Hunger-striking Immigrant Detainees Held in Canada for Years Without Trial
"Muhammed has been reporting to both CBSA and the Toronto Bail Program (no criminal record), since October 2011 when he filed for protection. He has complied 100% with any appointments/requirements put on him on a weekly / monthly basis, which was to also attend a meeting with CBSA on May 29th, 2013 with his wife. In the meeting the officer explained a program to give Muhammed $2,000 to blend back into the Gambian society, and Muhammed refused because his life is not equivalent to any compensation from the Canadian government. The officer asked Muhammed and his wife to “wait a minute” while the officer “went to get the form for Muhammed to sign to pull out of the program”, when she returned, she asked Muhammed and his wife to meet her in room 7, where two CBSA officers closed the door behind them and asked Muhammed to face the wall while they frisked him, then to put his hands behind his back, and at that point arrested him. The reason given was because his status has “run out”."
"You never know how important and valuable freedom is until it is taken from you. I used to struggle trying to get people out of jail. Trying to bring peace. Trying to bring peaceful coexistence. I didn’t know this is the way things are until the day I was detained.
You can understand ending up in prison if you commit a crime, if you are taken to a judge and sentenced. At least then you would know why you are being held, and for how long. I was abducted and then held incommunicado – I couldn’t see anybody, I couldn’t hear anybody."
You can understand ending up in prison if you commit a crime, if you are taken to a judge and sentenced. At least then you would know why you are being held, and for how long. I was abducted and then held incommunicado – I couldn’t see anybody, I couldn’t hear anybody."
Muhammed Sillah: Detained in one of Canada's Immigration Holding Centres since May 29th, 2013. No access to internet, no criminal record, wife visits banned.
“I would like every Canadian to look at what fairness is — I would like every Canadian to represent what their country really stands for, which is to protect and be in association with the rights and freedoms of every human being around the world. I would like every Canadian to take my case as an example and look into giving anyone who is in a situation like mine the chance to come to Canada to be helped.” ~ Muhammed Sillah
Muhammed Sillah describes his struggle for temporary protection from The Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh. In depth discussion on the current political state of Canada and the U.S., the Canada Border Services Agency, lawyers for money not rights, the fight for immigrants and refugees through reforms in Canada, as well as the history and ongoing struggle of human rights violations in West Africa. Discussion on war in Syria, Libya, and what war really means on a global scale compared to the final speech of John F. Kennedy before his assassination in 1963, and what we need to do as a people.
Sarah Muhammed Sillah describes the struggle of her and her husbands fight for temporary protection from The Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh. In depth discussion on the current political state of Canada, the Canada Border Services Agency and private detention centres (hunger strike 2013) and Gambia, as well as the history and ongoing struggle of human rights violations in West Africa.
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Justice for Muhammed Silla - facebook page
Justice for Muhammed Silla Website
https://twitter.com/Justice4Sillah
Please help Muhammed Sillah fight this abuse of human rights by donating here
A fight to free Gambian's from 19 years of tyranny, a fight to lead the way for other asylum seekers under Canada's new protection reforms, a fight for justice so that "man will be what he was born to be, free and independent" - JFK.
Muhammed Sillah describes his struggle for temporary protection from The Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh. In depth discussion on the current political state of Canada and the U.S., the Canada Border Services Agency, lawyers for money not rights, the fight for immigrants and refugees through reforms in Canada, as well as the history and ongoing struggle of human rights violations in West Africa. Discussion on war in Syria, Libya, and what war really means on a global scale compared to the final speech of John F. Kennedy before his assassination in 1963, and what we need to do as a people.
Justice for Muhammed Silla - facebook page
Justice for Muhammed Silla Website
https://twitter.com/Justice4Sillah
Please help Muhammed Sillah fight this abuse of human rights by donating here
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