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Len Edwards, the deputy minister of foreign affairs, insisted yesterday that standing up for the rights of citizens abroad was “a rule” and “a work ethic” within the department.
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Released Canadian’s lawyer clamouring for client’s case file
He added he fears that Ms. Mohamud is the victim of a “whisper campaign” from federal officials who are leaking unverified claims to the news media.
“My client is being defamed, and they can clear it all up by giving me the file,” Mr. Boulakia said.
The government refused to comment on the matter yesterday, saying it is waiting for an internal report on the events.
Suaad Mohamud
She is back in Canada now. Here are all our posts and essays on her trials and tribulations.
Exclusive interview with Suaad Mohamud in Nairobi
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Canadian citizen? Be afraid.
Ottawa denies woman in Kenya is Canadian citizen
We wrote about Ms. Haji stuck in Kenya since May 17. Kenyan authorities alleged she wasn’t Ms. Haji at all. Saying she was someone else using Ms. Haji’s Canadian passport, they put her in jail.
Released on bail, she called her family in Toronto. She also produced “all her other photo ID, plus credit and bank cards as well as a Humber River Regional Hospital user card.”
Her MP Joe Volpe vouched for her. Her ex-husband, her son, her neighbours vouched for her too.
But last week, the Canadian government said she was not Ms. Haji. According to the Toronto Star, the woman’s demand to have her fingerprints verified has so far been ignored.
Despite media attention, growing discontent in the Toronto’s Somali community, and at least an appearance that the woman has a strong case, the government has not explained its decision.
If the government were to reject plausible claims of Canadian citizenship made abroad without giving reasons, what would be the value of s. 6(1) of the Charter for all of us?
(post sponsored by advicescene.com)
Another Black Canadian stuck abroad
The Toronto Star reports Suaad Mohamud Haji, a woman from Toronto, cannot leave Kenya where she was visiting her sick mother. Kenyan officials allege she does not look like her Canadian passport photo. The photo is more than four years old. Her son, ex-husband, and a neighbour, all in Toronto, spoke with her on the phone and recognized her voice.
Ms. Haji was detained on May 17 when she tried to board her flight back home. She is out on bail now with the next court hearing due on July 21. According to Ms. Haji, she tried to get Canadian consular officials’ help: ”I phone them three times again today and nobody calls me back.” Foreign Affairs in Ottawa said that they are “working with Kenyan authorities to verify the identity of the individual.”
What exactly they are doing and why it has taken almost six weeks, the Foreign Affairs spokesman did not say, according to the Star.
I don’t know what to say to Ms. Haji, stuck in Kenya.
Happy Canada Day?
(post sponsored by advicescene.com)
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