International Human Rights Program and United Nations Human Rights Committee

United Nations Human Rights Committee: Goven was granted Canadian citizenship two years ago . However, the handling of his application for permanent residence over the course of 13 years resulted in numerous breaches of his human rights. Monday, the International Human Rights Program at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law filed a complaint on Govens behalf with the United Nations Human Rights Committee. The complaint alleges that Canada violated Govens rights under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and focuses on breach of the right to a fair hearing and effective remedy, according to The Star. The PKK is a political and militant organization in Turkey involved in the struggle for self-determination of the Turkish Kurds, and which has been engaged in armed action against the Turkish government. Goven was not a member of the PKK and did not know anyone in Canada who was a member and Suleyman Goven is no stranger to struggle it seems to follow him wherever he goes. As a Kurdish engineer and union organizer, he fled to Canada and was granted asylum 21 years ago after enduring imprisonment and torture in Turkey. More than 20 years later, Goven suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. However, his nightmares today do not take place in a Turkish jail cell, but rather in the interrogation rooms and courthouses of his adopted country, Canada. Approximately a year and a half after Goven filed his application for permanent residence, he was interviewed by Canadas spy agency. This first interview was just the beginning of a Kafkaesque nightmare wherein Citizenship and Immigration Canada CIC refused to make a decision on Govens permanent residence application while investigated him as a possible terrorist, namely, a member of the Kurdish Workers Party PKK . (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.