Supreme Court will not consider 4 Canadian men's appeal to be released from Syria
In March, the men’s lawyers filed a new request for the court to reconsider their application for leave to appeal, citing "exceedingly rare circumstances."
Canada’s Supreme Court has decided not to reconsider the cases of four Canadian men detained in Syria, effectively shutting down their hopes for a legal route to freedom.
Last year, the Supreme Court declined to hear their challenge against a Federal Court of Appeal ruling, which stated that the Canadian government is not legally obligated to repatriate them.
In March, the men’s lawyers filed a new request for the court to reconsider their application for leave to appeal, citing "exceedingly rare circumstances."
However, a letter from the court dated last Friday indicated that this motion cannot be accepted for filing, leaving the men without further legal options in the Supreme Court.
The detained Canadians are among many foreign nationals held in poor conditions in detention centers controlled by Kurdish forces, which have taken control of the area from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
One of the detainees, Jack Letts, converted to Islam as a teenager and ended up in Syria after traveling through Jordan and studying in Kuwait.
