James Loney (peace activist)
- James Loney (peace activist)
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According to a November 11, 2006 report in the Guelph Mercury of a speech he'd given to university students on November 9, Loney refused to wear a poppy on Remembrance Day. Loney claimed that it "says we have to be ready for the next time - vigilance." A Royal Canadian Legion spokesperson is quoted in the same report saying, "It's his choice not to wear a poppy .... The poppy is the symbol of remembrance, to remember people who gave their lives .... When you look at terrorism, pacifism doesn't work. He found out firsthand."Fact|date=February 2008
On June 2006, Loney publicly accused the Ontario Knights of Columbus, a Catholic organization, with homosexual discrimination, a claim which was refuted by them.[cite web |url=http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/jun/06062103.html |title=Former Iraq Hostage Accuses Catholic Knights of Homosexual Discrimination |accessdate=2008-02-03 |format= |work=] ]Canadian singer-songwriter, Jon Brooks, wrote two songs on Jim Loney on his CD "Ours And The Shepherds" in response to the controversy. 'Jim Loney's Prayer Part I' and 'Jim Loney's Prayer Part II' were chosen as bookends to the track list on a CD about Canadian war stories.
On May 23 2007 James released a public statement saying that he would not be testifying against his captors who are now in U.S. custody citing the lack of transparency in Iraqi courts, the limited access to lawyers and the death penalty. “I recently informed the RCMP that I will not testify. I cannot participate in a judicial process where the prospects of a fair trial are negligible, and more crucially, where the death penalty is a possibility.”Fact|date=February 2008
References
See also
*2005-2006 Christian Peacemaker hostage crisis
*Norman Kember
*Harmeet Singh Sooden
*Tom Fox (activist)
*Gay rights in Iraq
External links
* [http://www.cpt.org/ Christian Peacemaker Teams]
* [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060330/loney_familyAM_060330/20060330?hub=Canada] March 30 video: speeches to media by James Loney, his partner, & others in his family
* [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/03/30/loney-060330.html March 30 'Emotional Loney speaks of small things he missed']
* [http://www.sootoday.com/content/news/full_story.asp?StoryNumber=14745 'More about James Loney'] , "SooToday.com", December 9, 2005
* [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/12/11/iraq_hostages051211.html 'Brothers of hostage in Iraq describe "gut-wrenching" wait'] , "CBC News", December 11, 2005
* [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20051212/HOSTAGES12/TPNational 'Family waits as deadline passes in silence'] , "The Globe and Mail", December 11, 2005
* [http://freethecaptivesnow.org/ Free The Captives] : Petition for the release of Christian Peacemakers being held in Iraq – includes latest news and daily updates.
* [http://www.catholicworker.org/ Catholic Worker Communities]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h1IHhKfw6k Video report] March 28, 2006
* [http://milnewstbay.pbwiki.com/48019 'Ex-hostage shuns poppy's symbolism: James Loney's controversial stance challenged at U of G lecture'] , "Guelph Mercury", November 11, 2006
* [https://milnewstbay.pbwiki.com/f/MEDSUMREP%202006-01.4.pdf "Christian Peacemaker Teams Hostage Rescue in Iraq on March 23, 2006"] : Open source media analysis of rescue operation and aftermath, MILNEWS.ca, 10 Dec 06 (113KB .pdf).
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