on twitter: @g20mobilize, @CLACMontreal & @JaggiMontreal
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Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 06:12:41 -0400
From: Jaggi Singh <jaggisingh@gmail.com>
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Callout for court support:
G20 protester Jaggi Singh facing six-month prison sentence (June 21, Toronto)

Appel pour du soutien à la Cour :
Un des manifestants contre le G20, Jaggi Singh,
fait face à six mois de prison (21 juin, Toronto)
[en français: http://www.clac-montreal.net/jaggi]
"Sometimes you put up walls not to keep people
out, but to see who cares enough to break them down." - Anonymous

TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 9:45am
Courtroom M1 (3rd floor)
Old City Hall Court, 60 Queen Street West
TORONTO
CONTACT: blocampmontreal@gmail.com
INFO: www.clac-montreal.net/en/jaggi
follow on twitter: @g20mobilize, @CLACMontreal & @JaggiMontreal
[The hearing will begin at approximately 9:45am
and is not expected to last any longer than the
morning session. Note: there is a security check
-- emptying your pockets, bag check and passing
through a metal detector -- for everyone who enters the courtroom.]
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This coming TUESDAY, JUNE 21, Jaggi Singh will
receive his sentence for urging people to tear
down the G20 security fence in Toronto. Jaggi's
public remarks can be viewed online in two segments:
i) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ymRoN54CCc;
ii) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9NnAorPigc (begin at :030).
At a full-day sentencing hearing in late April
2011, the Crown asked the judge to impose a
six-month prison sentence, admitting that there
was no sentence harsh enough to make Jaggi change
his political beliefs, but instead the court
needed to send a message to other activists.
Jaggi's lawyer, Peter Rosenthal, asked for a symbolic $10 fine.
For background to the court hearing, consult the following media articles:
- Crown demands harsh sentence for G20 activist (NOW Toronto):
http://www.nowtoronto.com/daily/news/story.cfm?content=180457
- The Jaggi Singh trial from inside the courtroom (rabble.ca):
http://rabble.ca/news/2011/04/jaggi-singh-trial-inside-courtroom
- Crown seeks six months for G20 protester (Toronto Star):
http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/article/982086--crown-seeks-six-months-for-g20-protester
- AUDIO: On taking down fences and the
criminalization of dissent: An interview with Jaggi Singh (rabble.ca):
http://rabble.ca/podcasts/shows/needs-no-introduction/2011/05/taking-down-fences-and-criminalization-dissent-intervie
If Jaggi receives prison time, he will be taken
into custody immediately on June 21, 2011.
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Jaggi, a member of the Anti-Capitalist
Convergence (CLAC) and No One Is
Illegal-Montreal, has technically pled guilty to
"counselling to commit mischief over $5000". His
specific crime occurred during a short speech and
subsequent replies to media questions during a No
One Is Illegal press conference at the $5.5
million G20 security fence on June 24, 2010, just
a few days before the G20 conference officially began in downtown Toronto.

In return for Jaggi's plea, the Crown is
withdrawing all criminal conspiracy charges,
charges still being faced by 17 other former
co-accused who will begin their preliminary inquiry in September.

As part of the plea agreement between the Crown
and Jaggi: i) the Crown will not call Jaggi as a
witness in any G20-related case; ii) Jaggi's plea
cannot be used by the Crown in any other G20
prosecutions; iii) Jaggi will offer no
cooperation to the Crown or the police; iv) Jaggi
will offer no apologies for his actions and
words; v) the entirety of the agreement will be
public and not subject to any publication ban.
The plea agreement is available at: http://www.clac-montreal.net/en/jaggi
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SUPPORT LETTERS
The Crown has asked for a six-month prison
sentence to send a message of deterrence to other
activists. Nonetheless, the following groups have
issued public support letters in support of
Jaggi, INCLUDING his words and actions at the G20
security fence last June 2010:

 * No One Is Illegal (Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto & Vancouver)
 * Anti-Capitalist Convergence (CLAC):
 * Solidarity Across Borders
 * QPIRG Concordia
 * Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP)
 * Community Solidarity Network (CSN) Toronto
 * Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW)
 * People's Commission Network
 * Graduate Students' Association (Concordia University)
 * Concordia Student Union (CSU)
 * Projet Accompagnement Solidarité Colombie (PASC)
 * Association pour une Solidarité Syndicale Étudiante (ASSÉ)
 * South Asian Women's Community Center (SAWCC)
 * La Pointe Libertaire
 * Greater Toronto Workers' Assembly
 * Toronto Anarchist Black Cross (ABC)
 * QPIRG McGill
 * Groupe de Recherche en Intérêt Public de
l'Université du Québec à Montréal (GRIP-UQÀM)
 * Exile Infoshop (Ottawa)
 * koumbit.org (Montréal)
 * Artivistic (Montreal)
 * Climate Justice Montreal
 * CampusCrops/Midnight Kitchen
 * Radical Reference Montreal
 * Purple Thistle Arts and Action Centre (Vancouver)
 * Association étudiante du Collège François-Xavier-Garneau (Québec City)

 All statements are linked at http://www.clac-montreal.net/en/jaggi

If your group or organization would also like to
write a public support letter, or endorse an
existing one, please contact the CLAC in Montreal
via blocampmontreal@gmail.com. We are collecting
public support letters especially public letters
that support Jaggi's remarks at the fence.
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276 letters were ALSO submitted to the judge
during his April 2011 sentencing hearing in
support of Jaggi. Many letter-writers indicated
their full support for Jaggi's words at the
fence, and expressed agreement that the G20
security fence should have been removed. All
letter-writers have urged the judge to impose a minimal sentence.

Among the groups who submitted support letters
for Jaggi (as organizations, or as individuals on
behalf of the organization): Anarchist Bookfair
Collective (Montreal), l'Association pour la
Défense des Droits et l'Inclusion des personnes
qui Consomment des drogues du Québec (ADDICQ),
Beehive Design Collective, Center for Community
Organizations (CoCo), le Centre des femmes d'ici
et d'ailleurs, CKUT Board of Directors, Committee
to Aid Refugees (CAR), Le comité exécutif de L'R,
Coopérative Nos Rêves (Parc Extension), Dignidad
Migrante, le Bibliothèque Anarchiste DIRA, Le
Frigo Vert Collective, le Front d'action
populaire en réaménagement urbain (FRAPRU), le
Front commun des personnes assistées sociales du
Québec, Head & Hands (NDG), Immigrant Workers
Center, Institut de recherche et d'informations
socio-économiques (IRIS), JOC-Montréal,
Montréal-Nord Républik, National Network for
Immigrant and Refugee Rights (Oakland, CA), OPIRG
Toronto, People's Potato Collective, Prisoner
Correspondence Project, Re-Con, le Regroupement
intersectoriel des organismes communautaires de
Montréal, Stella, le Table des regroupements
provinciaux d'organismes communautaires et
bénévoles, Toronto People's Assembly on Climate Justice

As well, many more individuals (and other groups)
from Montreal, Toronto, as well as all over
Quebec, Canada, the USA and overseas have submitted letters of support.
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SUPPORT G20 DEFENDANTS
- "Support G20 Defendants" Flyer:
http://guelphprisonersolidarity.wordpress.com/2011/04/15/new-g20-support-flyer/
- Free Byron Sonne: http://freebyron.org/index.php/Main_Page
- Community Solidarity Network Updates: http://g20.torontomobilize.org/
-----
CONTRIBUTE
- The G20 Legal Fund (Québec): http://www.clac2010.net/en/node/193
"The G20 Legal Fund considers that all arrests
occurred in the context of a legitimate struggle
against the capitalist policies of the G20, and
that all charges should be dropped immediately."
- Guelph ABC G20 Support Fund:
http://guelphprisonersolidarity.wordpress.com/g20-support/
"An accessible alternate fund for G20 arrestees,
mostly those facing serious charges. The fund is
for immediate short-term needs of the defendants."
- The G20 Legal Defence Fund (Toronto):
http://g20legaldefencefund.wordpress.com/
"A fund that exists to hold and give out funds
raised to support legal costs, fees, and other
associated costs of legal defense for people
facing charges stemming from the June 2010 Toronto G20 Summit."

MORE INFO: http://www.clac-montreal.net/en/jaggi

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