Ex-diplomat takes refugee case

From The Human Rights Project

Dateline: August 16, 2005

David Berger, a former MP who served as Canada's ambassador to Israel, has taken up the case of Shazia Khalid, the Pakistani physician who was raped and threatened with death in her home country.

Dr. Khalid, 32, was forced into exile in London in March, along with her husband, but maintains she had always intended to seek asylum in Canada, where her relatives live.


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Posted on 08-19-2005