Overview
- Families hold remembrance events in Richmond Hill, Windsor and Vancouver on the sixth anniversary of the downing.
- The 2020 shootdown killed 176 people, including 55 Canadian citizens and 30 permanent residents.
- A candlelight vigil at Richmond Hill’s Unity Park drew human rights activists and elected officials, with remarks from the mayor and the local member of Parliament.
- Ottawa says the International Court of Justice case is awaiting a hearing on Iran’s preliminary objections, while the ICAO Council’s jurisdiction decision from March stands as Iran appeals to the ICJ.
- Ontario’s top court ruled last year that Ukraine International Airlines is responsible for paying full compensation to victims’ families.