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International appeal gets mixed results

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Deh Cho First Nations Grand Chief, Gerald Antoine, felt it was "worthwhile" to go to Geneva for the recent meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Commission, held from March 17 to April 25. The intervention paper he was prepared to lobby for on behalf of the Deh Cho peoples wasn't submitted to the International Working Group on Indigenous Affairs in time to be translated, interpreted and included on the spring agenda; however, it will be discussed at the July meeting of the Human Rights Commission.

International appeal gets mixed results

Page 5

Deh Cho First Nations Grand Chief, Gerald Antoine, felt it was "worthwhile" to go to Geneva for the recent meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Commission, held from March 17 to April 25. The intervention paper he was prepared to lobby for on behalf of the Deh Cho peoples wasn't submitted to the International Working Group on Indigenous Affairs in time to be translated, interpreted and included on the spring agenda; however, it will be discussed at the July meeting of the Human Rights Commission.

International appeal gets mixed results

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Deh Cho First Nations Grand Chief, Gerald Antoine, felt it was "worthwhile" to go to Geneva for the recent meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Commission, held from March 17 to April 25. The intervention paper he was prepared to lobby for on behalf of the Deh Cho peoples wasn't submitted to the International Working Group on Indigenous Affairs in time to be translated, interpreted and included on the spring agenda; however, it will be discussed at the July meeting of the Human Rights Commission.

Justice system to be tested

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Family members of Dudley George find it interesting that every press account of the guilty verdict in the Deane case found it necessary to mention- but not examine- the reaction of the courtroom audience when Judge Hugh Fraser revealed his decision.

"A packed courtroom burst into cheering and applause as a provincial police officer was convicted Monday in the shooting death of an aboriginal protester," the key first sentence of the Canadian Press wire copy read.

Justice system to be tested

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Family members of Dudley George find it interesting that every press account of the guilty verdict in the Deane case found it necessary to mention- but not examine- the reaction of the courtroom audience when Judge Hugh Fraser revealed his decision.

"A packed courtroom burst into cheering and applause as a provincial police officer was convicted Monday in the shooting death of an aboriginal protester," the key first sentence of the Canadian Press wire copy read.

Justice system to be tested

Page 3

Family members of Dudley George find it interesting that every press account of the guilty verdict in the Deane case found it necessary to mention- but not examine- the reaction of the courtroom audience when Judge Hugh Fraser revealed his decision.

"A packed courtroom burst into cheering and applause as a provincial police officer was convicted Monday in the shooting death of an aboriginal protester," the key first sentence of the Canadian Press wire copy read.

Harris government suspect

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The opposition parties in the Ontario legislature are convinced that Premier Mike Harris' Progressive Conservative government made a horrible mistake in the early months of its mandate - a mistake that led to the death of Dudley George.

A steady stream of government documents has been surfacing in recent weeks which suggest that the police and the government were working at cross-purposes in the hours leading up to the fatal shooting of Dudley George.

Harris government suspect

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The opposition parties in the Ontario legislature are convinced that Premier Mike Harris' Progressive Conservative government made a horrible mistake in the early months of its mandate - a mistake that led to the death of Dudley George.

A steady stream of government documents has been surfacing in recent weeks which suggest that the police and the government were working at cross-purposes in the hours leading up to the fatal shooting of Dudley George.

Harris government suspect

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The opposition parties in the Ontario legislature are convinced that Premier Mike Harris' Progressive Conservative government made a horrible mistake in the early months of its mandate - a mistake that led to the death of Dudley George.

A steady stream of government documents has been surfacing in recent weeks which suggest that the police and the government were working at cross-purposes in the hours leading up to the fatal shooting of Dudley George.

Protester unarmed, judge convicts OPP officer

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The criminal conviction of a police officer who fatally shot a Chippewa land claim protester sent shock waves through the Aboriginal community from coast to coast last month, but the victim's family - and lawyers and politicians with an interest in the case - all say that the man who pulled the trigger is a scapegoat; that the people whose orders he was following must also be brought to justice.