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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

3 years

I wrote this about the limits of representational politics and the desire for 'Brown faces in high places'. A more diverse Supreme Court of Canada is not necessarily any more just.

The politics of judging our judges

“Racial identity does not determine world view,” writes Riaz Sayani. “For this reason, I care very little that (Supreme Court Justice Mahmud) Jamal is a person of colour — I’m more interested in what...

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

11 months

Proud to see so many colleagues have signed. What is happening in Palestine is not complicated: Israel is a settler colony engaging in apartheid and genocide. They don't want you to talk (or think) about it, because this simple truth quickly becomes apparent when you do.

Legal Profession Against Retaliation

@canlawforpal

11 months

We are members of the legal profession in Canada concerned about the pervasive repression of speech on Palestinian liberation. Read our open letter signed by 350+ lawyers, legal workers and academics.

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

11 months

Statement below from @arash_ghiassi and I regarding the criminal charge against Dr. Loubani

Tarek Loubani

@trklou

11 months

I'm out. Sadly, Fragile Pete didn't sign the ceasefire statement while I was in jail, so I'm back at the sit-in at his office: daily from 12-6p at 231 Hyman Street. Join us!

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

10 years

"Privilege Quarterly" #culturalappropriation #racism #WhitePeople http://t.co/FqV5FYPwU1

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

4 years

A more accurate headline: "COVID-19 is revealing a 'momentous divide' among Ontario judges on whether to bring back the death penalty"

Star GTA

@StarGTANews

4 years

COVID-19 is revealing a ‘momentous divide’ among Ontario judges on whether to release more accused people on bail

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

1 year

Expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people against Israeli apartheid and colonization is not a crime. This is a reprehensible statement for a mayor, let alone one who claims to be a progressive.

Mayor Olivia Chow

@MayorOliviaChow

1 year

I'm aware of the unsanctioned rally at Nathan Phillips Square today. My statement below:

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

3 years

What Q. said. If you’re charged by Toronto police for resisting the JDL at the Palestine solidarity demo last night, and need a lawyer, please reach out.

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

5 years

@NDP @theJagmeetSingh Hey I fixed this for you you're very welcome

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

5 years

Ontario warehouses people in overcrowded jails. Health care is abysmal. #Covid_19 will spread swiftly. Incarcerated people will die. Doug Ford needs to release *all* those in provincial jails, the majority of whom are waiting trial and presumed innocent of the charges against them

ACLU

@ACLU

5 years

People in prisons and jails are uniquely vulnerable to coronavirus. Hundreds of thousands of people are in jail every day simply because they can’t post bail.

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

10 years

#ThugKitchen speaks volumes of the #vegan community. I haven't identified as a vegan in a long time, and this is why. Not my community.

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

5 years

If I had a dime everytime cops/security beat the shit out of someone and then charge the victim with assault...

CP24

@CP24

5 years

Police lay charges in violent TTC streetcar incident caught on video

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

1 year

@arash_ghiassi 100%. Appreciate your courage in publicly supporting the Palestinians notwithstanding the smears, and proud to call you my colleague and friend.

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

10 years

We must take action against this rogue force executing innocent people and cutting off their body parts #ohwait #ISIS http://t.co/nDh2jUb7ls

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

5 years

Reminder that Omar Khadr was convicted under laws that made it legal for occupying American soldiers to kill him, but a war crime for him to fight back. The US literally created a new offence to prosecute him. Calling him a "convicted terrorist" is absurd.

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

10 years

#JermaineCarby #PhuongNaDu #SammyYatim #MichaelEligon #JuniorManon #SounSaing #PhonesayChanthachak #NeilStonechild http://t.co/iKE1lz3NDW

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

5 years

CBSA are a non-essential service

Frances Kelly

@fkelly25

5 years

Why is Canada set to deport an ICU nurse in the midst of a pandemic? @nkeung via @torontostar

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

10 years

Seems like hardly a day goes by without @kenneyjason reminding us of how much of a racist and Islamophobe he is #cdnpoli #cdnimm

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

10 years

Great statement by @CanadianPeace on #Harper deploying Canadian special ops to Iraq http://t.co/PQrsLmcjTs #BringTheTroopsHome #cdnpoli

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

3 years

@propagandhi Vegitaliano. Go for the chickun parm sammie, extra sauce and hot peppers

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

5 years

Even if an assault took place, the transit officers’ reaction is completely disproportionate. But the real problem here is there shouldn’t be transit officers hassling people about fare payments in the first place. Public transit should be free.

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

10 years

Lol. "Multimillionaire White Man born into his wealth denies existence of White Privilege" #ToPoli #NotTheOnion @johntoryTO

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

5 years

The Star with an absolute disasterclass today. Act 1: Canadian corporate law firms - counsel to the banks, arms manufacturers, oil and gas, mining, etc. - should👏🏽hire👏🏽more👏🏽women👏🏽of👏🏽colour. Act 2: Let's platform a white supremacist to tell why he should be Prime Minister.

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

4 years

People are struggling and being told there is no money for more CERB. Cases skyrocket as people are forced to go to work sick to avoid eviction and put food on the table...and Bay Street is raking in profits in the billions. Business as usual. Depraved.

Toby Sanger

@toby_sanger

4 years

Canadian banks are making so much profit during this pandemic that OSFI, the banking regulator, has to tell them again and again not to increase dividends and executive pay!

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

10 years

In last interview prior to his passing, #Holocaust survivor Hajo Meyer urged #Palestinians not to give up their fight. #Gaza #solidarity

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

5 years

Highly recommend this piece by @arash_ghiassi regarding the pro-diversity/anti-diversity debate in the Law Society of Ontario:

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

10 months

@chrisrudnicki_ @SavardFoy @megan__savard @foyee @arash_ghiassi @kally_ho @ShailajaNad And we'll have a mini #VeganSohoCrew , which means we must stock the chambers' shelves with ALL of the vegan snacks 😉

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

10 years

The #US govt. thinks #Syria and #SaudiArabia share a border. No words. http://t.co/aJffQrEVqX http://t.co/EWWb2gumxt

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

5 years

McDonald's forcing people to work during a global pandemic at considerable risk to the worker/the worker's family/the community writ large: not a crime. Forging a doctor's note to avoid said risk: a crime. #capitalism

Global News Toronto

@globalnewsto

5 years

An employee at a Hamilton McDonald’s is facing four charges connected to fraud after she used a fake positive COVID-19 doctor's note to get out of work, say police.

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

10 years

#ThugKitchen - making money off a word that's been used to criminalize/murder Black people and through a form of #blackface . #WhatVegansEat

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

10 years

Crucial read by @bryantterry on racism of #ThugKitchen http://t.co/vgxOrOhRTe #WhatVegansEat #Vegan

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

5 years

If only Wilson-Raybould had been in a position of power to change the criminal legal system, like Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada

APTN News

@APTNNews

5 years

‘More action is required to address the over-incarceration of Indigenous, black and other marginalized Canadians’: Independent MP Jody Wilson-Raybould questioned Justice Minister David Lametti about mandatory minimum sentences.

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

5 years

CBSA are such ghouls: "Sultana, who lives in Scarborough, said she begged the federal agency to at least let her stay until she gives birth to her baby girl, who is due on March 1, to ensure no harm is caused to her child or herself."

CTV Toronto

@CTVToronto

5 years

A Toronto woman, in her last stage of pregnancy and suffering from cardiac issues, will be deported to Bangladesh Friday.

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

10 years

Anyone surprised that @johntoryTO denies the existence of #WhitePrivilege ? He's the most generic-looking White dude I've ever seen #topoli

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

8 years

My latest, on no-fly lists and the Charter #cdnpoli #cdnlaw #BillC51

Toronto Star

@TorontoStar

8 years

Commentary: Time to ground no-fly lists

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

10 years

Oh all these @CPC_HQ MPs wishing Muslims "Eid Mubarak" after deciding to bomb Iraq... #hypocrisy #liberalism #racism #cdnpoli #cdnfp

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

10 years

#Harper has blood on his hands. This is backlash for his War on Terror. Stop bombing other countries, and they'll leave us alone. #cdnpoli

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

10 years

Incredible Entrepreneur Saved This Struggling Neighborhood By Replacing Everyone In It With Affluent Twentysomethings http://t.co/Xo9jxdAq45

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

8 years

@k_cajee @NoFlyListKids much appreciated - it's time that we put an end to the use of no-fly lists.

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

10 years

Who else wants Bedford to spill the beans on all the Canadian politicians who are clients of sex workers? #hypocrisy #cdnpoli #decriminalize

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

5 years

Please sign and share widely - jails are incredibly deadly places, even more so during the #covid19Canada / #COVID19ON pandemic. It is unjust and immoral to keep people locked up in these circumstances.

Arash Ghiassi

@arash_ghiassi

5 years

‼️ 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 !

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

5 years

If you ever needed a reminder that in Canada there are two legal systems - one for the rich and the powerful, and one for the rest of us - this is it. SNC-Lavalin had Trudeau draft a law beneficial to its interests, and then try to ensure the new law was applied in its favour.

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

8 years

@KarenAhmed @k_cajee @NoFlyListKids @StarOpinion Much appreciated. I am sorry for what you and your family have had to go through /1

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

2 years

Last Saturday was my 10 year vegan anniversary. Here’s what sparked it: a Marineland protest. I went vegan a week later, and then joined the animal liberation movement. It was foundational to forming my belief in prison abolition, and why I’m a criminal defence lawyer today.

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

10 years

#HamOnt focuses so much on #ArtCrawl / #SuperCrawl and young professionals, not so much on this city's youth http://t.co/34eahIVUPb

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

10 years

Thanks @CBCHamilton for asking about my three holiday wishes for #HamOnt http://t.co/QKLFHRwkUW

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

10 years

Speaking of Bill #C36 , this is a crucial read http://t.co/79arkfP7Ec #MMIW #decriminalize #Bedford #cdnlaw #cdnpoli

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

10 years

Remember when Canada funded and armed "rebels" to overthrow Gaddafi? Now we're fighting the same ones in Iraq #cdnfp #cdnpoli #imperialism

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

10 years

Best part about @johntoryTO donor list? Marc Kielburger. #MetoWe / #FreeTheChildren fail. #topoli #cdnpoli

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

5 years

The Canadian judiciary, especially appellate courts, need judges like this. Judges don't just "apply the law"/call balls and strikes. Their politics inform their judgment (like when the Supreme Court refused to ban the govt. from deporting refugees despite a risk of torture)

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

10 years

#SupportTheTroops by bringing them home. By not cutting veterans' benefits and services. By ending the wars. Shame on you #Harper #cdnpoli

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

10 years

Life as a bearded Brown man: being approached by a random White guy and asked if I condemn #ISIS . #wtf #racist

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

10 years

#PETA should hire White people of #ThugKitchen - match made in (racist) heaven http://t.co/hXQtuyHKmy #vegan #WhatVegansEat

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

8 years

@KarenAhmed @k_cajee @NoFlyListKids @StarOpinion with the no-fly list and hope that this helps spur some changes. /2

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

10 years

Thoughts are with Jamila Bibi and all the others who have been or will be deported by the Canadian government. May you one day have justice.

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

10 years

N.B. - @johntoryTO denial of White privilege - i.e. systemic racism - just as destructive as Rob Ford ranting about "minorities" #TOpoli

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

10 years

When @propagandhi 's Today's Empires, Tomorrow's Ashes comes on when you're waiting for @LessThanJake to hit the stage #winning #singalong

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

10 years

Let's talk about @johntoryTO , @craigkielburger , #FreeTheChildren , and how this exposes the farce that is intl. charity #TOpoli /2

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

4 years

Terrible reffing - Raps should’ve won this one. Gutted.

William Lou

@william_lou

4 years

gotta overturn this just on the leg kick alone this man was trying to score the zlatan goal

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

10 years

@rachelannlyn *macness*. Sorry, I couldn't help myself. Somewhere @raediates is shaking her head. Lol.

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

10 years

Death of Ivan Guerrero, working as modern slave in Quebec, gives real meaning to words "True North Strong and Free" #cdnpoli #canlab #TFWP

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

10 years

My interview on @Animal_Voices re: #IsraelApartheid , #humanewashing , #veganism , and the #BDS movement http://t.co/6BI8VmmO5C

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

10 years

This is a must-read by @stacy_douglas on unjust ruling by the Federal Court in @Justice4Deepan case #racism #cdnpoli http://t.co/Wqdv8eUh04

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

10 years

After 9/11 three White boys approached me at school saying they were going to kick my ass. 13 years later and I still face Islamophobia

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

10 years

Compare media's overwhelming concern over leaked pics of #JenniferLawrence et al. and their indifference to #JanayRice assault video #racism

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

10 years

I should start approaching random #WhitePeople and demand they condemn West for killing more people in Middle East than #ISIS ever will

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

10 years

Thug Kitchen = White people using racially charged language and stereotypes of Black culture to make money #vegan #WhatVegansEat #racism

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

5 years

@szrahim @arash_ghiassi @DemandInclusion Including Bay St. firms - the facilitators of structural racism - speaks volumes about the political objectives of the campaign. Bay St. firms want to diversify their boardrooms. It's good for business. That's not challenging racism. That's diversifying the ruling class.

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

10 years

#EmilyMurphy was a rich White Woman. #PersonsDay was their victory. If we ignore her racism, classism, ableism - who counts as a Person?

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

10 years

Cried my eyes out tonight watching Al Helm: Martin Luther King in Palestine. Big thank you to Toronto Palestine Film Festival @TPFF #cdnpoli

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

4 years

BUDS ALL DAY #leafsforever

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

10 years

Even darker times ahead for Brown skinned Muslim folks. Scared for my own and others' personal safety. #racism #Islamophobia #Ottawa

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

10 years

Thinking of what #HamOnt community needs/what there's "no money for", while @HamiltonPolice officers get suspension with pay #onpoli

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

10 years

The civil liberties that remain at this point in the War on Terror - likely to be extinguished. Muslims in Canada,stay safe #Ottawa #cdnpoli

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

4 years

Cops exist to protect the interests of capital, apparently even after they retire

Dimitri Lascaris

@dimitrilascaris

4 years

The recently retired head of the Toronto police union is now the Chief Risk Officer of a multibillion dollar Bay Street firm. On top of a house in Scarborough, he has a $2.45 million (U.S.) Florida home and over $5.6 million in stocks and stock options.

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

10 years

When former Cdn judge Emily Murphy is called a womens rights activist #flipstable #Racist #WhiteFeminist #WarOnDrugs #PrisonIndustrial

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

10 years

Please share widely #JusticeForFarai #schooltoprison #BlackLivesMatter #EducationForFarai #cdnimm http://t.co/RkDb7ZTckp

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

10 years

Of course White people will riot over pumpkins. #WhiteRiot #KeenePumpkinFest #ShakingMyHead

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Riaz Sayani

@Riaz_Sayani

5 years

@szrahim @arash_ghiassi @DemandInclusion Arash noted in his piece that "the campaign has largely centered the experiences of lawyers of colour on Bay Street and served to cast certain big law firms who support it in a palatable, socially responsible light." I agree: