Stop

Sara (Fatemeh) and her son's deportations to Iran

"We say NO Deportations to Iran!

We mean Human Rights in Canada!"

Jason Kenney, P.C., M.P.,  Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism
House of Commons
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6
P. 613-992-2235
F. 613-992-1920
jason.kenney@parl.gc.ca

John Baird, P.C., M.P.,

Minister of Foreign Affairs
Phone613-990-7720
bairdj@parl.gc.ca
Address 2249 Carling Ave., Suite 418
Ottawa, Ontario, K2B 7E

Vic Toews
Minister of Citizenship and Public Safety

613-992-3128

Jim Karygiannis P.C., M.P.
Scarborough-Agincourt
Liberal Critic for Multiculturalism
Constituency Office
3850 Finch Ave East Suite 206
Scarborough Ontario M1T3T6

jim@jimkarygiannis.net
Tel: (416) 321 5454
Fax: (416) 321 5456
 

Dr. Reza Moridi

Mr. Costas Menegakis,

M.P. Richmond Hill

9555 Yonge Street, Suite 400
Richmond Hill ON L4C 9M5
 Costas.Menegakis.C1@parl.gc.caTel: 905.770.4440
Fax: 905.770.2221
 

Mohsen Taghavi
Salam Toronto
mtaghavi@salamtoronto.ca

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Tuesday September 18th, 2012
Medi's Letter to Jason Kenney

Dear Jason Kenney,

It’s 12:30 am on Tuesday September 18^th. I became aware of Fatemeh (Sara) Darakhshandeh and her 16 year old son deportations few hours ago. How could I go home to find my family and rest when knowing the hell that this mother is going through now?

I was really chocked to see that your administration continues to deport innocent refugees to Iran after the closure of embassies. Iranian regime should be really humiliated and mad. Who is going to pay the consequence? Of course poor Sara and her son who fled their homeland country to find refuge in Canada, a country reputed for its human rights values. No matter how we respect the laws in Canada we should keep in mind that human lives have priority over all.  It is not fair and wise to take the risk at these sensitive moments and send them back to Iran. Sara’s and her son presence in Canada is not going to harm anyone. Your administration could wait a little more and choose a better time to deport this mother and her son.

I beg you to take just a moment and contemplate about this case. Please do not consider them just as 2 names and numbers for your office statistic. They have their family living here who are suffering and feeling as bad as them. Give them another chance and make our community happy in this rough current situation.

Sincerely,
Medi Shams

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 Medi's letter to Iranian newspapers
Tuesday September 18th, 2012

سردبیران عزیز

بعضی موقع ها وقایع آنچنان پیش میروند که جائی از برای فکر کردن باقی نمی ماند. باید عمل کرد وگرنه دیر خواهد بود و پشیمانی هم چاره نخواهد بود. این یکی از آن زمانها میباشد. باید اختلاف نظر ها را کنار گذاشت و به دنبال دلیل و برهان هم نبود.

فاطمه (سارا) و پسر 16 ساله اش در معرض بازگشت اجباری به ایران میباشند. دقیقا بیش از دو روز باقی نمانده. همه امیدها قطع شده جز یکی . امید به انجام کار صحیح بدون در نظر گرفتن نتیجه اش. این همانیست که عده ای از ما مشغول به آن هستیم. ساعت 1:30 شب میباشد به هر دری میزنیم به امید آنکه کسی بیدار باشد و بشنود و دست به دست سارا و پسرش بدهد.

تضاهراتی را برای روز چهارشنبه تدارک دیده ایم. آن موقع هنوز روزنامه های شما چاپ نشده اند. آن موقعی که روزنامه های شما در می آیند شاید سارا و پسرش در هواپیما باشند.  به امید خدا که اینطور نخواهد شد و بتوانیم آنها را در کانادای عزیر نگاه داریم.

بهر حال خودتان که میتوانید در تضاهرات شرکت کنید و باعث دلگرمی بسیاری از ایرانیان باشید. میتوانید گزارشی از آن تهیه کنید و چرا که با سارا تماس نمیگیرید و یک مصاحبه انجام نمی دهید. خواهش من این است که هر چه در توان دارید انجام دهید. شکی ندارم که اگر واقعا همه کمک کنند موفق خواهیم شد

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September 18th,
Medi's letter to Stephen Harper, Jason Kenney, John Baird, Vic Toews
Letter to God

Oh God,
When I loose my hope, to you I return. When I don't know anymore what to do, I listen to my heart. My heart told me this time to write a letter to all those who have the power of God to save Sara and her son's life.

Oh God,
Give them for a moment a divine heart when they hear this call, to feel the suffering of this mother and her son the way I feel it now.

Oh You,
Those who have in your hands the power on Sara and her son's death and life, I have forgiven you before even you made the crime. Forgive me in return if I am bothering your peace and calm. Let's forget for a moment who we are, let's listen to the scream of mother Sara who whatever she does is for the safety of her son. Help her not to witness the suffering of her child.

I beg you to take just a few minutes and go to www.helpsara.org and see who Sara is.

Medi Shams

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September 18th,
Medi's letter to Dr. Christopher Spence, Toronto District School Board Director of Education

Dear Dr. Christopher Spence

I was talking to a woman that I didn’t know about the deportation of Sara and her 16 years old son that we are trying to stop their deportations. She had tears in her eyes when she mentioned your name as someone with a big heart who could help Sara’s son. I went on www.tdsb.on.ca and now I know who you are. I don’t have any doubt that you would help all of us.

Sara and her son are going to be deported to Iran on Thursday September 20^th, 2012 at 11:00 pm / KLM. We are doing our best by addressing to everyone who could help them to stay with us. I would appreciate if you could give us a few minutes of your valuable time, check www.helpsara.org, see who they are and what you could do to help them specially the son who is one of your students.

 Regards,
Medi Shams- on behalf of No Deportations to Iran

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September 18th, 2012
Medi wrote to Stephen Harper, PM

Dear Stephen Harper, PM

Although I was shocked by the closure of embassies, I was absolutely not surprised when I read on news released by Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada on September 7, 2012 that Canadian government finally admits that “Iran is among the world’s worst violators of human rights”.  Working for awhile to convince our immigration administration that deporting refugees to Iran is also against human rights, I had some joy thinking that finally Canada was going to stop these deportations. Unfortunately I was wrong when I was informed that Sara and her 16 years old son are going to be deported on Thursday September 20^th, 2012.

How one should think about the way a mad, angry and humiliated regime is going to welcome and receive these innocent people that fled their home land, their family and friends just to be free and their dignity be respected. Don’t we have the right to imagine that those refugees are going to be the victim and subject of revenge especially when they are forced to go back from Canada? On first hand when these people left Iran they have been considered as betrayers by the regime. They were open and live books talking about the atrocity of human rights in Iran.

I entirely agree  with you when recently you announced that we should be ready and expect anything from the Iranian regime without being surprised. The same way we have to consider that eventually it is possible deportees that your administration is sending back to Iran could pay extremely high price to the limit of loosing their lives.

Canada has always been the symbol of freedom, democracy and human rights. These values make that all immigrants feel being home as soon as they arrive. Let’s accomplish our duty toward that peaceful land and keep Canada the way that all of us feel it in our heart.

I would like to share with you my wish, that you convince your administration to stop immediately all deportations to Iran. Especially this mother who suffers and worries so much for his 16 years old son that she has forgotten that her own life is as much in danger as her son’s life.

Sara and her son are going to be deported to Iran on Thursday September 20^th, 2012 at 11:00 pm / KLM. We are doing our best by addressing to everyone who could help them to stay with us. I would appreciate if you could give them a few minutes of your valuable time, check www.helpsara.org, see who they are and eventually help that their deportations be stopped.

Regards,
Medi Shams- on behalf of No Deportations to Iran

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September 18, 2012
Ieta Shams wrote to Jason Kenney, Stephen Harper, Reza Moridi, Chungsen Leung

Dear Honourable Jason Kenney,
I woke up this morning (as I try to everyday) with a smile on my face, eager for what the day would hold. This morning in particular, I had basketball practice, so just before heading out I gave my mother a big birthday hug, today she turns 49. My mother immigrated to Canada in 1986, as a refugee. She fled from a country plagued with war and hatred; a country where, by law, she is deemed as half of an equal.  So, I consider myself very privileged and honored to have grown up in a country like Canada. In a country where I can say what I want, wear what I want, and be what I want. I understand that many are denied of this right, which is so often mistaken as a privilege, the right to life, liberty, and resistance of oppression.

This afternoon when I learned of a mother and her sixteen year old son who are to be deported to Iran this coming Thursday, you can expect that I was both horrified and disappointed. I was horrified to hear that a women who has endured domestic abuse and mistreatment was being sent back to suffer the very cruelty she fled from in the first place. I was disappointed in Canada, but moreover in our politicians for allowing this to happen. As of September 7, 2012, Canadian Foreign Affairs and International Trade closed the Canadian Embassy in Iran and have advised against all travel to Iran. If Iran is unsafe for Canadians, is not unsafe for all? Is the value of life dependent on one’s country of citizenship? I would really hope that these are not the values that our country has chosen to invest in.

If deported to Iran, Ms. Derakhshandeh Tosarv and her minor son, will be put in danger of abuse, by a dictator regime and an abusive husband/father, and will moreover face the very real possibility of death. This is not a question of politics, but rather one of morals. This is an outright defiance of universal and natural human rights. Please restore my hope and belief in the Canadian government. One small action can change the world. Just remember that no refugee arrives in his or her country empty handed, Albert Einstein was a refugee.  

Yours Truly,
A senior high school student -
Ieta Shams