Charges against four of the five people arrested for protesting at last year's Giller Prize have been withdrawn, antiwar organizers announced Friday as they pledged to keep fighting for an end to Israel's attacks on Gaza.
Maysam Abu Khreibeh, right, and Farzana Doctor pose for a portrait in Toronto in Toronto, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. It was announced today that four of the five people arrested and charged at a protest at the 2023 Giller Prize awards ceremony have had their charges withdrawn.
Abu Khreibeh was one of three people arrested the night of the ceremony and charged with criminal mischief and using a forged document to gain entry to the ceremony, while CanLit Responds said two others were arrested later. Abu Khreibeh's lawyer, Riaz Sayani, said in a written statement that the Giller protesters never should have been charged.
Abu Khreibeh said she didn't expect the Canadian literary community to rally around the protesters in the way many of them have. The day after she was arrested, when she was still feeling paranoid and anxious, thousands of writers signed a letter calling for the charges against the protesters to be dropped.
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