July 9 Montréal The Québec Civil […]
When
1976-07-09
Description
July 9 Montréal The Québec Civil Liberties Union held a press conference to protest the firing by COJO of Stuart Russell and three others for their political and sexual orientation. The Union announced that it would lodge a complaint with the Québec Human Rights Commission that COJO had violated the provisions of the Québec Human Rights Charter through discrimination based on political convictions. (See also Autumn 1976.)
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Autumn Montréal The Québec Human […]June 24 Montréal Stuart Russell, a […]All Places
MontrealAll People
Stuart RussellAll Organizations
Québec Human Rights CommissionComite Organisateur des Jeux Olympiques de Montreal 1976Québec Civil Liberties UnionAll Citations
Pierre Tanguay, "Pas de place pour tout le monde dans la belle grosse famille olympique," Le Jour, 20 July 1976, p. 5.Jean-Paul Soulie, "Congédiés par le COJO pour quels motifs sécuritaires?" La Presse, 10 July 1976, p. C7Robert Lévesque, "Quatre 'cas de sécurité' congédiés du COJO," Le Jour, 10 July 1976, p. 8Claude Lévesque, "Congédiés par le COJO pour leurs idées politiques?" Montréal-Matin, 10 July 1976, p. 4"Incompétence, non sécurité!" Dimanche-Matin, 11 July 1976, p. 5Ron Dayman, "COJO Fires Gay Militant," Body Politic, no. 26 (1976), p. 4"COJO Firings 'Violation,'" Montreal Star, 10 July 1976, p. A6"COJO Dismissals Spark Protest," Montreal Gazette, 10 July 1976, p. 5
