The mother of a missing Canadian Palestinian citizen journalist says the federal government is not providing information about what is being done to find her son.
Mansour Shuman’s mother, Mai Hussein, told CBC News she hasn’t heard from him in more than a week.
“It’s been a scary 10 days for me. Sleepless nights,” she said. “I need to know what happened to him.”
Shoman’s family and friends said they learned from a local relief group that witnesses had seen him being detained by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
CBC News was unable to verify this account. IDF did not respond to requests for comment before publication.
Canadian international situation [GAC] The government said it was monitoring the situation. Asked Wednesday what information Ottawa had about the showman, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said only that his government was working on the case.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has commented on the disappearance of Canadian-Palestinian journalist Mansour Shouman in Gaza, saying he is taking the incident “very seriously.”
“We are actively involved, we are working proactively. We have spoken to everyone and we take this matter very seriously,” he told reporters on Parliament Hill. Stated.
Hussein said she has contacted the GAC, the Prime Minister’s Office and the office of Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly, but no one has been willing to involve her.
“How can you go 10 days without knowing what happened to him? If you know, why?” [not] Should I tell his mom? ” she said.
“I’m so disappointed. I’m a single mother. I worked hard to get them Canadian citizenship so my children can fight for them and help them in their time of need. We can have a government.”
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Showman has been a Canadian citizen since 2006. Two of his five children were born in Canada, but the family returned to the Palestinian territories last year after spending seven years in Calgary to be closer to family.
In November, Sjoman’s wife and children fled the besieged Palestinian territory to the United Arab Emirates. The showman decided to stay.
Since then, he has provided daily updates on the conflict on social media, reaching millions of English speakers. He also spoke to a number of Western media outlets, including CBC News.
Hussein said he tried to persuade his son to leave Gaza, but his son reminded him of what he had taught him not to abandon those in need.
“I told him this, but I didn’t know [the] The price would be that difficult for me,” she said.
Mr Jolie’s parliamentary secretary, Rob Oliphant, told reporters on Wednesday that the government was “in contact with all agencies that may have information” about Mr Schumann. He said he could not go into details for “privacy reasons.”
Zaheera Somer, a member of the Canadian volunteer team helping Schumann post online videos, said Oliphant’s response seemed like a “standard” response from the government. Soumer said she and her colleagues are also asking the federal government for information about the showman.
“Families need answers and they need support, not just email responses. They need to talk, they need to make phone calls, they need to talk to people in government,” she told CBC News. Told.