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رضا علیجانی از روشنفکران متعهد مسلمان و شادی صدر از فعالین جنبش زنان بدلیل کارشکنی ها و سیاسی کاری های خانم سوزان اسکارلت مسول بخش مهاجرت سفارت کانادا در تهران روادید ورود به کانادا را برای شرکت در کنفرانس در دانشگاه یورک نیافتند .
این اولین باری نیست که این بخش در روند گفتگو بین دو کشور کارشکنی می کند
قبلا هم به حسن یوسفی اشکوری که برای سخنرانی به کانادا دعوت شده بود نیز ویزا ندادند.
خانم اسکارلت آشکارا ابتدائی ترین اصول بنیادی حقوق بشر کانادا و آزادی بیان را ندیده می گیرد.
این در حالی است که به گفته دیوید میلر شهردا ر تورنتو در کنفرانس شعر مقاومت با افتخار از اینکه تورنتو و کانادا از صد سال گذشته که به یک خانواده نویسنده ایرلندی پناه داده اند تا کنون مامن نویسندگانی بوده است که در کشورهای خود مورد تعقیب و ازار بوده اند.
ندادن ویزا به نویسندگان و فعالان اجتماعی توسط سفارت کانادا در تهران ،در حالی هست که آنان برای معاون احمدی نژاد، مشائی روادید ورود سیاسی صادر می کنند.
مقامات اداره مهاجرت کادا باید از سیاسی کاری و صف بندی های سیاسی پرهیز کنند و راه برای شینده شدن عقاید مختلف در ایران را سد نکنند.
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Leading dissidents from Iran were insulted and humiliated by visa officers at the Canadian Embassy in Tehran before two were barred entry to Canada for a conference at York University, organizers said yesterday.
The two are Reza Alijani, a journalist and scholar who has been jailed several times by the Iranian government for his work and who has been honoured by Reporters Without Borders, and Shadi Sadr, a feminist lawyer who has travelled widely as part of her "One Million Signatures" campaign against the stoning of women in Iran. They were among 35 international scholars and activists invited to a conference last weekend on secularism and fundamentalism to mark the 30th anniversary of the Iranian revolution.
York University political scientist Saeed Rahnema, a conference organizer, said it is "ironic at a time when Canada is involved in Afghanistan fighting fundamentalism that the government denies people visas to discuss secularism versus fundamentalism in Islam."
One applicant reported "insults and humiliations were beyond tolerance" at the Canadian Embassy in Tehran, according to a letter to Immigration Minister Jason Kenney signed by all the scholars and activists at the conference.
The visa officers at the embassy "resorted to all sort of excuses to discourage the two individuals," the letter said, despite several requests from the organizers and York.
A third person from Iran, Dr. Fariborz Raisdana, did receive a visa.
"Our obligation for these events is to help where we can, but ensure the system is not abused," Citizenship and Immigration Canada spokesperson Danielle Norris said in an email response.
"A number of factors are considered. These include the person's ties to the home country, the purpose of the visit, the person's family and economic situation, the overall economic and political stability of the home country, and invitations from Canadian hosts," Norris said.
Saeed Hariri, president of the Iranian Canadian Congress, said there is a 61 per cent refusal rate for Iranians seeking visitors' visas to Canada and the rate has been climbing. He said his pleas for a meeting with Kenney have received no response.Comment
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