Please sign and share: https://www.change.org/p/i-forgot-what-the-sun-looks-like-free-jack-letts-and-all-canadian-detainees-in-ne-syria  Canada's Guantanamo Bay – where Muslims are off-shored beyond reach of law & rights, respect & dignity – is in NE Syria. 44 Canadians – men, women & kids – are illegally detained there under conditions the UN calls akin to torture because Ottawa refuses to repatriate them.  Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, The International Committee of the Red Cross, the United Nations, the US State Department, Save the Children and, in a rare show of cross-party unanimity,  a Canadian Parliamentary Committee, have all called for repatriation. 

One detainee, 26-year-old Jack Letts, jailed over 5 years without charge, has forgotten what the sun looks like. Imagine the horror of never seeing blue skies and sunshine. Learn more about his case at https://homesnotbombs.blogspot.com/2022/03/canada-must-stop-monstering-jack-letts.html

The Canadians' captors have been clear: send an official government representative for a handover and the detainees will be released. Yet Ottawa prefers to keep 8 men, 13 women and 23 children in appalling conditions in camps where 2-3 children die every week.

On une 23, a group of international voices joins the call for repatriation with a live, online public event at 10 am EST. You can register for the event here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYrc--urTgoE9Mwvl1lk6HOhESjG9Eh5zfw?fbclid=IwAR0ibcxetvpqqPWlmWfRbfzROjr-4IhqZylTYftV9DNVI3KuyHG8Hcu6Efs

On May 12, Sally, Jack's mother, visited the Prime Minister's office to request a meeting. Her eloquent statement on why such a meeting is desperately needed can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8e-Jlfn0i4

Last week, Sally’s interview on the history of her family's efforts to bring home Jack and the other detainees, situated in a broader pattern of decades-long Canadian government abuses, was released. It's an outstanding work of journalistic integrity by Talking Radical Radio's Scott Neigh, accompanied by excellent in-depth writing: https://mediacoop.ca/node/119059?fbclid=IwAR3U2Np3xbU8I9eg0duMR2FBDu5xO7WRWBQcQ8-VXID6khmQVAZUyRwhejU

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