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-- Denied the full right to appeal when the Certificate is upheld in a process that uses the lowest standard of proof of any court in Canada;
-- Under threat of deportation even when they face unfair imprisonment, torture or death.
We believe that the existing Security Certificate process is undemocratic; violates the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Canada's constitutional bill of rights); and violates fundamental human rights, to which the government of Canada has committed itself through the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the UN Convention on Refugees, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICEPR) and the UN Convention on Torture.
Accordingly, we demand that the Security Certificate process be abolished.
For those currently detained under Security Certificates, we demand:
-- That their certificates be removed, and, if any case against them actually exists, that they be allowed to defend themselves in open, fair, and independent trials with full disclosure of the case against them.
-- That they not be deported."
Real democracies assure fundamental human rights, civil liberties, due process, judicial fairness, and equitable treatment for everyone at all times with no allowed exceptions. Anything less is police state justice. Guilt by accusation is unacceptable. It's how Canadian and American courts operate in violation of fundamental legal standards. This injustice must end. Sign the above statement and demand it.
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