For this week’s #TheWorldUnspun, we met with Samar Alkhdour, a Palestinian activist in Montreal whose campaign against the obstructive and discriminatory Canadian immigration system has been met with nothing but police repression and silence from the government.

#NI554 Palestine: From Occupation to Uprising

#NI546 Surveillance: Spying on Dissent

Host: Paula Lacey

Credits: Paula Lacey (Producer, Editorial Assistant), Maxine Betteridge-Moes, Amy Hall, Bethany Rielly, Conrad Landin, Nick Dowson (Co-Editors), Samuel Rafanell-Williams (Sound Design), Nazik Hamza (Audio Editor), Mari Fouz (Logo Design), Thomas Barlow, Impress (Media Consultant)

Guest: Samar Alkhdour

Further reading:

How one Gazan mother’s tragedy has fuelled a sit-in action by Nelly Bassily (Disability Visibility Project)

Long waits for Canadian visas leave Gazans in limbo by Anna Mehler Paperny (Reuters)

Joint letter: Urgent changes needed to Canada’s Temporary Residence Visa Program for Gazans Amnesty International Canada

Intended to Fail: Systemic Anti-Palestinian Racism and Canada’s Gaza Temporary Resident Visa Program by Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East

Coalition for No Over Policing Palestine/Police Pas la Palestine

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