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Jeremy Dean Hinzman (born 1979 in Rapid City, South Dakota) is an Iraq War resister who was the first American deserter to seek refugee status in Canada. [1] He enlisted in the U.S. Army as a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division and deserted in 2004 to avoid participating in the Iraq War.
Un juez de la corte federal concedió al desertor del ejército de los EEUU Jeremy Hinzman y a su familia una suspensión de última hora de la deportación el lunes 22 de septiembre, mientras que la corte decide si atender su apelación.
Jeremy Hinzman, his wife, and their son, seek refugee protection in Canada. Mr. Hinzman enlisted in the US military and during his course of training and service gradually came to the conclusion that he could not participate in offensive operations.
8 de mar. de 2017 · When they arrived in Canada, they made a refugee claim in February 2004 on the basis that Mr. Hinzman would be court martialed and put at risk of torture and persecution if he returned to the United States. The Refugee Protection Division (RPD) of Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Board rejected Mr. Hinzman and his wife’s refugee claim.
Jeremy Hinzman fled to Canada to avoid being sent to Iraq because of his conscientious objection to the war there. If they deport him, he risks being court-martialled and jailed for between one and five years. If convicted, Amnesty International would consider him a prisoner of conscience.
21 de jul. de 2008 · Jeremy Hinzman was a United States soldier in the elite infantry division, the 82nd Airborne. He served in Afghanistan and, after returning to America, heard they were being sent to Iraq. Hinzman thought the war would only benefit the likes of then Vice President Dick Cheney's old company Halliburton, which gained the lions share of post-war rebuilding contracts.
9 de oct. de 2004 · Saturday Profile of Jeremy Hinzman, who deserted United States Army rather than serve in Iraq; Hinzman has applied for refugee status in Canada to escape punishment for refusing to fight in...
