Posted by admin on Mar 22nd, 2007
Church shields another refugee claimant. Ottawa Citizen
The First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa is providing sanctuary to another refugee claimant. Shree Kumar Rai, 44, a Nepalese citizen in Canada since 1996, was introduced at a news conference at the west-end Ottawa church Thursday morning. He has been in the church since Feb. 27. Members of the congregation, led by former Ontario NDP leader Michael Cassidy, believe Rai risks torture and police oppression if deported to his homeland.
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Posted by admin on Feb 20th, 2007
Dear friends and allies,
Thank you all for your support for Amir Kazemian in the past 48 hours. Today, Monday Feb 20, he received the great news that his Humanitarian and Compassionate Claim for permanent residency in Canada has been accepted! Amir has just been released from custody and is with his mothers, friends, family, and supporters. Thank you all for your support. For more information, you can contact:
* Norrie Valencia, Anglican Refugee Network norrie at dowco.com
* Harsha Walia, No One Is Illegal Vancouver (778) 885-0040 or email
noii-van at resist.ca
* Naomi Minwalla, Barrister & Solicitor (604) 689 –8100
* Tamineh Sadeghi, Iranian Federation of Refugees (604) 763-1446
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Posted by admin on Feb 19th, 2007
CBC News, 19 February 2007
After living for more than six months in a Winnipeg church, the children of a family seeking sanctuary from deportation are now allowed to attend public school. The four school-aged children of Hassan Raza and Sarfraz Kausar attended their first classes in the Louis Riel School Division on Friday, after receiving assurances that doing so will not open them up to detention by immigration authorities.
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Posted by admin on Feb 18th, 2007
URGENT SUPPORT NEEDED FOR AMIR KAZEMIAN! Rally on Monday Feb 19 at CIC office, 300 West Georgia at 9am.
This is an URGENT email asking you to support Amir Kazemian. Amir is an Iranian refugee who has been in sanctuary at St. Michael’s Church in Vancouver since June 2004 – that is 2 years and 8 months. On the evening of Saturday, February 17th, Amir was arrested and detained by the Vancouver City Police and is being held in detention by Canadian Border Services Agency.
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Posted by admin on Feb 16th, 2007
A Latvian man who has sought sanctuary in a St. John’s church for the past two years has learned federal authorities have rejected his claim to stay in Canada on compassionate and humanitarian grounds. Alexi Kolosov, who had been among the crew of a vessel abandoned in Argentia in 1999, is fighting a deportation order from Canadian immigration officials. Alexi Kolosov has been living in the West End Baptist Church in St. John’s since April 2005. Alexi Kolosov has been living in the West End Baptist Church in St. John’s since April 2005.
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