Torture Victim: Toronto Residents

Recruiting Volunteers Dept: Responding to a Saturday Star story about the teenager s ordeal, prominent members of Toronto s Somali diaspora have formed Project Ismael and are fundraising and recruiting volunteers to support Ismael, in the hopes that immigration officials will grant him refugee status in Canada, according to The Star. When he refused to join the group last year they kidnapped him and cut off his right hand and left foot at an outdoor stadium. Three other young men, whose whereabouts now are unknown, were given the same punishment and the plight of one Somali torture victim has touched a group of Toronto residents who are working to bring 18-year-old Ismael Khalif Abdulle to Canada for a new life. Ismael was a victim of Al Shabab, an Islamic militant group aligned with Al Qaeda that is attempting to overthrow Somalia s internationally-backed Transitional Federal Government. As reported in the news.
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