And now:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (S.I.S.I.S.) writes: :-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:Forwarded message:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-: Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 21:07:01 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Bob Olsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: UN Asks About Dudley George http://www.canada.com/newscafe/getcp.asp?bk=3Dworld&sk=3D990326/w032635.htm= l UN committee wants to know about Dudley George inquiry UNITED NATIONS (CP) - The 1995 killing of Ontario native protester Dudley George came up Friday when a United Nations committee asked Canada how it's living up to the terms of an international covenant on political and civil rights. The UN Human Rights Committee asked the Canadian government whether an inquiry has been held "into the circumstances, including the role and responsibility of public officials, of an incident in which a police officer shot dead Mr. Dudley George ..." While the UN committee is supposed to query all signatory countries on how well they are observing the covenant, the question about George gave a boost to Canadian petitioners seeking a public inquiry into his death. During a clash at Ipperwash Provincial Park Sept. 6, 1995, an Ontario provincial police officer shot and killed George during a protest. It was believed to be the first killing of an indigenous person this century in Canada in a land-claims dispute. George was 30 or so native men, women and children who protested the destruction of burial grounds in the park on Lake Huron. The case was brought before the UN committee after 3 years of fruitless legal battles by the Coalition for a Public Inquiry into the Death of Dudley George, a non-governmental organization headed by Ann Pohl of Toronto. Pohl said in an interview Friday the UN committee was "very enthusiastic" in bringing the case to the attention of the Canadian government. The query about George was one of more than two dozen written questions the 18-member committee had for the Canadian government delegation, headed by Rob Watts, assistant deputy minister on Indian affairs. Some of the questions were read out one after another without waiting for an immediate reply from the delegation while a few were answered promptly at the closed session, witnesses said. "When they (the Canadian delegation) go home, they will receive concluding observations from the committee in a couple of weeks," said Pohl, who attended as a petitioner. "It had happened before that Canada had been taken to task by the UN on aboriginal issues and had decided to act on it. I believe they will in this issue." Pohl said her group provided information to the UN committee and the reception has been "extremely heartening." The coalition alleged in a brief filed to the UN committee that Canada violated several provisions in the covenant, including the right to life and treatment of protesters. The committee's other questions cover a wide range of topics - from native rights to gender equality, from the right to privacy to the treatment of detainees. It sought information on the outcome of an investigation into the Canadian military's "use of lethal force" while on a UN mission in Somalia in 1993. And it asked what measures have been taken to prevent child prostitution in Canada. The Canadian Press, 1999 :-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:End forwarded message:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-: [S.I.S.I.S. note: In Ontario, both opposition Liberal and NDP parties support an inquiry into Dudley George's murder at Stoney Point (aka Ipperwash) in 1995, an inquiry thus far refused by both the federal and provincial governments. By contrast in BC, there is a coordinated and well orchestrated coverup of the Gustafsen Lake standoff which occurred simultaneously to that of the Stoney Pointers. Both groups pledged mutual solidarity at the time and this solidarity continues between those who actually made the stands, including members of the George family. The deputy secretary general of the UN, Louise Frechette, was Canada's deputy minister of Defence at the time of the Gustafsen siege, and facilitated Canadian Forces involvment in that operation along with former Ambassador to the United States, General Jean De Chastelaine, who wrote the "Standing Orders" for "Op Wallaby" and CF involvment.] More more information on the Stoney Point and Gustafsen Standoffs: http://kafka.uvic.ca/~vipirg/SISIS/gustmain.html http://kafka.uvic.ca/~vipirg/SISIS/Ipperwash/arch01.html :-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-: S.I.S.I.S. Settlers In Support of Indigenous Sovereignty P.O. Box 8673, Victoria, "B.C." "Canada" V8X 3S2 EMAIL : <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> WWW: http://kafka.uvic.ca/~vipirg/SISIS/SISmain.html SOVERNET-L is a news-only listserv concerned with indigenous sovereigntist struggles around the world. To subscribe, send "subscribe sovernet-l" in the body of an email message to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For more information on sovernet-l, contact S.I.S.I.S. :-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:
