Anti-G20 protester launches constitutional challenge

Montreal activist Jaggi Singh has launched a constitutional  challenge against his bail conditions.

Montreal activist Jaggi Singh has launched a constitutional challenge against his bail conditions.

By Antonia Zerbisias

Montreal’s Jaggi Singh, one of dozens of community organizers arrested even before last summer’s G20 protests began, has launched a constitutional challenge against his bail conditions.

Although most of his co-accused have had similar restrictions imposed on their actions and movements, Singh, a noted anti-globalization and social justice activist, is the first to take the constitutional route.

He is to appear Wednesday in Ontario Superior Court, with the support of PEN Canada which is intervening in his case, citing that Singh’s right to freedom of expression has been violated.

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