We The People of the world, by and through our unalienable, individual rights as human persons, hereby Petition the Alberta Minister of Justice and Solicitor General Jonathan Denis, QC for redress of our grievances.

Whereas

We The People recognize the worth of the human person;
We The People recognize that all human persons are born free and equal in dignity and in rights;
We The People have as our principal aim the protection of the essential and inalienable rights of every human person;
We The People affirm that the human person is the central subject of human rights and fundamental freedoms, and consequently should be the principal beneficiary;
We The People reaffirm that human rights and fundamental freedoms are the birthright of all human beings; therefore their protection and promotion are to be the first responsibility of governments;
We The People recognize that the essential rights of a human person are not derived from the fact that he is a national of a particular state, but are based upon attributes of his human personality;
We The People recognize that spiritual development is the supreme end of human existence and the highest expression thereof;
We The People support the creation of circumstances that permit everyone to achieve spiritual and material progress and attain happiness without undue interference from those in the positions of power;
We The People recognize that freedom to think as one will and speak as one thinks are means to the discovery and spread of political truth;
We The People recognize the right of every human person to express any opinion in public without censorship or restraint, and the corresponding right to experience anybody’s expressions without being pressured, denied access, arrested, or otherwise punished, subject to well-understood exceptions;
We The People recognize that the government has no right to suppress the right to freedom of expression and censor the free flow of opinions, ideas and content, and it cannot reduce adults to hearing and seeing only speech that the government considers suitable;
We The People reaffirm that fundamental freedoms are the foundation of justice and peace in the world;
We The People support a free and open internet;

Repraisal Lawsuit and Harassment of Canadian Journalist Mark Marek

As outlined in the article published on BestGore.com, Canadian journalist and civil liberties activist Mark Marek (the journalist) suffered tyrannical human rights abuses in the clutches of Alberta prosecutors Julie Roy and Cheryl Schlecker (the prosecutors) who don’t appear to care for justice, only for personal gratification drawn from playing Gods over an innocent man’s life.

The Alberta Justice and Solicitor General website states on the page titled “Code of Conduct for Crown Prosecutors”, under “The Public Interest Must Be Served” that:

    Inextricably linked to the Attorney General’s discretion is the concept of public interest. Discretionary decisions of the Attorney General must reflect the interest of the community to see that justice is properly done. Stated differently, when exercising discretion in a particular prosecution, the public’s interest in pursuing the prosecution under consideration is pivotal.

Under “The Role of Crown Prosecutors” on the same page, the obligation to serve the public interest is once again reinstated with the following statements:

    In exercising their discretion, Crown prosecutors must consider whether the prosecution is in the public interest. As Commissioner in the Sophonow Inquiry, former Supreme Court of Canada justice Peter Cory observed that the “community looks upon the Crown prosecutor as a symbol of fairness, of authority and as a spokesman for the community.” Similarly, the Law Society of Alberta’s Code of Professional Conduct recognizes that “[w]hen engaged as a prosecutor, a lawyer exercises a public function involving much discretion and power.”

    And as to the primacy of serving the public’s interest, Martin J. stated in his Report of the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee on Charge Screening, Disclosure, and Resolution Discussions, “[a]s ministers of justice, their [i.e., Crown prosecutors'] ultimate task is to see that the public interest is served, in so far as it can be, through the use, or non-use, of the criminal courts.”

Let me paraphrase that statement: “…the ultimate task of Crown prosecutors is to see that, through the use, or non-use of the criminal courts, the public interest is served.” Or as said in the title, “the public interest MUST be served.” Bearing in mind that the journalist in the clutches of the prosecutors has been under prior restraint for 8 months (as of March 18, 2014), We The People hereby request the Alberta Minister of Justice and Solicitor General to respond to the following questions:

    How is depriving the public of their right to access to information serving the public interest?
    How does sending a chilling message to journalists that they too could become subjects to lengthy and costly criminal proceedings if, like Mark Marek, they acted upon their duty to inform the public on matters of public interest, so defined and determined according to taste of audience (the public), serve the public interest?
    How does ignoring the evidence that the journalist is innocent of allegations, in order to ensure he would be likely to go to jail, and opposing his release despite the evidence that he’s innocent, serve the public interest?
    How does stifling freedom of expression, the inseparable element of a democratic society, serve the public interest?
    How does the annihilation of press freedom, which is what’s inherent in prior restraint for it prevents expression from taking form, serve the public interest?

Grievances

Whereas We The People found that the prosecutors did not serve the public interest, and
Whereas the prosecutors infringed upon the journalist’s right to life, liberty and security of person, and
Whereas the prosecutors infringed upon the journalist’s right to freedom of expression and his right to freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers, and
Whereas the prosecutors used judicial harassment to set a precedent for journalists, civil rights activists and human rights defenders in Canada to render them unable to carry out their legitimate activities without fear of reprisals, and
Whereas the prosecutors turned into a criminal the journalist for acting upon his duty to inform the public of injustices, and
Whereas the prosecutors imprisoned the journalist and held him in prison as a direct result of his legitimate human rights work, and
Whereas the prosecutors declined the journalist the ability to defend himself, and
Whereas the prosecutors subjected the journalist to arbitrary arrest and imprisonment and ignored the evidence that he was innocent seemingly in order to ensure that he would be likely to go to jail, and
Whereas the prosecutors wasted the taxpayers’ money haphazardly, and
Whereas the prosecutors imposed restriction on the journalist’s right to access the internet, and
Whereas the prosecutors imposed limits on the journalist’s mobility and restricted his freedom of movement, and
Whereas the prosecutors interfered in the journalist’s production and distribution of publications, and
Whereas the prosecutors’ actions subjected the journalist to torture, inhuman and degrading treatment, and
Whereas the prosecutors treated the journalist as guilty until proven innocent, and
Whereas the prosecutors subjected the journalist to arbitrary interference with his privacy and correspondence, including the breach of solicitor-client privilege, and
Whereas the prosecutors attacked the journalist’s honour, reputation, and his private and family life, and
Whereas the prosecutors violated the journalist’s right to seek political asylum in a safe country, and
Whereas the prosecutors deprived the journalist of his property, and
Whereas the prosecutors denied the journalist his right to realization of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality, and
Whereas the prosecutors denied the journalist the ability to seek employment, and
Whereas the prosecutors denied the journalist the right to education, and
Whereas the prosecutors denied the journalist the protection of his moral and material interests resulting from his scientific, literary and artistic production, and
Whereas the prosecutors denied the public the right to be informed, and
Whereas the prosecutors infringed upon the journalist’s right to freedom of investigation and dissemination of ideas, and
Whereas the prosecutors denied the journalist the means to attain a decent life, to raise his standard of living, and to be a useful member of society, and
Whereas the prosecutors denied the journalist his right to associate with others to promote, exercise and protect his legitimate interests, and
Whereas the prosecutors deprived the journalist of the means to seek support from family and friends, and
Whereas the prosecutors sought to boost their egos by forcing the journalist to excessively promenade himself in the orange jumpsuit;
Whereas the prosecutors will likely seek to further stifle the right to freedom of expression by attacking this petition, which is why it has been published by a non-Canadian (since Canadians who seek to exercise their democratic right to freedom of expression are likely to face a reprisal lawsuit from the likes of Julie Roy or Cheryl Schlecker) and why it’s been published on change.org – a website not operated from Canada;

Now Therefore:

We The People do hereby seek the following remedies and instruct the Alberta Minister of Justice and Solicitor General Jonathan Denis, QC to respond to this Petition as follows:

1 -    Issue a perpetual restraining order against Julie Roy and Cheryl Schlecker who appeared to draw pleasure from harassing Mark Marek, and therefore pose a realistic and continuous threat to his life now and in the future, and
 2 -   Remove Julie Roy and Cheryl Schlecker from their positions as Crown attorneys for gross violations of human rights and failing to perform their duties with fairness, objectivity, dignity, impartiality and integrity, contrary to the Code of Conduct for Crown Prosecutors

Further Info: www.politicalprisoner.ca/faq

UPDATE

As anticipated, this petition has been attacked and the Alberta government took retaliatory action against Mark Marek, adding to the long list of human rights abuses the violation of the public's right to petition the government. We anticipated nothing less...