Cindor Reeves
Deported refugee fears for his life in Liberia
Removed from Canada, Cindor Reeves worried that Liberian assassins would try to kill him. They are.
Refuge for Cindor Reeves
Why the brother-in-law of a former Liberian president was granted immigration status in the Netherlands
Charles Taylor sentenced to 50 Years in Jail
A summary of the sentencing is here.
Charles Taylor and the tarnished pursuit of justice
When old Nazi collaborators are found here, our government responds. Not so when an alleged African war criminal is discovered
Cindor Reeves leaves Canada
Cindor Reeves, a man who risked his life to bring one of the most blood-soaked tyrants of the last 25 years to justice, has left Canada following a deportation order against him.
Access-to-Information: credit where it is due
Last month I wrote about the results of an access-to-information request to the Immigration and Refugee Board, which yielded some 4,000 pages on Cindor Reeves. Nothing in those documents changes my conclusion that the board, as well as the federal government, which intervened in the case through the minister of public safety, has shown gross incompetence and perhaps worse in handling this case.
The government’s case against Cindor Reeves stinks
4,000 pages of documents confirm Ottawa has no dirt on him
Update on Cindor Reeves
The brother-in-law former Liberian warlord and president Charles Taylor may be deported shortly
Deporting Cindor Reeves “morally questionable”: IRB tribunal officer
The tribunal officer assigned by the Immigration and Refugee Board to the case of Cindor Reeves, former brother-in-law of Liberian warlord Charles Taylor, judged him to be a credible witness whose exclusion from refugee protection in Canada would be “morally questionable.”
You can’t govern a country 140 characters at a time
Once upon a time, governments consulted with those affected, commissioned reports and weighed their options
‘You know the price for snitching’
Immigration Canada cannot claim to be unaware of the threats against Cindor Reeves
Cindor Reeves, the Vancouver Sun, and more on the government’s response
Colleagues in the Maclean’s Ottawa bureau can attest to the fact that during the almost four years that I have been writing about Cindor Reeves, I have often fumed and ranted about the fact that other Canadian media refused to follow this magazine’s lead on the story. I’m pleased that changed this week. Here’s the Vancouver Sun’s take.