Join us on Wednesday February 11 at 7:00 pm ET for a discussion about the CANSEC arms show that takes place annually in Ottawa.
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We are organizing this webinar in collaboration with the Canadian Friends Service Committee (CFSC) and we are reaching out specifically to the Quaker community across Canada to amplify both concerns and credible ways forward to address the impact of weapons exports on human rights.
The speakers will be Kelsey Gallager (Project Ploughshares), Brent Patterson (PBI-Canada) and Mel Burns (CFSC). Moderator: Sandra Wiens (CFSC).
And we hope you will also join us on Thursday February 12 at 5:00 pm ET to hear about the need to strengthen the Protection Mechanism for human rights defenders and journalists in Mexico.
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The Protection Mechanism is an essential tool to protect defenders and journalists, but it is under-funded, lacks the capacity to enrol all who need its help, and needs to be strengthened.
We are working with PBI-Mexico and Espacio OSC to advocate both in Mexico and Canada to ensure the Mechanism is improved.
The speakers will be Elizabeth Guadalupe Mosqueda Rivera (Consorcio Oaxaca), Héctor Hugo Arreola Galván (Zeferino Ladrillero Human Rights Center), Mario Hurtado Cardozo (Espacio OSC), Aledia Quintana Ordaz (National Network of Human Rights Defenders). Moderator: Javier Garate (PBI-Canada).
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