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Statement Regarding 2 Women Attacked by Canada Border Agents at Cornwall, Ontario

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Subject: Statement on 2 women attacked by Canada Border Agents at Cornwall
Ontario
From:    “orakwa” <orakwa@paulcomm.ca>
Date:    Sat, July 12, 2008 5:34 am
To:      Undisclosed-Recipient:;
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STATEMENT OF PEOPLE CONCERNED ABOUT THE RIGHTS OF TWO WOMEN WHO WERE
BRUTALLY ASSAULTED AND PHYSICALLY HARMED BY CANADA BORDER SERVICES AGENTS

Cornwall.  July 15, 2008.  On June 14th 2008

Katenies and Kahentinetha – who are both writers

and contributors to Mohawk Nation News [MNN

www.mohawknationnews.com] – were handcuffed and tackled

to the ground at the Cornwall border checkpoint.

The Canada Border Services agents acted as though

they had lost control of themselves, or they had no

regard for legal propriety.  Neither woman did

anything wrong.  The attacks were unprovoked but

seem to have been directed by whoever was at the

other end of the cell phone.

Katenies was jailed and held incommunicado for

three days. Kahentinetha suffered a heart attack

and is under the care of her doctors and her family.

Because of her condition Kahentinetha cannot go

to court to support Katenies.

Katenies demands respect for herself, for anyone

who asserts Kanion’ke:haka jurisdiction and

condemns Canada’s illegal border.  The charges

against her are false and vindictive.  The Ontario

court is public.  Anyone who believes in the rule

of law and condemns the brutal attacks on these

women and many others is welcome to stand with

her at:

Ontario Provincial Court, 29 – 2nd Street West,

Cornwall Ontario, 9:00 a.m. Mon. July 14, 2008

Legal actions will need to be taken to protect our

rights.  We have no funds.  Canada is hiring costly

law firms to defend their illegal actions and suppress

our rights.  If you can donate anything to our cause,

it will be greatly appreciated.  Send it to:  “MNN

Mohawk Nation News”, Box 991, Kahnawake

[Quebec, Canada] J0L 1B0.  Nia:en/Thank you very

much.

Contact:  Frank Taiotekane Horn, LLB,

1-613-935-8882 fhorn@cogeco.ca;

Katenies20@yahoo.com;

Horn family – waneek@msn.com

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