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| Yazidis In Canada ‘Heartbroken And Betrayed’ Over ISIS Repatriations |
| 2023-02-04 |
| [NPASyria] Yazidis who escaped ISIS’ genocide to Canada share their dismay at the federal government’s decision to repatriate 23 ISIS-linked nationals from camps and prisons in northeast Syria. Two weeks ago, Canada’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs had unveiled plans to repatriate four men, six women, and 13 children from northeast Syria. This came after families of the detained Canadians successfully argued in Federal Court that the Liberal government’s long-standing refusal to repatriate their family members amounted to a "breach of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms [in Canada]." "When I first heard the news, I felt the strength leave my body," Huda Ilyas, one of around 1.200 Yazidi refugees living in Canada told the state broadcaster CBC, "I was heartbroken and terrified [...] they had promised to protect us [...] they are offering the same entryway for these very people who raped and tortured us on a daily basis." Advocates for repatriation say that there is no proof tying Canadians in northeast Syria to ISIS. That is precisely what Yazidi survivors of ISIS worry about. "[Canadian officials] know in most cases that these folks will not face trial. The evidence is not here and the witnesses aren’t here. They are giving a free pass for their part in genocide and terrorism," Jamileh Naso, president of the Canadian Yazidi Association said. Yazidis worry about being recognized and targeted by the returnees. While the crimes of men in ISIS, such as the Canadian-born ’Jihadi Jack’, who will be repatriated with the bunch, are well-documented, many outsiders still see foreign ISIS women as unwilling accomplices, or worse, victims themselves. "That is not the case," said Huda, adding, "The women were worse than the ISIS fighters. The women would beat us constantly. They would refuse to feed us. I would usually get beaten with a cable by the wives of the ISIS fighters, and they would laugh at me, they would spit at me, they would kick me, and that was on a daily basis. And then when their husband would come, he would rape me." Adding insult to injury, many Yazidi refugees are still waiting to be repatriated with their own surviving family members. In some cases, Yazidis are still being held as slaves in Hawl camp in northeast Syria, which houses more than 50.000 detainees. "We don’t believe the government truly understands," Huda noted. She thinks the Canadian government’s actions betray their ’naiveté’ regarding the issue of ISIS returnees. "If you have questions about what women and girls had to face, how they were tied up and treated like slaves, how were they were sold, how 10-year-olds were raped, how girls were ripped from their mothers’ arms and taken into separate rooms and they could hear them being raped. If you want to hear about why we should keep people like that out, you can come talk to me." |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 As Comrade Trudeau stated to the effect that there is no inherent right to self defense in Canada. All are disposable, some more so than others. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2023-02-04 10:06 |