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The government said Canadians who joined ISIS would face the 'full force' of the law, but not a single woman who lived under ISIS has yet been convicted.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Why is the federal government even allowing them to return to Canada?? Our liberal government and justice system is broken.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

As Canadian citizens they have a Section 6 right to return to Canada. You know, the same Section 6 right that the fucking tantrumists thought was being taken away because no country would take them during the pandemic because they weren't vaccinated

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If they are still legally citizens, the country cannot refuse them entry to the country.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Sure, but aiding and abetting an organization that is legally recognized and sanctioned by Canada and pretty much all other developed countries as terrorist group has to run afoul of some law.

Like, what the fuck are these people saying to the customs reentry officers when they ask what they were doing in Afghanistan or Syria or whatever for the last several years? “Just some stuff, don’t worry about it”?

Edit: clarification: I am aware that it is considered a violation of human rights to render a person stateless. I am expressing surprise that the former terrorists returning to Canada weren’t immediately arrested on terrorism charges upon entry.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It doesn’t matter if they murdered half the world. Canada cannot deny them entry. Now, they can allow entry and take them straight to jail. But that is still allowing entry into their country of citizenship

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well yeah; that’s what I mean. I’m surprised they weren’t taken straight to jail, pending trial.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Our jails are crowded and some of them are falling apart. Put them in jail after trial by all means, if their sentences so dictate. Putting them in jail before trial is only a good idea if they're flight risks or a danger to others (which some of these women might be, I admit, but you need at least a figleaf of justification beyond "ISIS bad"). If they're in jail, the money to feed, clothe, and house them comes out of our tax dollars, which may be better spent elsewhere.

(That's in addition to the fact that some of them could still be found not guilty, in which case you've just held innocent people in jail.)