Amnesty International Canada: Canada

Kimberly Rivera Dept: Rivera signed up with the American armed forces when she was 24. On her tour in Iraq, she saw needless brutalities, civilian deaths and incredible devastation. Her conscience could not let her stay, and she came to Canada as a war resister in 2007, according to The Chronicle Herald. Amnesty International Canada has taken the position that Kimberly Rivera is a conscientious objector. If Rivera is imprisoned upon returned to the U.S., Amnesty would consider her a prisoner of conscience and would call for her immediate and unconditional release and as a country that historically and constitutionally supports the right to freedom of conscience, Canada must stand in support of Kimberly Rivera. Rivera is one of the Iraq war resisters who came to Canada seeking asylum. Along with her husband and their four children, Rivera is to be deported today. If Rivera is returned to the U.S., she would be prosecuted and, according to her lawyer, would likely face two to five years in a military prison. The Rivera family has built a life in Canada, where Kimberly Rivera has been an active member of her community, doing volunteer work and educating others about the Iraq war. Her refusal to fight is not a judgment of the military or a statement that all wars are wrong. It is a refusal to fight in a particular war that was founded on misinformation and that brought needless devastation to the people of Iraq. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.