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…
U.S. abuse of detainees was routine at Afghanistan bases
By Tom Lasseter | McClatchy Newspapers June 16, 2008 KABUL, Afghanistan — American soldiers herded the detainees into holding pens of razor-sharp concertina wire, as if they were corralling livestock. The guards kicked, kneed and punched many of the men…
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Winnipeggers support war resisters
Winnipeg peace activists added their voices, today, to the growing chorus of Canadians who insist that US war resisters be permitted to remain in Canada. Calling on the federal government to honour the Parliamentary vote to grant permanent resident status…
Poll: Most Canadians support U.S. War Resisters
Angus Reid Poll: Most Canadians Would Grant Permanent Residence to U.S. Military Deserters A majority of Canadians would agree with the decision to let American military deserters stay in Canada as permanent residents, a new Angus Reid Strategies survey reveals.…
War is not glamorous, Mr. MacKay
Speaking in Brandon last week, Defence Minister Peter MacKay pointed to plans to spend another half billion on the Canadian military and asserted that it is a “good time to be a soldier.” Needless to say, this is not a…
Winnipeg Days of Action to Support War Resisters
July 2 is a nation-wide Day of Action to phone, fax and email Citizenship and Immigration Minister Diane Finley’s office to demand that she rescind the order to deport US War Resister Corey Glass. Insist that she allow Corey to…