Legal Profession Against Retaliation
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We are members of the legal profession in Canada concerned about the pervasive repression of speech on Palestinian liberation. Read our open letter signed by 350+ lawyers, legal workers and academics.
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'Chilling effect': People expressing pro-Palestinian views censured, suspended from work and school
"I can tell you personally, in the last month and a half, I've probably spoken with someone at least once a day" said
@lilbautista
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@CavalluzzoLLP
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"Members of the Canadian legal community are, in an open letter, calling reports of retaliation against lawyers and law students who have expressed support for Palestinian liberation a “new McCarthyism”."
@TorontoStar
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There are now over 500 members of the legal profession who have signed on to this open letter. We commit not to discriminate against anyone for speaking out for justice and freedom for Palestinians.
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We now have 11 organizations, including
@bccla
@CanArabLaw
@CLAIHR
@pivotlegal
@LCPal_ca
@salc_bc
and 650 lawyers, legal workers, and academics who are standing up against censure from our colleagues for speaking out in solidarity with Palestinians.
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“When it comes to the experiences of Palestinian and Arab students and those who advocate for Palestinian human rights, we have seen this retaliation since my time in law school – even before my time – and all the way through” says Dania Majid
@CanArabLaw
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@TorontoStar
"A prominent Bay Street law firm recently asked applicants from TMU law school, in advance of upcoming job interviews, to confirm whether or not they had signed the pro-Palestinian statement, adding that students who did have no place at the firm."
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"What we’re really seeing is one of the most unprecedented speech suppression that we’ve seen in the legal profession." -
@VWLegal
"People are being doxed, people are being harassed, subject to death threats."
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Speaking out on Gaza / Israel must be allowed: UN experts
"The experts raised concerns about suspensions and expulsions of students from universities, dismissal of academics, calls for their deportation, -
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"There have been myriad career consequences for expressing solidarity with Palestine, which should alarm anyone in general, but especially as the death toll in the Gaza genocide surpasses 10,000 people,” says
@JoshuaSealy
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"Nearly 650 lawyers, law students and professors across Canada have signed an open letter to Canada's legal community published on Nov. 6 that notes a "chilling effect" on freedom of expression in the legal community since the outbreak of the war."
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"There have been calls to withdraw job offers, there have been calls to people’s employers to fire people who have issued pro-Palestinian statements and so on."
Some lawyers tell CityNews there’s been an increase in calls from Canadians who say they are being disciplined at work for their social media posts on the Israel-Hamas war, setting off critical discussions on freedom of speech.
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@CanArabLaw
“If we're going to be champions of EDI in our profession, if law firms and law schools are going to hold up their policies and speak about it – well, it has to apply to all students.”
@CanArabLaw
@LawTimes
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Students have also been blacklisted in some universities as supporters of terrorism, with accompanying threats to their prospects for future employment."
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threats to dissolve student unions and associations, and restrictions on campus meetings to express solidarity with the suffering civilians in Gaza and denounce the ongoing Israeli military response.
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