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Denman residents ask trustees to back Palestine-related pledge

Four members of the public urged the Denman Island Local Trust Committee to support an Apartheid Free Communities campaign at its December meeting.

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Four members of the public asked the Denman Island Local Trust Committee to support the Apartheid Free Communities campaign, according to minutes of the committee’s December 16 meeting.^[1]

They asked the committee to sign a pledge declaring the Denman Island Local Trust Area an apartheid-free community and to support calls concerning an arms embargo, Gaza visa-program reforms, contracting policies and recognition of anti-Palestinian racism.^[1]

A trustee expressed support for anti-apartheid movements and said the committee would respond to the request during the meeting. The correspondence was added to the agenda.^[1]

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