I think denying citizenship to someone for the ‘crime’ of criticizing a war of conquest is not what was intended with this law. I think there should be, and will be very surprised if there is not, an exception made in this case.
that article is super confusing. the first paragraph reads:
Canada has reversed course after initially blocking a Russian anti-war activist from receiving citizenship because she had run afoul of Moscow’s harsh laws criminalizing dissent over the invasion of Ukraine.
which makes it sound like they allowed her to a citizen, but the rest of the article is about how it didn’t let her.
Yeah, I suspect this one will get an exception quickly, given the press. But it’ll set an interesting precedent if applied to the Israel-Hamas situation.
I think denying citizenship to someone for the ‘crime’ of criticizing a war of conquest is not what was intended with this law. I think there should be, and will be very surprised if there is not, an exception made in this case.
And there it is – indications of reversal: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/09/canada-citizenship-russian-blogger-ukraine-war
that article is super confusing. the first paragraph reads:
which makes it sound like they allowed her to a citizen, but the rest of the article is about how it didn’t let her.
I think it’s been quietly editted or the wrong link was posted. Here’s a brand new article from CBC. It seems to be break news.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/maria-kartasheva-russia-citizenship-conviction-canada-1.7078560
thank you, at least that clears things up.
Yeah, I suspect this one will get an exception quickly, given the press. But it’ll set an interesting precedent if applied to the Israel-Hamas situation.