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Cross-Canada Vigils To Bring Home B.C. Children From War-Torn Iraq

The Canadian Press, 21 Mar, 2016 02:00 PM
  • Cross-Canada Vigils To Bring Home B.C. Children From War-Torn Iraq
VICTORIA — Vigils are being held across Canada urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to bring home four young Canadian brothers and sisters from northern Iraq, where they are believed to be with their fugitive father, a noted British Columbia doctor.
 
Lorraine McKendry was one of about a dozen people who held candles and placards during a vigil outside the B.C. legislature.
 
Her placard said, "Justin Trudeau, these are your children, bring them home now."
 
McKendry says Alison Azer's four children, who range in age from eleven to three years ago, have been located in an area of northern Iraq that has become the focus of bombing and increasing violence.
 
The children's father, Saren Azer, took the children, Sharvan, Rojevanh, Dersim and Meitan, on a holiday seven months ago and has not returned.
 
Vigils were also held in Ottawa, Calgary and Courtenay, B.C., on Vancouver Island where the children live.

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