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Hashtag Istand: Rights Abuses and Refugee Crisis

hashtag istand: But after he was admitted into a hospital in Belleville, Ont, for a suspected cardiac condition on Tuesday, thousands of his fans in the United Kingdom, Canada and across the world began using the hashtag IStand With Harry, according to CTV. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was among them. For the past several years, Smith had used his Twitter account to highlight human rights abuses and social issues such as the refugee crisis, poverty and Britain's welfare state by showing parallels from the past. It's wonderful. He said the love his father had inspired is well-deserved and humbled him. It's touching and I'm so moved but I'm not surprised by it, his son, John Smith, told CTVNews.ca in a phone interview on Thursday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.