Website review: U.S. deserter wins appeal in battle...
Dolcezza discovered this in Politics
•4 reviews since Jul 4, 2008
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Dolcezza discovered 8 weeks ago- U.S. deserter wins appeal in battle for refugee status in Canada From the page: "A Canadian court has sided for the first time with a military deserter who fled to Canada seeking refugee status, ruling Friday (July 4th) that the U.S. soldier witnessed enough human rights abuses during a stint in Iraq that he could qualify for asylum." Joshua Key is co-author of the book The Deserter's Tale . Key, along with his family, are living in my home province of Saskatchewan.
- Tigana rated 7 weeks ago
- From the page: "U.S. deserter wins appeal in battle for refugee status Janice Tibbetts, Canwest News Service Published: Friday, July 04, 2008 OTTAWA -- A Canadian court has sided for the first time with a military deserter who fled to Canada seeking refugee status, ruling Friday that the U.S. soldier witnessed enough human rights abuses during a stint in Iraq that he could qualify for asylum. The decision also marked the first time that the Federal Court, which has heard a handful of cases involving deserters, concluded that military action against civilians in Iraq violates the 1949 Geneva Convention, an international prohibition against humiliating and degrading treatment. Federal Court Justice Richard Barnes ordered the Immigration and Refugee Board to reconsider the failed refugee claim of Joshua Key, a soldier who entered Canada with his wife, Brandi, and their small children in March 2005. Mr. Key, an army private, deserted during a two-week break from serving as a combat engineer in Iraq, where he spent eight months in 2003 and says he was involved in military-condoned home invasions against civilians. "This is a real breakthrough," said Lee Zaslofsky of the Toronto-based War Resisters Support Campaign. "What excites us is this may also apply to other war resisters who took part in Iraq.""
- sayit rated 7 weeks ago
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- paralax999 rated 8 weeks ago
- bless the canadian justice system for recognizing the truth, and granting this brave young man asylum. while this decision does not extend to the entire war (though such a decision would be welcome in my book), it does at least give people who are unwilling to commit atrocities a place to escape further crimes against humanity. now if we could just keep young people from joining the army altogether.
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