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Global Features (Free subscription) | 12/07/2008
The day before he was scheduled for deportation, Corey Glass, a former sergeant with the National Guard, was granted a review of his case. Meanwhile, the pressure in Canada mounted to allow US war resisters seeking refuge to stay in that country, when Canada’s Federal Court ruled that the Immigration and Refugee Board should reconsider the asylum case of Joshua Key. The ruling was based...
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Torontoist (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
To Corey Glass, Pierre Trudeau's Vietnam-era proclamation that "Canada should be a refuge from militarism" must ring a little hollow in 2008. Two summers ago, the 25-year-old Iraq War veteran left his post with the U.S. Army, resisting re-deployment to the catastrophic five-year occupation. Since August of 2006, Mr. Glass, like others seeking refugee status, has been a resident...
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Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Stay of Deportation for War Resister Corey Glass Resister Robin Long Still Facing Removal *US Actions Urge Canadian Authorities to Listen to their Citizenry*
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Corey and his counsel, the wonderful Alyssa Manning of Parkdale Legal Community Services, have not yet seen the decision in their recent victory, so they don't know the details of why the court decided what it did. Based on what they do know, Alyssa believes the court recognized that there is new evidence that the Immigration and Refugee Board has not heard, especially concerning what could...
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
We sat on pins and needles all last night and all today, but it was worth it... because Corey Glass will remain in Canada.Early this afternoon, Corey Glass and his counsel received word that Corey will not be deported to the United States. The deportation has been stayed indefinitely. I don't have details of the decision yet; I'll post them as soon as I do. But don't...
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
The decision on Corey Glass's final appeal was expected this afternoon; we've been on pins and needles waiting to hear. I've just heard that the decision will be made public tomorrow morning. You can look here, or just tune into wmtc. I'll post it the minute we find out. Come out on Thursday, whether for a victory celebration or to raise a howl of righteous anger.
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008
Do the right thing. Let Them Stay.
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International News (I.N. Daily) (Free subscription) | 15/08/2008
... Federal Court of Canada decisions in the cases of U.S. war resisters Joshua Key and Corey Glass have indicated that the refugee processwhich failed to grant protection to the Hinzman family may have been seriously flawed.
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International News (I.N. Daily) (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
July 9, 2008 http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/07/09/war-resister.html A federal court on Wednesday granted a U.S. war resister a stay of removal, allowing him to remain in Canada while his legal case unfolds. Corey Glass, an Iraq veteran who deserted the National Guard and fled to Canada in 2006, had been scheduled to be deported to the United States on Thursday. Glass [...]...
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The Intelligence Daily (Free subscription) | 16/07/2008
) -- HUNDREDS OF protesters gathered in front of Canadian consulates in 14 U.S. cities on July 10 to protest planned deportations of conscientious objector Corey Glass and other U.S. war resisters currently seeking refuge in Canada.Glass, a National Guard sergeant who served in Iraq in 2005, moved to Toronto in 2006 rather than face the prospect of again participating in what he...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 16/07/2008
... or faced jail time.Last week, the Federal Court blocked the deportation of National Guard Sgt. Corey Glass, 25, while it decides whether to hear his case. Glass refused redeployment to Iraq.Long and Glass were among some 200 American deserters believed to have come to Canada trying to avoid service in Iraq. So far, Canadian immigration officials and the courts have rejected...
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Denver Post (Free subscription) | 13/07/2008
James Corey Glass, apprentice mortician and U.S. Army deserter, was keeping a close eye on the text messages coming into his cellphone. He was hoping to hear that a court had blocked the Canadian government's attempt to send him back to the United States.
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Truth Out (Free subscription) | 13/07/2008
Toronto - James Corey Glass, apprentice mortician and United States Army deserter, was keeping an unusually close eye on the text messages coming into his cellphone. He was hoping to hear that a court had blocked the Canadian government's attempt to send him back to the United States. read more
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 12/07/2008
Look what we did on Thursday!We had a great time. Read about it here, here and here, among other places.Please don't forget to make your phone calls and send your emails. We kept Corey Glass safe in Canada, now we have to make sure Robin Long stays with us, too.
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008
We had a great turn-out in Toronto yesterday, where a human chain up University Avenue demonstrated support for Robin Long, Corey Glass and all the war resisters in Canada. We estimate about 300-350 people came out, with about 250 there at any given time. Spread out in single file facing the street, all holding signs and placards in the air, that creates a big visual statement.There was...
