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He's a Canadian resident, not a citizen. Unfortunately that makes all the difference in the world: “Canada condemns Iran’s reported decision to execute Mr. Mal
by pooriaazimi 15y ago
He's a Canadian resident, not a citizen. Unfortunately that makes all the difference in the world:
“Canada condemns Iran’s reported decision to execute Mr. Malekpour. Sadly, his case is far from the only example of Iran’s utter disregard for human life. The regime in Tehran frequently ignores principles like due process for its citizens domestically, and international human rights obligations generally.”
Canadian governments condemns his execution, but nothing more.
- Jun8 15y agoEven if he were a citizen, perhaps they may not have done much with regimes like Iran, e.g. see the case of two Swedish photographers sentenced to 11 years in Ethiopia (http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/12/27/uk-ethiopia-sweden-journalists-idUKTRE7BQ08P20111227 http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/12/27/uk-ethiopia-sweden-...)
- raganwald 15y agoAnd rightly (although sadly) so. Consider the reverse: A Canadian citizen takes up residence in a third-world country, where he has sex with minors. He returns to Canada, where he is arrested under Canadian law for engaging in sex tourism. The other country may want to prosecute him, they may not, they may want to protest, they may not. But the Canadian government is not bound by any treaty or agreement to send him back to the other country.
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- powertower 15y agoI'm not sure why you're equating that with the "crime" that this person is accused of... Create some general upload program that was used without his knowledge by possibly a porn site operator. If you want to use an analogy, use one that has an equal weight on both sides.