 Canadian activist and cannabis seed producer Marc Emery and two co-workers were arrested on 29 July by their own government upon the request of the US Drugs Enforcement Administration (DEA). He now runs the risk of being extradited to the USA where he may get life in jail or even the death penalty for selling cannabis seeds to US citizens over the Internet.
It is important that we all protest against this dangerous escalation of the War on Drug Users. If the US succeeds in imposing its will on Canada, New Zealand could be next!
NORML is organising protests at the Canadian Consulate in Auckland, and Cashell Mall in Christchurch, on Saturday 10 September 2005. Join us there!
We invite all Kiwis who want an end to the war on drugs to join the protest.
On Saturday, September 10, people allover the world are holding protests at their local Canadian Embassy or Consulate appealing to the Canadian government not to capitulate to the U.S. demand that they extradite Marc Emery to the U.S. for actions that are not even crimes under Canadian Law.
Marc Emery has long supported cannabis law reform the world over, and this is, we suspect, why the US Feds are so keen to put him away in jail. Marc has made donations to NZ Norml, to our J Day events, and to the Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party's election campaigns. He is also the publisher of Cannabis Culture magazine, which is distributed throughout New Zealand.
You may want to send the Canadians a letter protesting the arrest of Marc Emery and his two co-workers. The contact details for the Canadian High Commission are:
3rd Floor, 61 Molesworth Street, Thorndon, Wellington.
Telephone: (64 4) 473 9577
Freephone from Auckland: (09) 309 8516
Facsimile: (64 4) 471 2082
E-mail: wlgtn@international.gc.ca
On Sat 10 September, at 12 noon, join our protest at the Consulate and Trade Office of Canada, 48 Emily Place, Auckland
There will also be a protest in Cashell Mall in Christchurch at the same time.
For the address of other Canadian Embassies, see http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/world/embassies/menu-en.asp
So far protests are orgnized in Auckland, Wellington, Nimbin, Darwin, Kingston (Jamaica), Mexico City, Brussels, London, Paris, Rome, Moscow, Oslo, Prague, Vienna, Warsaw as well as many cities across Canada and the United States
For more information, see the Cannabis Culture website: http://cannabisculture.com/articles/4494.html
and the Smokeout America website: http://www.smokeoutamerica.ca/
You can also send a short message to Canada's Minister of Justice Irwin Cotler (or ask your Member of Parliament to do so). The address is: webadmin@justice.gc.ca
Fax: 613-954-0811
Snail mail: The Honourable Irwin Cotler
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
284 Wellington Street
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0H8
Canada.
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