Sima Atri

Human rights lawyer & organizer

[The Rundown @therundowntvo]

A recent court decision in Waterloo Region could have far-reaching consequences for homeless encampments across the province. @simaatri (@cjc_to) tells @spaikin why, tonight at 8/11pm | Producer: @Mariasarrouh

[Ritika Goel @RitikaGoelTO]

Huge 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 to the brilliant Muslim woman Aziza on @TheCurrentCBC calling out the need to constantly put their pain and trauma on display without naming the actual structures like the War on Terror and torture that creates Islamophobia that are left unchallenged.

[Sima Atri @simaatri]

Call on @YWCAToronto to stop evicting its tenants. Join the hearing to support a community leader facing eviction for COVID arrears.

[STOP YWCA EVICTIONS @StopYEvictions]

EMERGENCY EVICTION HEARING BY @YWCAToronto: SUPPORT NEEDED. Please show up and support our neighbours to prevent their eviction!

Date/Time: June 9th @ 1pm
Zoom Link:
https://t.co/p9zAxZRLME

[PeoplesDefenceTO @Peoples_Defence]

“Police are privacy security guards that landlords can call in at any time.”

Goodwood and Crescent Town Tenant Union members remind us landlords, politicians and police are not here for us. Only tenants can defend each other. #NoCovidEvictions

[Black Lives Matter — Toronto @BLM_TO]

Defund. Disarm. Dismantle. #DeFundThePolice #BlackLivesMatter #TOPoli

[Leah ProudLakota (she/her) @LeahGazan]

Another Indigenous woman’s life lost in New Brunswick. The police were called to do a mental health check. She was shot five times by police. Say her name. CHANTEL MOORE.

[Sandy Hudson @sandela]

I wrote my arguments for y'all in an op-ed for HuffPo:

"If we truly want to effect change that could stop police killings of Black people, we must have a conversation about defunding the police"

#defundthepolice #blacklivesmatter

https://t.co/Qpp3Y7BFwt

[Sima Atri @simaatri]

@progresstoronto the zoom link doesn't work without a password -- can that be reshared with participants (its not in the registration info!) - looking forward to tonight!

[Sima Atri @simaatri]

‼️ BREAKING ‼️

Open letter from 47 organizations and 773 individuals calling for prisoners to be released and other measures to protect people behind bars from #COVID19! Courts may be closed but people continue to be arrested + imprisoned. #solidarity https://t.co/K6D5XTYtHc

[Sima Atri @simaatri]

@gamrot2 let’s talk about jail conditions and the lack of protocols to protect ppl in our jails!

[Sima Atri @simaatri]

Contain #covid19, not people. Sign on to a letter centering the needs of imprisoned people’s and criminalized communities - https://t.co/K4YcFAunYZ #abolishprisons

[Harsha Walia (she/her) @HarshaWalia]

I'm trained in law.

There is no 'rule of law'. There are overlapping bodies of law. Laws are constantly changing. People with power ink laws. Resistance helps change unjust laws. Indigenous blockades are also legal orders.

#Wetsuweten
#WetsuwetenSolidarity
#WetsuwenStrong

[Climate Justice Toronto @CJusticeTO]

❌#BellLetsTalk about how @Bell & the Ministry of Correctional Services profit off of the exploitation of incarcerated people whose mental health is deeply harmed when they are denied phone calls to their loved ones and charged exorbitant fees.

[THREAD]

https://t.co/Duvrtdgdj4

[Sima Atri @simaatri]

We have a mental health crisis in Canada and our #criminalinjustice system makes it worst. @bell + Canadian govt profits from phone calls of those in jails. Peoples’ lifelines should be free @Bell_LetsTalk

[Sima Atri @simaatri]

#WetsuwetenStrong #alleyesonwetsuweten @cafreeland we have clear demands - stop the #racistrcmp occupation of #Wetsuweten land, order nation to nation talks, implement #UNDRIP.

[Climate Justice Toronto @CJusticeTO]

BREAKING: 19 youth from CJTO have occupied the office of Deputy PM @cafreeland. We’re demanding immediate federal action in support of Wet’suwet’en land defenders who are resisting a state-sanctioned colonial invasion intended to push the CGL pipeline through unceded land.

[Climate Justice Toronto @CJusticeTO]

Just emailed this letter to Deputy PM @cafreeland calling for immediate federal action to stop the abuse of #Wetsuweten Peoples and their rights. We demand federal action now! #Wetsuwetenstrong https://t.co/T92APu7r1V

[Sima Atri @simaatri]

@subvoyeur @theJagmeetSingh The statement @JustinTrudeau made does not clearly oppose escalation v Iran and another war. It calls for “stability” which has meant many things when stated by a western country re the Middle East.

[Diana Yoon @DianaYoonTO]

we're all on stolen land 👏

indigenous land defenders are fighting for their lives and for future generations - frontlines of climate justice

and the rcmp will continue its colonial legacy to protect profit-driven resource extraction

..are we surprised?
https://t.co/9e5FurJNnP

[OSSTF Communications @osstf]

"Education Unions Launch Charter Challenge Against Ford Government"
#OSSTF, @ETFOeducators, @OECTAProv, and @AEFO_ON_CA stand united in launching a court challenge to the Ford Government's unilateral public sector wage restraint legislation.

https://t.co/WuHxKCXR8n

[Climate Justice Toronto @CJusticeTO]

We have a "thoughtful and sensitive approach" for you, @JonathanWNV: 1) stop subsidizing the fossil fuel industry, 2) stop building pipelines on unceded Indigenous lands, and 3) use money sourced from taxing the rich to fund a Green New Deal. 😎

https://t.co/Abb3soyGma