They also were not receiving children allowances and other benefits, which landed immigrants and citizens are
receiving. Because Leo was in reality restricted from his profession (music), journalism and all areas, which
require professional skills, he could work for minimum wage only. The lack of status in Canada is also one of
the main factors in Gunins better employment attempts failure. The family's financial situation is devastating and
tragic!
C. Health declining:
A number of descriptions of their health problems in result of persecutions can be found from the page
http://www.total.net/~leog/Rights/LevGunin/appealX.htm Besides, both Leo and Alla have a kind of depression,
caused by the status in Canada denial and other persecutions. D. Children suffering: The children (13 and 14
years old) suffer from the same reasons as the adults. They afraid of their unstable situation, afraid of bringing in
the post because there could be a punishing message from Immigration. They are very suppressed or even
depressed. They feel like they are not like other children but excluded from the normal society. They also
complex and feel uneasy about their poverty. They feel deprived and discriminated because other children can
visit a cafe or McDonald, or a cinema, or their parents have cars, and so on. Because the children understand
that their poverty is much related to persecutions they feel unprotected and threatened. Several times
Immigration threatened the children that they will be expelled from school. Marta is a talented ballerina. She
participated in movies, in dozens of ballet and theatre performances, she also writes poetry and prose, and
she's a painter. She's also a gifted viola player. However, she has no rights to study, and her parents must pay
for any official ballet studies several times more then if they were landed immigrants or citizens, what is
impossible. No sponsor will give money for a child without the status. On television and in movies, where Marta
participated, she was always on the back - probably because of the same reason. Ina is a gifted piano player,
each year she's passing exams at university with the best remarks. She's also composes and arranges music,
she's a good music theoretician, a choral singer, plays also flute, writes poetry and prose. Ina has participated in
dozens of cultural events and performances as a member of one of the best tremble chorales in the world, as a
piano player, was on television and took one of the awards as a piano player on young piano players' festival. In
the same time she has no piano (!) - because Immigration is sacking all financial resources away from the
family! And because her parents are persecuted and deprived.
That text was prepared by Lushin Valery Stepanovich
From Lev GUNIN
Lev GUNIN
3455 rue Aylmer, app. 201
Montreal, QUEBEC
H2X 2B5
Tel. (514) 499-1294 [leog@total.net] more details: http://www.interlog.com/~syedma/dstand/leo201127.html
Dear Sir, Lady!
We need an urgent help regarding incredible violations of our human rights. Please, inform us - if you can, - 1) what we can do, 2)
where to turn, 3) what tools we could use to fight this outrage injustice. Please, help! The most dangerous and alarming is the
manipulation of the medical data and medical personnel by Immigration. You'll find a short description of our tremendously huge
(long) story here below.
I am a human-rights activist, journalist and historian with numerous publications. My views and humanitarian activities made me a
target for persecutions in ex-USSR and - later (after deportation) - in another country, where I was taken together with my family
against our will. Our refugee claim was refused under exceptional circumstances and with a totally partial attitude. Decisions in our
case were unfair, inhuman and unjust. While hearing and proceeding our refugee claim Immigration officials have used illegal
methods, abuse of justice and human rights. On top of undeniable persecutions, an obvious fact that we had no place where to go
and tons of our documentary proof justice was denied to us in many outraged ways. We have appealed the decision, but the IRB's
(Immigration's) defender has emphasized security and other unconventional questions, and the Federal court closed our case.
During our refugee hearings the IRB's judge, Mr. Boiron said that we could face the same persecutions, which we had before, in
Canada as well. It was a threat.
Now we are more then 6 years in a limbo, administrative mayhem and ultra-vulnerable state. That is damaging our mental and
physical health, social and professional status, and chances to regain our professional domain and return to normal life. However, in
spite of human rights deniers in IRB and other departments, pro-Israeli lobby (with their people in Immigration), which goal is to keep
refugee claimants from Israel out of Canada, we received a positive decision. We highly appreciate that in spite of everything we
