Though rarely mentioned in British media, the 20-year-old is a joint U.K.-Canadian citizen, and once even had a Canadian passport. Letts’ parents fear he is being tortured in a Kurdish jail they suspect is a “Guantanamo-style” black site for accused terrorists, while British authorities refuse to intervene. “Jack himself stupidly went to ‘see for himself what was going on,’ ” they wrote on their Free Jack Letts Facebook page. “Jack Letts has been captured … in war zone area as a prisoner of war.”His parents are trying to manipulate “facts and reality,” the statement alleged. They released what they described as a letter from Letts’ parents, saying the couple accepted the Kurds had a right to question suspected ISIL sympathizers.

Source: National Post November 07, 2017 16:30 UTC