Canadian stranded in Sudan refused passport

[waldo]

and so it continues - the Harper Conservative government making it up as they go along!

each and every time Mr. Abdelrazik's lawyers/supporters knocked down one of the Harper Conservative government's obstacles, another would surface... the latest obstacle being the so-called UN no-fly-list.

so, of course, when it's shown an exemption to the UN Travel Ban applies to Mr. Abdelrazik whereby, "Canada cannot deny entry into it's own territories by one of its own nationals"; specifically the exemption as found within 1b of the UN resolution 1822 (2008)..... should we be surprised by the latest shameful shenanigans trotted out by the Harper Conservative government:

Ottawa cites international obligations in denying citizen's return home

The government has unveiled new and unprecedented reasons barring the return of Canadian citizen Abousfian Abdelrazik, claiming every country he might fly over on the way home from Khartoum needed to give explicit permission.

In a federal-court filing, the government says its hands are tied and that neither Mr. Abdelrazik's Charter right as a citizen to enter Canada nor the UN's specific travel-ban exemption permitting those on its terrorist blacklist to return home requires it let him fly back to his family in Montreal.

It says the UN travel ban "prohibits other states" from allowing Mr. Abdelrazik or anyone else on what's called the 1267 list of al-Qaeda suspects "to enter into and travel through their territories which includes land, airspace and territorial waters."

apparently, to the Harper Conservative government, the UN 1267 travel-ban exemption only applies to an individual in question if that individual is already in the country next door to his country of citizenship... otherwise those wascally ole border thingees between countries get in the way and render the UN 1267 travel-ban exemption meaningless and unworkable. Unbelievable! These Harper Conservative clowns think it's a freaking game...

[benny]

apparently, to the Harper Conservative government, the UN 1267 travel-ban exemption only applies to an individual in question if that individual is already in the country next door to his country of citizenship... otherwise those wascally ole border thingees between countries get in the way and render the UN 1267 travel-ban exemption meaningless and unworkable. Unbelievable! These Harper Conservative clowns think it's a freaking game...

Even Omar Al Bashir, President of Sudan, doesn't fly farther than to countries next door countries because he doesn't want to be taken to the International Criminal Court.

Meanwhile Stephanie Jodoin, the Canadian aid worker in Sudan, is still held hostage. The Harper government would love to see her put in a airplane to fly back to Canada.

Edited April 14, 2009 by benny

[Topaz]

As this story is reported on thre news the more the Tories are looking like a government that cherry picks which Canadians they would help to come home. There's no one BUT the Tories that saying no to this man. The US has said they have no evidence he's a terrorist ,so what evidence does the Tories have?? When they can't answer a question or don't want to answer a question regarding prblems like this they just use national security to get out of answering!

[benny]

There's no one BUT the Tories that saying no to this man.

At this point, Harper should ask "this man" how much money he would ask to stay in his country of origin and if the amount is too high Harper should let "this man" in the situation he is in right now.

[tango]

At this point, Harper should ask "this man" how much money he would ask to stay in his country of origin and if the amount is too high Harper should let "this man" in the situation he is in right now.

The man is a Canadian citizen, who went to visit his dying mother.

He did nothing wrong. He's just another victim of police racial profiling and blatant racism from Harper in not allowing him to come home. It's disgusting.

[benny]

By remaining in Sudan, this man does something better than what he could never do in Canada: he is sacrificing a part of himself to the cause of Canada national security.

[tango]

As this story is reported on thre news the more the Tories are looking like a government that cherry picks which Canadians they would help to come home. There's no one BUT the Tories that saying no to this man. The US has said they have no evidence he's a terrorist ,so what evidence does the Tories have?? When they can't answer a question or don't want to answer a question regarding prblems like this they just use national security to get out of answering!

Exactly. It's bull-oney.

[benny]

Soon Canada may decide to close its embassy in Sudan, and then settling the fate of this man (Abousfian Abdelrazik) would become more urgent.