If an individual lives and works in a country where thousands of people are victims of crimes against humanity and where one hears about it, would one have knowledge of what was taking place?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Ishaku v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2011 FC 44 (CanLII):
If, as in this case, an individual lives and works in a country where thousands of people are victims of crimes against humanity and where one hears about it, it is totally unbelievable that one would not have knowledge of what is taking place (Shakarabi v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) (1998), 1998 CanLII 7685 (FC), 145 F.T.R. 297, 79 A.C.W.S. (3d) 133 at para. 25).
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