Supreme Court of Canada Refuses to Hear Cases of U.S. Deserters

by Rob Walker | November 15, 2007 at 09:44 am

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It's no longer Vietnam and there's no technical draft (though there are compulsory rules now that pretty much force soldiers to continue serving in Iraq) so I guess these soldiers are out of luck.

Canada's top court will not hear the appeals of two American army deserters whose requests for refugee status were denied.

The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear the cases of Jeremy Hinzman and Brandon Hughey, who each deserted to Canada in 2004 after learning they were to be deployed to Iraq.

The high court, as usual, gave no reasons for its refusal.

The men both applied for refugee status in 2004.

The Immigration and Refugee Board rejected their claims in 2005. The
Federal Court and the Federal Court of Appeal have also refused to
review the cases.