Tacoma SDS

Story from cbc.ca
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2007/12/10/bc-singhdepor...

A paralyzed refugee claimant named Laibar Singh was denied refugee status by the Canadian government. He is supposed to be sent back to India, where it is believed he will be persecuted by Punjab separatists. He sought sanctuary in an Abbotsford Sikh temple. 1000 people protested at the airport, blocking traffic and causing delays. Surrounding the taxi that Singh was inside, the deportation office decided to delay his deportation for the time being.

Tacoma SDS presents Radical Film Night each Friday at 7:30 PM at 808 N. Union (across from the University of Puget Sound).

Showing September 21: Turtles Can Fly (2004)

The first film to be made in Iraq since Saddam, this emotionally charged film from Iranian director Bahman Ghobadi shows the Iraqi-Turkish border on the eve of the American invasion. Acted by local children, the story is told from the perspective of a 13 year old boy who leads his friends in cleaning up UN landmines.

Independent journalist Karen Button will be at UPS on September 11, 2007, 6:30pm to 8:00pm in Rausch Auditorium at the Univeristy of Puget Sound, to talk about the massive Iraqi exodus and the resulting humanitarian crisis in
Iraq, Syria, Jordan and Lebanon. She will also talk about effects of the
Iraqi Diaspora on the region, as well as touch on Lebanon's recovery from
last year's war. Her talk will be followed by a Q&A/discussion.