Justice For Abdirahman| Ottawa | Ontario | Canada

Justice for Abdirahman is an Ottawa based group supported by local and national advocacy groups. The objective of the coalition’s campaign is to obtain greater transparency, challenge racial inequity, and bring positive change in order to secure justice for the late Abdirahman Abdi and his family.

Technical Reports

SUBMISSION TO THE ANTI-RACISM DIRECTORATE

The Justice of Abdirahman Coalition (the Coalition) is pleased to make a submission to the Government of Ontario’s Anti-Racism Directorate pertaining to identifying and addressing various forms of institutional racism across sectors in Ontario. 

SUBMISSION TO THE POLICE OVERSIGHT REVIEW

The Justice of Abdirahman Coalition (the Coalition) is pleased to make a submission to Ontario Police Oversight Review.  Conducted by the Honourable Justice Michael H. Tulloch, this review includes the Special Investigations Unit (SIU), Office of the Independent Police Review Director (OIPRD) and the Ontario Civilian Police Commission (OCPC) organizations that oversee police conduct.

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Press Release

January 28 2017 – Black History Month Ottawa Community Builder Award

We would like to thank Black History Ottawa for highlighting the value of working towards obtaining justice for Abdirahman Abdi’s family and the greater social justice issues facing our collective communities. We are deeply gracious. The battle for justice continues and we will work harder and longer to obtain it. Nimao Ali as she accepts the award on behalf of Justice for Abdirahman.

Press Release

October 25 2016 – Ottawa Police Service’s Race Data and Traffic Stops Report

All citizens of our city deserve the right to be treated with fairness, equality, and dignity by their institutions. Yesterday, the citizens of Ottawa learned something that many of this city’s racialized communities have long known and felt – that fairness, equality, and dignity is not always afforded to Black and Middle Eastern communities by the Ottawa Police Service’s (OPS) discriminatory policing methods.

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