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CRARR TO LAUNCH STUDENT CIVIL RIGHTS INFORMATION PROJECT FOR MCGILL AND CONCORDIA UNIVERSITIES

Montreal, September 3, 2010 --- In recent months, CRARR has been seized with a growing number of complaints involving racialized students, especially those attending McGill University and Concordia University, who claim to have been racially discriminated against and profiled by law enforcement officers, STM inspectors and private security guards.

DRIVING WHILE BLACK IN LONGUEUIL: BLACK MAN STOPPED FOR HAVING A “QUÉBÉCOIS” NAME

Montreal, July 27, 2010 --- The City of Longueuil is the target of racial profiling complaints after its two police officers stopped, in 2009, a Black man driving his wife, his step-daughter and two other family friends in his BMW near Montreal.

CRARR FILED SYSTEMIC RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT COMPLAINT AGAINST MAJOR DEPARTMENT STORE

Montreal, July 22, 2010---An Asian male supervisor who was fired by a major department store after two years of employment due to arbitrary job evaluation criteria and reasons, may set in motion a systemic inquiry into the store's employment practices.

CHINESE AND OF LESSER WORTH: CRARR TAKES LEGAL ACTION AGAINST EMPLOYER FOR DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THREE CHINESE WORKERS

Montreal, July 19, 2010 --- A Montreal small business is facing several human and labour rights complaints after the owner paid his three employees of Chinese origin less than non-Chinese workers doing the same job.

DRIVING WHILE BLACK IN NDG: BLACK FATHER DRIVING A JAGUAR ARRESTED FOR FAILING TO PRODUCE CAR PAPERS

Montreal, July 20, 2010 --- A 46-year-old Black Montrealer was arrested and handcuffed by two police officers after being intercepted last month while driving a Jaguar in the Notre Dame de Grâce (NDG) district of Montreal.

CRARR FILES COMPLAINT FOR BLACK GIRL WHO WAS VIOLENTLY ARRESTED BY MONTREAL SUBWAY SECURITY

Montreal, June 11, 2010 --- A 15-year old Black female Cadet and her mother have mandated CRARR to file a civil rights complaint against the Montreal Transit Corporation (MTC) and a group of metro inspectors for racial profiling, excessive use of force and other violations of her constitutional rights.

AVEC L'AIDE DU CRARR, UN JEUNE NOIR OBTIENT GAIN DE CAUSE AVEC SA PLAINTE EN DÉONTOLOGIE POLICIÈRE

Montréal, le 8 juin 2010 --- Un jeune Noir anglophone vient d'obtenir une décision favorable de la part du Comité de déontologie policière au sujet de sa plainte logée en 2008 contre un policier de la Ville de Montréal.

En mars 2008, M. Kenny Hopkinson a été battu et arrêté par deux policiers dans la Plaza Côte-des-neiges, où il accompagnait sa mère pour faire les courses. Il se retrouvait ensuite avec une accusation criminelle.

LE CRARR PRÉSENTE 28 RECOMMANDATIONS À LA CONSULTATION SUR LE PROFILAGE RACIAL

Montréal, le 9 juin 2010 --- Dans le cadre de la consultation publique sur le profilage racial, le CRARR a présenté aujourd'hui son mémoire comportant 28 recommandations pour mieux combattre et prévenir ce fléau au sein des services de sécurité publique et privée, des institutions d'éducation, de la protection de la jeunesse et de la justice.

UNE CONSULTATION PUBLIQUE EST DEMANDÉE DANS LE CHOIX DU DIRECTEUR DE LA POLICE DE MONTRÉAL

Montréal, le 9 juin 2010 --- Dans une lettre ouverte rendue publique aujourd'hui, le CRARR se joint à la Ligue des droits et libertés du Québec, le RAPSIM et d'autres organismes communautaires pour revendiquer un nouveau processus de nomination du chef de police à  Montréal.

La lettre ouverte, qui est adressée à  Monsieur Gérald Tremblay, Maire de Montréal, Madame Louise Harel, Chef de l'Opposition officielle et Monsieur Richard Bergeron, Chef du 2e parti de l'Opposition Projet Montréal se lit comme suit :

CRARR HELPED BLACK YOUTH IN COTE DES NEIGES WIN CASE AGAINST POLICE EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE

Montreal, June 8, 2010 --- A Montreal Police officer has been founded guilty of five police ethics breaches for assaulting and arresting a Black youth in Côte des Neiges in 2008.

CRARR TO APPEAR AT QUEBEC RIGHTS' COMMISSION PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON RACIAL PROFILING

Montreal, June 9, 2010 --- CRARR presented 28 recommendations to combat racial profiling in Montreal to the Quebec Human Rights and Youth Rights Commission.

CITY DROPPED $1,020 FINES FOR ARAB CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY STUDENT WHO WAS VIOLENTLY ARRESTED DOWNTOWN

Montreal, May 28, 2010 --- The City of Montreal has withdrawn two citations worth $1,020 against Amal Asmar, a female Concordia University student of Arab background who was violently arrested by two police officers in downtown Montreal.

DEUX ANS APRÈS L'AFFAIRE PERSAUD, JUSTICE CANADA EST DEVANT UN TRIBUNAL POUR DISCRIMINATION EN MATIÈRE D'EMPLOI

Montréal, le 15 mai 2010 --- Après l'affaire Mark Persaud (un avocat torontois qui a publiquement dénoncé en 2008 le climat de racisme qui régnait au sein du ministère de la Justice du Canada), l'organisme est de nouveau mis en cause pour discrimination systémique en emploi dans une plainte de discrimination.

Ce cas pourrait transformer de manière dramatique le système de dotation au sein de ce ministère et de l'ensemble de la fonction publique du Canada.