Human rights matter for us all

The recent death of a Canadian woman in a Turkish prison further underscores that all citizens who remain locked up in northeastern Syria must be repatriated immediately.

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly. The continuing neglect and abandonment of the Canadians still illegally held in cruel conditions cannot go on, write ISG Senator Kim Pate, Alex Neve, and Hadayt Nazami.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SENATOR KIM PATE, ALEX NEVE, HADAYT NAZAMI

November 11, 2024

When we met FJ and her six young children—all seven, Canadian citizens—in a detention camp in northeastern Syria in August 2023, it was immediately clear that their bonds were close. Not surprising, given that they were trapped in a lawless dystopia, abandoned by their g...

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