Charges dropped against 3 pro-Palestinian activists accused of harassing federal minister Marc Miller
Posted November 29, 2024 5:10 pm.
Last Updated November 29, 2024 5:29 pm.
Charges against three Pro-Palestinian activists have been dropped in relation to a case of alleged harassment and mischief of federal Immigration Minister Marc Miller.
The accusations stem from a Sept. 5 interaction with Miller outside the Liberal campaign office amid the Verdun by-election.
It is said that one of the activists, Samar Alkhdour Elkahlout, expressed her views by yelling at Miller and he then drove off.
“We did nothing wrong, we we’re exercising our right, freedom of expression that’s ensured,” Alkhdour Elkahlout said in a phone interview on Friday afternoon.
The lawyer representing the three protesters said that on Friday video evidence resulted in prosecutors withdrawing the charges.
“I feel great,” said Alkhdour Elkahlout. “It’s a burden that was taken off my shoulders. I was expecting that, but still to be under these conditions, to be criminally charged for false accusations, justice prevailed at the end.”
In Sept., Miller said he didn’t personally file the complaint and that people have the right to demonstrate peacefully but it must be done “legally” — that his staff felt attacked by certain people.
His Montreal office in the Southwest borough has been previously the target of vandalism and remains closed to the public.
On Friday, a spokesperson from his office said: “We will not comment on any Court processes. The physical and mental toll on Minister Miller’s staff, who work tirelessly to serve Montrealers, has been considerable as a result of this. Until their safety can be fully secured, that location will remain closed.”
Alkhdour Elkahlout has been taking part in regular sit-ins outside Miller’s Montreal office because her daughter Jana died in Gaza earlier this year and she has called on the Canadian government to intervene in the war.
