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Giller protesters relieved to see charges dropped, vow to continue antiwar action

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Charges against four of the five people arrested for protesting at last year ’s Giller Prize have been withdrawn.

The group CanLit Responds announced the development at a press conference across from a Scotiabank Toronto branch on Friday .

Protesters interrupted the literary award decrying the big bank — then a title sponsor — for its investment in Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems .

So while the arrests may have had a chilling effect on some, it won’t work on her. “We keep fighting because the genocide doesn’t end,” Hussain said. “People don’t stop dying. We keep going.”.

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