Enquête is the recipient of our 2012 Tara Singh Hayer award. The program will be honoured at our CJFE Gala: A Night to Honour Courageous Reporting on December 5, 2012.
The International Day to End Impunity is a call to action to demand justice for those who have been killed for exercising their right to freedom of expression and shed light on the issue of impunity. Tara Singh Hayer was a publisher for the Indo-Canadian Times, who was shot and killed on November 18, 1998, in Surrey, British Columbia.
We have a long way to go before we have a clear understanding of the chain of command governing the G20 Summit and who should be held responsible for this travesty of justice.
One year after the G20 Summit protests in Toronto, Canadians are still waiting for someone to take responsibility for the policing and governance of June 25-27, 2011.
As political parties and local candidates campaign for your vote, CJFE encourages you to take the time to ask your candidates about their stance on critical free expression issues. Week One, ask your candidates if they support a public inquiry into the G20 Summit.
Eight months ago the policing of the G20 Summit in Toronto resulted in numerous free expression violations. Although CJFE and many other organizations have called for a public inquiry, the Government of Canada has yet to implement one.