NATIVE RIGHTS LAWYER DR. BRUCE CLARK BEING HELD IN PRINCE GEORGE
Native rights lawyer and legal scholar Dr. Bruce Clark, jailed for
three months by BC provincial court judge Nick Friesen, is being held in a
remote provincial remand centre. The maximum security institution is
located in Prince George, in northern BC.
Clark will attempt to appeal the 3 month jail term based on
numerous irregularities in what appears to be a politically motivated
attempt to prevent Clark appearing for his Gustafsen Lake clients, who
were expecting him to act as counsel in their defence. In addition the
move may be connected to a Supreme Court of Canada case involving the
secession of the province of Quebec. Clark successfully won Intervenor
status on behalf of the Indigenous Mi'gmaq Nation.
Revelations of RCMP death threats and a smear and misinformation
campaign directed at both Clark and his clients, including the jailed
Shuswap elder Wolverine, have prompted supporters to call for
international action on their behalf. During the 1995 Gustafsen Lake
standoff, BC's New Democratic Party government rejected calls for
international observers; BC Attorney General Ujjal Dosanjh stated that
"there shall be no alien intervention in the affairs of this state."
Solidarity, actions, assistance, statements of support to political
prisoners Wolverine and Bruce Clark:
Wolverine (William Jones Ignace)
Political Prisoner
Surrey Pre-Trial Centre
14323 57th Ave.
Surrey, BC V3X 1B1 Canada
Fax the warden at (604) 572-2101
Dr. Bruce Clark
Political Prisoner
Prince George Regional Correctional Center
P.O Box 4300
Prince George BC V2L 5J9 Canada
Warden's Phone: (250) 562-6421
(letters will be opened by prison staff)
Letters can also be sent c/o S.I.S.I.S or faxed to Tspeten Defence Committee.
Tell these people the world is watching them. Sample letters and links to
politicians' email can be found on the S.I.S.I.S site, at:
http://kafka.uvic.ca/~vipirg/SISIS/GustLake/letter.html
If you can, please send a copy your letters to S.I.S.I.S and/or the
Ts'peten Defence Committee (listed below under Support Organizations)
Attorney General of BC Ujjal Dosanjh
Phone: (250) 387-1866
Fax: (250) 387-6411
email:nlane@galaxy.gov.bc.ca
J Nicholas Friesen
c/o The Registry Office
350 Barlow Ave.
Quesnel, BC V2J 2C1 Canada
Phone: (604) 660-2760
Fax: (604) 660-1723
The Administrative Crown Counsel
14340 57th Ave.
Surrey, BC V3X 1B2 Canada
Fax: (604) 572 2398
J Ray Hall
Regional Crown Counsel
Criminal Justice Branch
Ministry of the Attorney General
Room 463 1011 4th Avenue
Prince George, BC V2L 3H9 Canada
Fax: (250) 565-6058
Solicitor General Herb Gray
Fax: (613) 952-2240
Faxing by email: remote-printer.Herb_Gray@16139522240.iddd.tpc.int
RCMP:
Public Complaints Commission
Phone: (604) 666-7363 or 1-800-665-6878
Williams Lake RCMP Detachment
Phone: (250) 392-6211 Fax (250) 392-2994
100 Mile House Detachment - Fax: (604) 395-3605
Ottawa Detachment - Phone: (613) 993-1085
Prime Minister Jean Chretien
House of Commons
Ottawa, Ont. K1A OA6 Canada
Phone: (613) 992-4211
Fax: (613) 941-6900
Faxing by email:remote-printer.Jean_Chretien@16139416900.iddd.tpc.int
email:pm@pm.gc.ca
WWW comments: http://pm.gc.ca/english/pmo/e_corres.htm
Governor General Romeo Le Blanc
Faxing by email:remote-printer.Romeo_Le_Blanc@16139931967.iddd.tpc.int
WWW comments:http://www.schoolnet.ca/collections/governor
Canadian Human Rights Commission
email:info@chrc.ca
SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS
Ts'peten Defence Committee
174-1472 Commercial Drive, Vancouver
Salish Territory, V5L 3X9 Canada
Phone: (604) 322-7934, Fax: (604) 323-0224
Spokespeople: Splitting the Sky - Phone/Fax: (604) 543-9661
Bill Lightbown - Phone: (604) 251-4949
Settlers In Support of Indigenous Sovereignty (S.I.S.I.S)
PO Box 8673
Victoria, BC V8X 3S2 Canada
email:uc389@freenet.victoria.bc.ca
WWW:http://kafka.uvic.ca/~vipirg/SISIS/SISmain.html
Canadian Alliance in Solidarity with Native Peoples (CASNP)
ATTN: Kahn-tineta Horn
Phone: (416) 972-1573 Fax: (416) 972-6232
email:casnp@io.org
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S.I.S.I.S. / Settlers In Support of Indigenous Sovereignty
PO Box 8673 Victoria, BC Canada V8X 3S2
email: <uc389@freenet.victoria.bc.ca> or <mg@uvaix.uvic.ca>
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