Human Rights Watch’s call to return Canadians detained in Syria is ‘complicated’ by suspected links to terrorism, says Trudeau

'The innocent, such as the children who never chose to be born or live under ISIS, have no hope of leaving. Meanwhile, any detainees potentially implicated in ISIS crimes may never face justice,' says a new report from U.S.-based Human Rights Watch.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured June 18, 2020, at the Rideau Cottage in Ottawa, cited the lack of diplomatic presence in Syria as an obstacle in delivering consular assistance to some Canadians detained in prisons in the country.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY PALAK MANGAT

June 29, 2020

Calls from a human rights group to repatriate dozens of Canadians held at detention facilities in Syria because of their suspected links to the Islamic State are “complicated,” says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Speaking to...

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