A Book Launch and Discussion tour on the obstacles preventing the repatriation from Northeast Syria of over two dozen arbitrarily detained Canadian Muslim men, women, and children.
With:
Sally Lane, whose son Jack Letts has been wrongfully defamed by an inflammatory UK media and illegally held almost 7 years under conditions the UN calls “akin to torture”
Sally Lane, whose son Jack Letts has been wrongfully defamed by an inflammatory UK media and illegally held almost 7 years under conditions the UN calls “akin to torture”
Matthew Behrens of Stop Canadian Involvement in Torture, who has worked closely with the targets of Canadian and U.S. “national security” repression for over 25 years.
Background
Guantanamo in the Desert – where 50,000 Muslims are off-shored in NE Syria, beyond reach of law & rights, respect & dignity. Over two dozen Muslim Canadians – men, women & kids – are illegally detained there under conditions the UN calls akin to torture because Ottawa either refuses to repatriate them or has offered to repatriate children only if they are forcibly separated from their mothers. There is no clean water, nutritious food or proper medical care. The men’s prison cells are packed with bone-thin prisoners, many with amputated limbs.
Guantanamo in the Desert – where 50,000 Muslims are off-shored in NE Syria, beyond reach of law & rights, respect & dignity. Over two dozen Muslim Canadians – men, women & kids – are illegally detained there under conditions the UN calls akin to torture because Ottawa either refuses to repatriate them or has offered to repatriate children only if they are forcibly separated from their mothers. There is no clean water, nutritious food or proper medical care. The men’s prison cells are packed with bone-thin prisoners, many with amputated limbs.
In January, 2023, a Federal Court judge called on Ottawa to repatriate them, noting: “Canadians are dying or at risk of dying every day this matter is adjourned.” Over one year later, Canada still refuses, going all the way to the Supreme Court to block their return, thereby participating in the illegal practice of forced exile.
Ottawa, February 21, 7 pm, https://www.facebook.com/events/1039243827369411
Kingston, February 27, 5:30 pm, https://www.facebook.com/events/1537265773722701
Toronto, March 16, 7 pm, Friends Meeting House, 60 Lowther, https://www.facebook.com/events/922562202528281
Guelph, March 17, 2 pm, The Bookshelf, 41 Quebec Street https://www.facebook.com/events/1049528946144347
Kitchener-Waterloo, March 17, 7 pm, Grand River Unitarian Church, 299 Sydney St. South, https://www.facebook.com/events/688772343209297
London, March 18, 6 pm, London Muslim Mosque, 151 Oxford St. West, https://www.facebook.com/events/3294474540845662
Hamilton, March 19, 7 pm, Melrose United Church, 86 Homewood Ave., https://www.facebook.com/events/1107865954001538
Perth, Brockville, Almonte, Arnprior (April dates TBA)
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