A delegation presented a report in Ottawa on Thursday after visiting the region, which is home to camps filled with family members of Islamic State group militants.
A Canadian civil society delegation working with Sen. Kim Pate is urging Ottawa to take action over detainees in northeastThe delegation presented a report in Ottawa on Thursday after returning from a visit to the region that is home to camps filled with accused members and family members of Islamic State group militants.
The group rose to power amid an uprising-turned-civil war that erupted 12 years ago and has left hundreds of thousands of dead. At one point, the militants controlled large swaths of Syria and Iraq, but Kurdish forces backed by an international anti-IS coalition, as well as Iraqi and Syrian government troops, recaptured that territory by 2019.
“It has echoes of the widespread abuses we witnessed following Sept. 11. We found ourselves thinking of Guantanamo Bay, black-hole detention sites … and wondering how we could possibly be back in that same space again.”The group said it was aware of nine Canadian men being held in detention centres on allegations of working with ISIS, and spoke to two of them.
“What we saw was Canada not being at the forefront of both fulfilling its obligations or participating with the international community to ensure that human rights are upheld in the region of northeast Syria, where the Canadians we met with are detained.”The group said none of the Canadian prisoners have received any in-person consular visits.“There are significant health concerns of individuals who are there,” Pate said.
The delegation called on Ottawa to begin providing full consular support, including in-person visits, to all Canadians detained in camps and prisons in northeast Syria.
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