Canadian government says no to repatriation of Omar Khadr
Lawyers representing the Harper government testified last week at Canada’s Federal Court of Appeal. At issue is Federal Court-ordered repatriation of Canadian Omar Khadr. Harper is fighting the order. Khadr is being held in Guantanamo Bay.
Before the court case that ordered the Canadian government to allow accused terrorist and Canadian citizen, Abousfian Abdelrazik to come back home from Sudan, there was the Omar Khadr. Held at the U.S. detention center Guantanamo Bay for six years without a trial, Khadr’s case has stirred controversy and passion on every side of the issue. The Canadian government was in court last week to fight … Continue
