I attended today's candlelight vigil, held by Edmonton's Persian community, for those Iranians slain in recent pro-democracy demonstrations. Although I unfortunately missed the speech portion of the event, I had the opportunity to speak to some Persian-Canadians in attendance. They relayed to me stories from friends and relatives in Iran, as well as their fears concerning the lives of those friends and relatives. But, they also remained committed to raising awareness to what's happening in Iran and support those in the country protesting against last week's election results. A rally is set to be held tomorrow (Saturday, June 20) at the legislature from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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There was a demonstration this past week in Halifax too - fairly well attended at that. Unfortunately, I did not have a camera on me at the time.
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