Masrour Zoghi

Press Conference: Women Respond to Sexual Assault in DTES Shelter

mzoghi — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 03:02:54 +0000

A coalition of women and women's organizations held a press conference today on the issue of sexual assaults against women (as well as a man) in a DTES shelter.

No to Gaddafi in the Snow

mzoghi — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 00:28:23 +0000

Despite the snow, Vancouver's Libyan community and supporters gathered outside the Pulbic Library to profess their disgust with Gaddafi's desperate and violent attempts at silencing dissent.

Put Goldcorp on the Agenda

mzoghi — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 02:09:07 +0000

Simon Fraser University (SFU) community and supporters rallied outside the January 27 meeting of the SFU Board of Governors to demand for the Goldcorp donation to be put on the agenda.

Vancouver's Tibetan Community Demanding an End to the Looting of Tibet

mzoghi — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 07:24:57 +0000

Protesters Tell Investors to Stay Out of Tibet

Today a colourful group of 40 to 50 Tibet protestors gathered outside the Convention Centre which was hosting the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference to demand an end to the involvement of the Canadian mining companies in Tibet, who provide a front for the looting of Tibet's natural resources by the Chinese Communist Party.

UBC's AMS Executive Committee Accused of Defamation

mzoghi — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 20:52:18 +0000

Boat to Gaza organizers demand a public statement from the AMS committee and president for their statements

Following UBC's AMS Council meeting on December 1, in which the Social Justice Centre's indirect donation to the the Canadian Boat to Gaza was discussed and voted on at great length [1], the AMS Executive Committee passed a separate motion

Files attached to this post:

CBG_letter_UBC_AMS.pdf

An interview with Bob Rosen of the Indepenent Jewish Voices on the attacks on the Social Justice Centre at UBC

mzoghi — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 09:05:10 +0000

A discussion on the mindset behind the attacks on the SJC.

Bob Rosen, a member of the Independent Jewish Voices, speaks on the attacks that the Social Justice Centre (SJC) at the University of British Columbia (UBC) came under after their attempt to transfer funds to a campus club called Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR), which in turn was planning on donating the money to the Canadian Boat to Gaza.

Seriously Free Speech Committee presents Michael Keefer (U of Guelph)

mzoghi — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 09:23:36 +0000

Michael Keefer speaks about his book "Antisemitism: Real and Imagined"

In November, the Canadian Parliamentary Coalition to Combat Antisemitism (CPCCA), an informal coalition of MPs from the Conservative, Liberal and NDP, is expected to recommend changes to the human rights legislation or hate laws that would make it illegal to criticize Israel.

Why do we hate and fear the poor who try to enter this land?

mzoghi — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 19:36:40 +0000

At this point, you are probably assuming that I'm talking about the Tamil refugees, and even though that's not completely incorrect, the specific incident that this piece is about is the much less publicized issue of the refusal by Mr Kenney's minions to issue visas to about 100 Tibetan scholars, who has the audacity to want to participate in a conference on the Tibetan culture held