New B.C. scholarships commemorate victims of Flight 752
On Jan. 8 2020, Iran s Revolutionary Guard shot down Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 with a pair of missiles, killing all passengers, including 138 people with ties to Canada.
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Many victims of plane shot down by Iranian forces on Jan. 8, 2020, had ties to Canadian universities
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Posted: Jan 07, 2021 7:11 PM PT | Last Updated: January 8
Iranian Canadians light candles in North Vancouver in January 2020 for victims of the Ukrainian International Airlines crash in Tehran. One year later, SFU and UVic have announced scholarships to memorialize the 176 killed.(Enzo Zanatta/CBC)
New scholarships established at two B.C. universities will commemorate 176 people killed on a passenger plane shot down by the Iranian military last year.
TORONTO Anguished relatives in Canada mourned the loss of loved ones on Friday as they called for justice for the victims of a passenger jet the Iranian military shot down one year ago. Memorial ceremonies, part of an international effort, began with a livestream on Thursday at 9:42 p.m. ET, the time the doomed Ukrainian International Airlines Flight 752 left Tehran s international airport. In a chilly Toronto under sunny skies, a few hundred people gathered in near silence, some with tears streaming into their black face masks with “Justice” written on them. They carried placards bearing the faces of the dead.
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Consider the state of play:
From the White House, the president has been deeply skeptical of the rule of law. He has been a cheerleader for police abuse. He has encouraged the death penalty for drug dealers and praised foreign leaders who employ extrajudicial killings. He has celebrated, and even ordered, aggressive and militarized crackdowns by local, state, and federal police on largely peaceful demonstrations. He has vilified Black Lives Matter and antifascist protesters, who have organized to protest the indefensible killing of unarmed Americans.
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