Indeed, visa rejection in violation of the host country agreement is a global public issue therefore we all must strongly and firmly condemn this as one, because an unjust act committed to one of our delegate is the same as an unjust act committed to all of us! We must all act on this in order for this kind of horrible event not to happen again in the future! Lastly, I agreed with the sharp observation of the Chairperson that: “This once again reinforces the argument that multilateral events should not be held in countries that a) ask bona fide delegates to prove that they will not stay in that country as illegal emigrant, b) face high security threat so that every visa applicant has to prove that h/she is not a terrorist… “Indeed there are plenty of countries in the world that are delegate friendly, low cost and having good infrastructure.” This is a shame to Canada and they have to do the right thing. They have to acknowledge their mistake, apologize to CBD and approve without question those visas that they unjustly and discriminately rejected! Jose Mario De Vega Sanlakas-Philippines My usual thanks to the comrades from the Human Rights Online Philippines for publishing this humble work of mine in support and solidarity to our friends from the CBD Alliance! Yehey! Yabaduwap to the maximum!!!! :)
Posted on: Thu, 03 Oct 2013 18:33:30 +0000