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Shahrvand - September 28th, 2012

 

Ms. Derakhshandeh Tosarv and her minor son H. H. M. came to Canada in 2010, to seek protection . She and her 16 year old son were the subject of abuse by her husband for many years. On her refusal to join him in Iran , he filed an adultery case against her in the court of law in Iran for which the punishment is stoning to death.   The Applicant’s claim for asylum was rejected last October on credibility grounds due to a lack of documentation of her claim.

Since the refusal of her refugee claim, Ms. Derakhshandeh Tosarv”s lawyer has submitted documented evidence demonstrating that she faces adultery charges in Iran. She has received two summons to appear before the court in Iran to face the charges. She has also received new evidence that her estranged husband has been harassing her elderly father, accusing him of hiding her, and threatening to kill both her and her father, thus corroborating the fear of her husband’s violence  preventing her from testifying to the immigration authorities in her first hearing. Under the new immigration law, all refugee claimants are now banned from applying for a PRRA ( pre removal risk assessment) and Sara (Fatemeh) falls short of this date by 2 weeks.

Ms. Derakhshandeh Tosarv’s lawyer is requesting a deferral of their removal until after October 5, 2012 so that the new evidence which establishes her fears for returning to Iran can be assessed under a pre-removal risk assessment (PRRA).   Most Canadians are shocked at hearing that Sara (Fatemeh) is about to be set to Iran to face a grave punishment. “ The fact that a removal officer can blithely tell me that he can not wait to allow a risk assessment to be conducted based on the new evidence shows just how far CBSA has drifted from Canadian values “ Winter-Card her lawyer says. Other lawyers have cited cases where they have had removal deferred after they threatened to launch a charter challenge.