A rights group has called on Canada to repatriate 47 of its citizens, including 26 children « unlawfully detained in dire conditions » in northeast Syria, accused of having links to ISIL (ISIS).
On Monday, Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report documenting the situation the detainees were in and calling on Canada to urgently bring its citizens home, giving priority to children and other vulnerable detainees.
The report, Bring Me Back to Canada: Plight of Canadians Held in Northeast Syria for Alleged ISIS Links, said Canadians have been arbitrarily detained with other foreigners in « filthy and often inhuman and life-threatening conditions » by authorities in northeast Syria. It charges that the prisons in which men and boys are kept are severely overcrowded and medical care is « grossly inadequate ».