Remember, yes...and ACT! There's still time! We need to appeal to the mercy of our governments (UK, CDN, USA, SY...) and #FreeJackLetts! PLEASE! Before they decide it's just easier to annihilate him with a drone. www.biicl.org/documents/13... (relevant page 284)

They've been threatening to do it for years. Here's the proud announcement by a Canadian CT wonk of the publication of a paper she co-wrote on the "legal dilemmas" involved in the targeted killing of (uncharged, untried) nationals. It was published 9 years ago.

I can just imagine @leahwest-nsl.bsky.social being gleeful at the discovery that the UK's Elizabeth May got away with murder, so why shouldn't Canada? www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2013...

Let's remember Jack Letts, son of friends of mine, still stuck without charge in a Syrian jail, stripped of British citizenship but never charged with anything. And many others languishing there with him.

Uncharged, untried - there is no legal basis, no judicial authorization, review, control, or oversight of Jack's detention which entirely lacks in predictability and due process of law. #FreeJackLetts www.cp24.com/news/canada/...

Congrats to Avery Haines & CTV News W5 on the Enterprise Journalism award for their documentary on Jack Letts, my Canadian nephew illegally detained in NE Syria for more than 3,100 days.

Last year, Rob Oliphant promised: "this situation would be treated with the 'utmost seriousness and the sense of urgency it absolutely deserves,' (apparently not seriously at all...) From this article: breachmedia.ca/the-feds-ref...

Image of Global Affairs Canada official spending the last 8 years "assessing" the issue of arbitrarily detained Canadians in NE Syria:

"Canada has repatriated women and children from northeastern Syria under federal policy, but not any men, even though their conditions are more dire than those of the repatriated women and children." #FreeJackLetts ca.news.yahoo.com/canadian-men...

open.substack.com/pub/charliea... @charlieangus104.bsky.social

That's how long Canadian Jack Letts has been arbitrarily detained without charge under horrible conditions in NE Syria. Also held for years are 19 other Canadian women, children & men. Sign and share to bring them home: chng.it/C5tc5vHN

8 YEARS Jack has been arbitrarily detained - please see this heartbreaking plea from his mother to the Canadian government to #FreeJackLetts! 💔

Jack Letts has been arbitrarily detained without charge under horrible conditions in NE Syria for 8 years. Also illehally held for years are 19 other Canadian women, children & men. Sign and share to bring them home: chng.it/C5tc5vHN

That's how long Canadian Jack Letts has been arbitrarily detained without charge under horrible conditions in NE Syria. Also held for years are 19 other Canadian women, children & men. Sign and share to bring them home: chng.it/C5tc5vHN

We are back..

Defence Ministry: Shoreline defence force Gentoo’s prepare mortars. Our Navy Seals conduct clandestine training, and teach tactical camouflage and concealment to juveniles. We stand ready. Flippers Up.

Your Homework - fieldwork will follow:

Beggar Thy Neighbor, Beggar Thyself open.substack.com/pub/justinli...

I tried to write a love poem but stupidly left Autocorrect on. :-(

#LoveThyNeighbor - spread the love! Get the GIF: drive.google.com/file/d/1FZII... Get the Manifesto: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

#Guantánamo @ 23 is an anniversary of “injustice, lawlessness, abuse of power, torture & indefinite detention.” 15 men remain, in one of the world's most notorious places of illegal imprisonment. Joe Biden has 9 more days to right these longstanding wrongs.

This is insane: “the C.I.A. would likely object to third-country transfers of its former prisoners who know classified information related to their detention, such as the identities of people who they say tortured them.” Dozens of people went through that program and were released. Nothing happened

Always remember January 6. Always fight for democracy, peace, and equality for all. Always fight for civility, decency, and the rule of law.

It's so irritating when the kids experience existential crises on a road trip and there's not a humbling natural landmark for another 60 miles.

Interesting article from 10 years ago (so perhaps this is common knowledge and not really a surprise to anyone by now?) It talks about how info from intelligence agencies is fed to selected newspapers and journalists. "They lied all the time". reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/intelli...

1/14 To understand what's at stake for Cdns unlawfully locked up 7+ yrs in NE Syria & callow injustice of Canada's refusal to intervene to uphold their basic human rights, watch Avery Haines' documentary for CTV W5 & powerful interview with Jack Letts, imprisoned in Raqqa. youtu.be/HmXad5lnE_Q?...

Madame Joly's absolute froideur & hauteur can be viewed at 39.49 on this video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmXa...

Poor Jack. He's the furthest thing from a terrorist you'll ever see. And after 7.5 years of brutal treatment, torture, and psychological & physical damage he is still unfailingly polite: "It was nice to see you. Please come and see me if you're ever by this way again..." 😭😭 Bring Jack Back!!

Jack Letts, still detained in Syria, speaks to Canadian TV from Raqqa prison - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/jack-letts-detained-syria-speaks-canadian-television-raqqa-prison

"I used to think a lot about the future, but it's like a dune in the desert (you arrive at one only to find another and another right after it), so I stopped thinking..." 😢 Why is my smart, funny, caring nephew still stuck in a foreign prison?? Give him back!! youtu.be/Nalyghz0Qsw?...

You can watch the full one-hour documentary on Jack's story at "Avery Haines Investigates" on Sat Nov 30 at 7 pm EST time on CTV. It will also be posted on CTV W5’s official YouTube channel: youtube.com/@officialw5?...

“Let me rot in a prison in Canada,” he pleaded. “At least I could see my mom once a year.” After 7.5 years in arbitrary detention, Jack, who is NOT an ISIS suspect – no evidence has ever been presented to show he is (hence being held without charge) & other Canadians www.ctvnews.ca/canada/let-m...

This reminds be of a campaign l was involved in years ago. Asmat Begg, father of Moazzam Begg, who was detained at Guantanamo, made the same argument: if he is guilty, put him on trial. They never did. Hope Jack is free and home soon

It is so good to see visual proof of life for Canadian Jack Letts, arbitrarily detained without charge for over 7.5 years under brutal conditions in NE Syria. Jack was a naive teenager who, like many, saw the horrors the Assad regime was raining down on the Syrian people and went as a humanitarian

He's not the least wanted. 30,000 Canadians have petitioned to bring him home, which is his right. He was imprisoned for opposing ISIS and how held 7.5 years without charge or trial. Melanie Joly, like her conservative counterparts wrongfully libels him, once again www.ctvnews.ca/canada/canad...

My nephew Jack has been held hostage in a black site prison for 7 1/2 years. Please spread the word and pressure the Canadian Foreign Affairs Office to #FreeJackLetts! www.ctvnews.ca/canada/canad...

Sally Lane's memoir of the decade she's spent trying to bring her son home is essential reading in an age when respect for international law and accountability is on the wane. Thanks to Dundurn Press you can save 25% off (code BOOKGIFT). Order today at dundurn.com/books_/_cp22...

From Senator Kim Pate, Hadayt Nazami and me, writing in @thehilltimes.bsky.social on Canadians still unlawfully detained in NE Syria. "Human rights do not matter only when it is convenient or when we feel sympathetic. They matter always and they matter for us all."

Amira Elghawaby: 'There is an Islamophobia industry valued in the billions. That complicates the issue: it's not simply addressing the rise in hate but realizing there are (people who are) deeply invested in creating the idea of Muslims as danger to Canada. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Today is Jack Letts' 29th birthday. He's not seen his mom in 10 years because Canada blocks his return home (along with 19 others) from arbitrary detention in NE Syria. Their jailers have asked Canada to repatriate. Ottawa refuses. Bring them home! www.change.org/p/canadians-...

Joly promised to look into this but still there is no independent investigation, and still no commitment to repatriation of the remaining detainees, abandoned to exile in violation of all of Canada's core human rights legal obligations. breachmedia.ca/the-feds-ref...

will Canada refuse to help him the way they refuse repatriation for Canadian Muslim men, women and children illegally detained in Northeast Syria under conditions akin to torture? May all make it home safely. www.ctvnews.ca/canada/forme...

2750 days and 8 birthdays in captivity later... #FreeJackLetts