University of Ottawa Bans Israeli Apartheid Week Poster

23 February 2009

"Apartheid Week" reports that on February 21, 2009 On February 20, 2009, the
University of Ottawa became the second Ottawa administration to ban the
posters of Israeli Apartheid Week 2009, following the lead of Carleton
University.

The University of Ottawa Communications Office's wrote:

"A poster from the campus group Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights has
recently come to the attention of the Communications Office. All posters
approved by the Communications Office must promote a campus culture where
all members of the community can play a part in a declaration of human
rights recognizing the inherent dignity and equal rights of all students.
Consequently, we will not place this particular poster on our campus
billboards."

Please view the poster here:
www.apartheidweek.org/sites/apartheidweek.org/files/Israeli%20Apartheid%20Week%202009%20poster.jpg