Petition updateCanada Must Stop Violating Refugee Rights"Mum, I've been Tortured": Sign to Free Jack Letts & 43 Canadian Kids, Women & Men Jailed in Syria
Matthew BehrensOttawa, Canada
May 24, 2022

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  Four years ago, Sally read those unimaginable words about torture in a text from the son she has not hugged in 8 years. Long days and nights, never knowing if Jack is alive. He is held with 43 other Canadian men, women & kids under conditions akin to torture in NE Syria. Ottawa refuses to lift a finger in their support, even though 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. 

In addition to signing this petition, you can pick a free day to fast during the  Mother's Day to Father's Day chain fast to bring them home. Can you fast for a day between now and Father's day? If so, please email tasc@web.ca and we'll arrange a day for you to join the chain fast.  Learn more at http://homesnotbombs.blogspot.com/2022/04/mothers-day-to-fathers-day-chain-fast.html

On May 12, Sally 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

On May 16, Sally gave a heart-breaking interview with the wonderful Sam Laprade for Ottawa's City News, tune in at 19:45: https://ottawa.citynews.ca/all-audio/the-sam-laprade-show/hour-2-of-the-sam-laprade-show-for-may-16-2022-5374128 


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

Thanks for your support!

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