Dec 02

CTI-IWC to mark International Human Rights Day 2008

Tamil press conference and vigil on International Human Rights Day
in front of 200 Rene Levesque, Complex Guy Favreau, Montréal, Québec
(Metro Place-des-Arts – green
line or Metro Place d’Armes – orange line)
December 10, 2008
11 am –
12 noon

Public Forum on International Human Rights Day
Speakers
from the Tamil, Filipino and Palestinian communities will present on the human
rights situation in Sri Lanka, the Philippines and Palestine.
2149 Mackay – School of Community and
Public Affairs (corner Sherbrooke), Montréal, Québec
(Metro Guy-Concordia)

December 10, 2008
6:30pm – 8:30pm
Pot Luck

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