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Honouring the Legacy of Sergei Magnitsky 10 Years After His Tragic Death
November 16, 2019 The Central and Eastern European Council in Canada, representing the interests of over 4 million Canadians of Central and Eastern European heritage, honors the brave legacy of Sergei Magnitsky, who died in a Russian prison ten years ago, at the hands of Russian officials. In 2008, while working as a tax lawyer…
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CEEC Calls on Mayor Tory and Toronto City Councillors to Overturn City Rejection of Application to Name a Park Street in Honour of Russian Human Rights Activist, Boris Nemtsov
October 9, 2019 TORONTO- The Central and Eastern European Council in Canada, representing the interests of over 4 million Canadians of Central and Eastern European heritage, is deeply concerned by the City of Toronto’s decision to reject an application to have a street inside a park in North Toronto, named in honor of assassinated Russian…
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Canadians of Central and Eastern European Heritage Remember The Victims of The Nazi-Soviet Pact 80 Years Later
TORONTO – Members of the Central and Eastern European communities today remember the millions of victims of Soviet and Nazi terror in Europe. On August 23, 1939, Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin formally conspired to tear Europe in half when they signed a non-aggression pact and its secret protocols, whereby they agreed to divide Europe…
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GARRY KASPAROV KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT TORONTO EVENT TO COMMEMORATE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF SIGNING OF NAZI-SOVIET PACT
TORONTO – Former chessmaster, pro-democracy activist and Russian opposition leader, Garry Kasparov, will deliver the keynote address at an event marking the 80th anniversary of the signing of the Nazi-Soviet pact, known as the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, which facilitated the start of WWII in August 1939. The September 12 event will take place at the University…
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Glorification of Soviet Symbols of Occupation and Terror on Canadian Streets Must Be Condemned
May 9, 2019 TORONTO- The Central and Eastern European Council in Canada, representing the interests of 4 million Canadians of Central and Eastern European heritage, condemns the repeated, hateful, glorification of Soviet symbols of terror and occupation in Canadian cities in connection to the Russian government’s Victory Day marches and rallies. While the CEEC is…
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New Canadian Sanctions Strongly Supported by CEEC
TORONTO- The Central and Eastern European Council in Canada, strongly supports the decision by the Canadian government and Canada’s Department of Global Affairs to apply economic and travel sanctions against 114 individuals and 15 entities in response to Russia’s aggression in the Black Sea and the Kerch Strait, the illegal annexation of Crimea, and the…
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Honouring Russian Human Rights and Opposition Leader, Boris Nemtsov, by Renaming Streets in Toronto and Ottawa
Toronto– The Central and Eastern European Council in Canada, representing the interests of nearly 4 million Canadians of Central and Eastern European heritage, calls on the Mayors of Toronto and Ottawa, and municipal councillors to rename streets after the late Russian pro-democracy opposition leader, Boris Nemtsov. Boris Nemtsov visited Toronto and Ottawa in February 2012,…
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WALMART, AMAZON, E-BAY MUST END SALES OF ALL ITEMS THAT GLORIFY SOVIET REPRESSION AND TERROR
SEPTEMBER 10, 2018 Toronto– The Central and Eastern European Council in Canada, representing the interests of nearly 4 million Canadians of Central and Eastern Euopean heritage, demands that Walmart, Amazon and eBay, immediately cease all sales of items on their online stores that glorify The Soviet Union, Soviet repression, Josef Stalin and the institutions used…
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CEEC and CIJA Call on Canadian Government to Add Magnitsky Sanctions to Upcoming G7 Agenda
2018-03-22 Minister Freeland_Magnitsky Law OTTAWA, Ontario March 21, 2018 The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, PC, MP Minister of Foreign Affairs House of Commons Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6 Dear Minister Freeland, We are writing in response to reports that various parliamentarians are encouraging the Government of Canada to add the “Magnitsky Law” to the agenda of the…
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CEEC THANKS CANADIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS FOR ADOPTING MAGNITSKY LEGISLATION UNANIMOUSLY
OCTOBER 17, 2017 OTTAWA- The Central and Eastern European Council (CEEC), representing the interests of over 4 million Canadians of Central and Eastern European heritage, applauds and congratulates the members of the House of Commons and Senate in passing Bill S226 unanimously. The Sergei Magnitsky Law will be an important human rights tool for the…