tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88473379869502781422011-08-12T10:52:42.691-04:00The Ottawa Peace Assembly (OPA) is a coalition of community groups opposed to Canada's complicity in the so-called "war on terror". Through the the Canadian Peace Alliance, OPA also works with other peace organizations across the country to build a strong, broad-based, and coordinated voice for peace. Contact us at: ottawa.peace.assembly@gmail.com.Ottawa Peace Assemblyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18347408001660383568noreply@blogger.comBlogger61100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8847337986950278142.post-17247414042544662532010-11-14T22:16:00.002-05:002010-11-14T22:19:49.750-05:00

Please visit the Ottawa Peace Assembly's new website at OttawaPeace.org.

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Tireless human rights defender. Fearless antiwar campaigner. Member of Parliament, undemocratically expelled for opposing the warlords Canada and NATO are keeping in power in Afghanistan. Hailed as “the bravest woman in Afghanistan”. In November 2009 she spoke to a packed hall of 700 people in Ottawa. On October 6, Malalai Joya is returning to Ottawa to speak out against the war.The Ottawa Peace

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The G8 recently met once again to undermine economic, social, and environmental justice - to ignore the climate crisis while pushing for more war. On March 29, at the site of the G8 foreign ministers meeting in Gatineau, the Ottawa Peace Assembly, Rassemblement Outaouais Contre la Guerre and several other organizations took to the streets to reject the policies of the G8 and G20.There will be a

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During the last federal election, Stephen Harper said "soft on crime doesn't work". Yet the continuing revelations of torture in Afghanistan show that the Harper government is soft on war crime. Stephen Harper supported the war in Iraq. The Harper government is trying to deport war resisters who are refusing to be complicit in war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan.And the Harper government is

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The testimony of Richard Colvin shows that the highest levels of the Conservative Government are complicit in war crimes. As many as 600 detainees, many of whom were just innocent bystanders, were handed over to Afghan law enforcement agencies by the Canadian forces. Torture by the Afghan police forces is known to be widespread.Stephen Harper and Peter MacKay are challenging the credibility

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The Ottawa Peace Assembly (OPA) is a coalition of community groups opposed to Canada's complicity in the so-called "war on terror". We want a world based on peace and justice, not war and occupation.Through the Canadian Peace Alliance, we work with other peace organizations across the country to build a strong, coordinated voice for peace and justice.Our mandate is simple. We oppose war and

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