Alyssa Manning: War Resisters

Immigration And Refugee Board IRB Dept: According to his lawyer Alyssa Manning, this is the 11th time since 2008 that the courts have ruled in favour of U.S. war resisters, according to Vancouver Sun. That said, Manning is not convinced the ruling will necessarily result in asylum for the dozens of U.S. war resisters who haven't already been deported and subsequently imprisoned, but still remain in Canada at the mercy of either the Immigration and Refugee Board IRB or Citizenship and Immigration. She argues the Conservative government has made it clear that war resisters are criminals and she questions the independence of the arm's-length IRB as a result and the Federal Court has ruled in favour of another United States war resister and has ordered Jules Tindungan's case be returned to the Immigration and Refugee Board. It's the first time, however, that the courts have not simply been moved by evidence they wouldn't get fair treatment in the U.S. thanks to an outdated military justice system and the fact that punishment tends to be tougher the more vocal and political the deserter. In this case, she said, the court was also compelled by evidence that the U.S. military has violated international conventions on warfare. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.