I have recently fasted twice for 24 hours as part of a chain fast across the country and internationally in support of the 23 Canadian children, 13 women ...
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I have recently fasted twice for 24 hours as part of a chain fast across the country and internationally in support of the 23 Canadian children, 13 women and 8 men who are. Many of them have been there for years in appalling conditions that the United Nations describes as meeting the"threshold for torture, cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment under international law."
It is unconscionable that Canada refuses to take immediate action to repatriate these citizens who have a right, under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, to return to Canada. Why are we refusing to recognize their Charter rights? Do Muslims have fewer rights than the rest of us? One of them,as an 18-year-old. His parents have fought for years to bring him home.
A number of countries including France, the U.S., Germany, Kazakhstan and others have repatriated their citizens from these detention centres without difficulty. All that is necessary is that Canada send a representative to Syria to claim its citizens. The Kurds, their captors, are our allies. Delaying the return of these Canadians makes Canada complicit in the torture they are experiencing. There is no way to defend Canada's inaction.
Even more appalling than Canada's delay tactics is the government's active fight of a legal challenge in court by the families of the Canadians held in Syria that could result in an order that Global Affairs Canada do its job and bring their loved ones home. I urge Global Affairs to have some compassion and take immediate action to repatriate these unfortunate citizens.SaltWire Network welcomes letters on matters of public interest for publication.
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