U.S. war deserter wins stay of deportation

The Federal Court of Canada on Monday granted a stay of deportation to U.S. war deserter Jeremy Hinzman to allow time for the court to decide whether to hear his appeal on humanitarian grounds.

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U.S. army deserter, family win stay of deportation

U.S. army deserter Jeremy Hinzman and his family were granted a last-minute stay of deportation Monday by a Federal Court judge while the court decides whether to hear their appeal.

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Vancouver’s bright lights challenge the status quo

For the past month, Bjorknas and her cross-country colleagues have been in overdrive with the War Resisters Support Campaign. On August 22, resister Robin Long was sentenced to 15 months in a U.S. military jail after being deported from Canada. Jeremy Hinzman and his family, which includes two young children, are to be deported on September 23...

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Iraq War Resister Ordered Deported from Canada

In 2004, Jeremy Hinzman became the first war resister to seek asylum in Canada instead of going to fight in Iraq. On Wednesday, Canada’s Border Services Agency ordered the twenty-nine-year-old Hinzman, his wife, son and baby daughter to leave the country by Sept. 23. Fuck Harper.

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