In the
same time the above mentioned
     Rozhinsky,  who's not even a poet, rather an amateur on  a  primitively
and law scale, published a book of his
     "poetry" without any problem! 14) By suppressing and persecuting such a
gifted, talented in many areas person
     as  Leo Gunin Canada lost an opportunity to use his talents, skills and
abilities! Because Leo is a famous,
     well-known  personality,  people  will  consider  about  Canada   after
attitude to him. Inhuman, cruel, humiliative
     approach towards Leo and his family will speak by itself.

     B. Financial disaster:
     Because almost  6 years Gunins were refused the status in Canada,  they
had to pay more in taxes, pay for
     various immigration programs, for employment and student authorization,
for immigration lawyers, and so on.
     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
     were  granted  the  landed  immigrant   status  in   response   to  our
humanitarian appeal 1 (one) year ago.

     In the same  time  some opponents of this decision did not ceased their
pressure. They did not want to allow us to receive the landed
     immigrant's papers. In attempts to put us down they  started to destroy
me, my family, ours lives before we could receive the status in
     Canada.  Each  routine  immigration  procedure   -  extension  of   the
employment or student authorization, etc. - turned into a mockery
     and  humiliation. We must fight for every small thing, which  has to be
proceeded automatically! Especially after we were given the
     Certificat de selectione du Quebec: more  then eight  (8)  months  ago.
Unnecessary expensive medical exams (Immigration has
     pretended that lost our medical data) and other innumerous humiliations
made our life unbearable. They combined my mother's -
     and mine  cases in Immigration's computer,  when in reality my mother's
case has nothing to do with our case. (She's a sponsored
     spouse  of a Canadian  citizen  - since  November  1998, - and  we were
accepted by the humanitarian appeal). Immigration officer
     Madam Helene ROY illegally intervened in  the medical  issues to torpid
my mother's case, and on her request Mrs. W. BRZEZINSKA
     (M.D.) made a false  report  before  my mother's medical evaluation for
Immigration took place. Madame ROY refused to recognize
     my mother's marriage "because  of the  medical concerns"  the  next day
suddenly replacing this negative decision by another one.
     When I called Immigration about  my case,  I was  told three times that
our case is frozen because of my mother's situation.
     Immigration was  concerned about  a  possibility of  eventual diseases,
which my mother could develop. Theoretically every person,
     even the  most  healthy,  could develop any terminal disease - and will
develop: because everybody dies. Immigration's demands on
     ground  of a  "potential danger of developing a  terminal  disease" are
ridiculous and became a ground of discrimination, partiality and
     abuse. A number of facts revealed that one of their goals was to put my
mother under a stress damaging her health as much as
     possible.

     They contacted the medical lab where my mother did  a x-ray before  she
went there. Later confusion about that x-ray took place. In
     January 2000 Immigration's medical  committee ordered  my mother to  do
additional tests: strum creatinine (blood test) and
     echocardiogram.  The  "strum  creatinine"   test  (testing  the  kidney
function) was already done before and was in norm. Cardio function
     was already tested - there were no concerns. There  were no reasons for
additional tests. The strum creatinine test was normal
     again. The  echocardiogram  only reflected nothing  but some anatomical
abnormalities, known before. The doctor who did the test
     told  me  that  the abnormalities  have anatomical,  not  pathological,
nature. However, instead of proceeding my mother's documents
     Immigration submitted her  (June 28, 2000) another illogical demand: to
send them a "resume" of her "last visit to cardiologist". She
     never has visited a cardiologist and had nothing to send them! She went
to Mr. Giannakis M.D. who was her physician for
     Immigration. He sent her to Dr. Gordon Creenstein, a known authority in
cardiology, who examined her and told her the same:
     augmentation  has  the  anatomical  nature,  it is  not  pathology.  He
submitted his rapport on 27 July 2000. Any impartial observer can
     see  that both kidney  and heart "chapters" in that  story were  closed
now. However, it was not enough for Immigration. On September
     2000 Immigration's medical department made another ruling. They ordered
my mom to have another urine test and then visit an
     urologist.  She did the test  immediately - and  the visit to urologist
was scheduled for November. Even this did not satisfied
     Immigration! On September 19  my mother received a letter  from another
Immigration officer, which demanded from her a statement
     how  she  obeyed  the  last  Immigration's  order,  and accused  her of
postponing and sabotaging the procedure. It was signed by L.
     Cawchesne.  Meanwhile Dr.  Giannakis called Immigration  and told  that
there was no reason for demanding a visit to an urologist:
     because there  was  nothing abnormal in  her  urine test.  They  had no
choice but to agree with him. He cancelled the appointment to
     urologist  because  Immigration's medical division has finished working
with her file - and informed the immigration officer that they
     have no medical concerns about her any more. However, Immigration still
did not make any decision, refusing to close my mother's
     file  and  submit her the papers. Now they  have no reasons at  all, no
excuses or explanations. One of my mother's immigration
     counselors  was  refused  a  clear  answer,   another   was  refused  a
conversation. From my sources I know that her file is given to Rene
     Jacque. There  is no decision, no ruling. And my mother is in the limbo
again. And I am told that my case is frozen because of my
     mother's situation...

     Another Immigration's  excuse of tormenting  us  was the question of my
wife's, and my police clearings. Because I am trying to keep
     that letter in a reasonable length I'll skip the details, which I could
provide later. I never got a clear answer if the police certificates for
     us were received at Immigration - and attached to our file.

     Immigration's officials stopped to sign their official letters to us or
give their names. There is no proper Immigration's logo, any special
     paper,  anything  to  tell  that  this is  not  a fraud or joke... When
Immigration calls us there is a "private call" indication! When I ask an
     anonymous person to identify him/her, or tell me who is responsible for
my file, I am always refused! If sometimes they sign their
     letters, they sign them by names like Jeanne D'Arc, Honore de Balzak...
They refuse to mention their position or rank. There is no
     "immigration officer" indication or anything else. Just Jeanne D'Arc!

     On October 26 by letter Immigration ordered my daughter Marta and me to
undergo the medical examinations. Six (6!) months ago I
     demanded in writing to allow me and my family members  pass the medical
examinations by initiating an appropriate decision with a
     proper letter  and forms (Med1A.doc) submission - and was denied it. By
then Immigration argued that only my wife must undergo
     medical examinations, and submitted a medical form  (February 2000) for
my wife only, omitting my daughters and me. Now again:
     they did  not send us the  form for  my older daughter's medical exams.
This is obviously another tool for sabotaging our case in the
     future. Knowing what my mother experienced with her "medical clearings"
we could suggest that for us it would not be easy, too. By
     then my wife's medical exams will expire, and she'll have  to  do  them
again! Then Immigration could tell that now my older daughter,
     Ina, must undergo the  medical exams.  Theoretically, they can sabotage
our case for eternity refusing us the landed immigrants'
     papers forever; in the same time making our life vulnerable, unbearable
and miserable.

     My daughter and me - we went through the medical examination on October
31 2000. Doctor Giannakis told us that he found
     nothing to  be  concerned  about. Next day after  5 p.m. I  received an
anonymous call - as I was told - from Immigration. A man told me
     that  I  might be  punished for  misconduct for  not  doing ordered  by
Immigration x-ray test and refusing the medical treatment. On
     November the 1-st, I did  a x-ray test at the Montreal Chest Institute.
I was told that everything is in norm and there is nothing to worry
     about. On November 2-nd 2000 - I received an  anonymous ("private call"
indication) telephone call from the Israeli consulate that our
     police clearings  came. Why  then Immigration told us  that  they  were
received on October 17.

     On November  6  2000, an anonymous  (no names, telephones,  signatures)
letter from Montreal Chest Institute arrived. Addressing to
     me  the letter said that my chest  x-ray  shows signs of a tuberculosis
infection. "The Canadian Department of Immigration - the letter
     also  said - has  notified  the Infectious  Disease Unit..." -  etc. It
demanded to be prepared paying up to five hundreds dollars - and sign
     special  legal document: a  constat for infected by infectious  disease
non-residents of Canada. On November 9/then 15 I have
     submitted a letter in protest to the Montreal Chest Institute.

     The main points of my letter were:
     1) I will disregard this and other anonymous letters. 2) The procedural
requirements were violated - because Immigration should
     submit it to me  (my physician) but not  to the hospital. 3)  Violating
them Immigration deprived me of my constitutional right to choose
     an institution where to do additional tests if required. 4) Because the
hospital on behalf of Immigration ordered me to sign a constat
     and appear in Infectious Disease  Unit  I was wrongly  treated as  a TB
carrier. They had no legal rights to treat me as a contagious
     carrier  until an  undeniable medical proof  is established. 5) Medical
ethics should not allow anybody to treat me that way before
     making conclusions  based not on  Immigration's  rapport. 6)  A  single
x-ray could not determine whether or not any shadow (if any)
     means tuberculosis, or simply  any kind of pneumonia, bronchitis,  or a
combination (see medical books). Any conclusions based on
     only one x-ray are ridiculous, partial, and prejudicial. 7) On November
14 I did another x-ray. It revealed that there were no any
     suspicious shadow, no abnormalities - and (as my medical advisers told)
could not be 2 weeks before, especially tuberculosis-like
     shadows.  8)  By sending me  to the Infectious Disease  Unit they might
expose me to contacts with real infected carriers. 9) Merely
     another x-ray should be initiated before doing anything else.
     10) I gave  a number of reasons why I  could not be  infected by TB and
made a suggestion that a) my x-ray photo was replaced by
     somebody else or b) Immigration's insinuations did not match the photo.


     On  November 17 CDL  MED LAB submitted me  a  receipt by fax pretending
that I must pay for a blood test for syphilis, which they
     pretended I could do on  October 31 2000 only at their site. However, I
never did that test and even never was at CDL MED. On
     November  20  I  received an (anonymous) call from Immigration and  was
accused of conceiving the fact that I was infected by aids
     when entered Canada! In response  I have submitted a request by  fax to
the Reddy Memorial Hospital archive and telephoned there
     many times to receive  copies  of my blood and x-ray tests but there is
still no answer. On November 28, 2000 Immigration ruled that
     there is a doubt that the x-ray from November 14 is mine. However, they
received an original document from Clark LAB and had no
     legal rights to  doubt it! They also pretended  that not me but another
person did this x-ray instead of me. However, the x-ray was
     covered by  my  medical  card,  which  has  my  photo on  it!  Besides,
Immigration is not a criminal court and has no power to make
     criminal verdicts. They are in a pure rage! They demanded  the original
of the x-ray made in Clark LAB (meanwhile, it is possible that
     Immigration informed  MCI  that the x-ray from November  1 was  lost!).
Further they insist that I must be referred to the chest specialist
     anyway!


     Rights of  our children are severely violated. This is the seventh year
they live in Canada without the status of residents. Their very
     basic,  essential  rights, and everyday  life are affected! If what  my
advisors told me is true, this situation also violates international
     standards  and Canadian laws: because children  should not  be deprived
the landed immigrants status after 5 years and should not
     be left  completely  without  any  citizenship/residency  papers.  (Our
children have no passports or even travel documents of any state).
     Ungrounded and  illegal bureaucratic policy  to keep  us further  in  a
limbo, in the frames of social, financial, professional, and legal
     devastation  and  deprivation  is  inadmissible.  The everyday  fear of
deportation has already destroyed us. Because of that and many
     other situational, administrative, psychological, and etc. troubles and
inconveniences, and intensive Immigration's pressure, we are
     destroyed, our lives are already ruined! Please, HELP!!!

     Demands in family GUNINS case:
     1. We need a clear answer in writing if Immigration received our police
clearings. And if not - a) why; b) what must be done now.
     2. If the  medical  exams  were affirmatively required  for all  family
members - why Immigration did not initiated them for all family
     members six  months ago? We also need an assurance in  writing that Ina
will not be required to do medical examinat