OTTAWA — Sally Lane says she is “overjoyed” to hear news of her son Jack — even if he's barely hanging on in a Syrian prison — after years of silence.
Lane says a civil society delegation messaged her from northeastern Syria to report that members had met with Jack after authorities managed to locate him within the prison system.
Delegation members, including Sen. Kim Pate, said Wednesday they would issue an urgent call for substantially increased action from Canada on consular assistance, repatriation of detained citizens, and wider engagement and resources in support of justice and accountability in the region. "Jack is barely holding on. He and the other Canadian nationals have had to endure what no human being should ever have to endure."
Lane says she had hoped to be part of the delegation but decided not to go once it turned into a fact-finding mission, realizing she would not be in a position to return to Canada with her son. The lawyers are asking the Supreme Court to hear a challenge of a Federal Court of Appeal ruling, handed down in May, that said the federal government is not obligated under the law to repatriate the men.
The Federal Court of Appeal agreed, saying the judge's interpretation"requires the government of Canada to take positive, even risky action, including action abroad,'' to facilitate the men's right to enter Canada.
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