PM must press U.S. for Khadr's return from Guantanamo, court rules

[CHIMO]

Source: CBC News

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is required to press the United States for the return of Omar Khadr to Canada from Guantanamo Bay to "comply with a principle of fundamental justice," a Federal Court judge ruled Thursday.

Unmoved, Harper said the government may try to overturn the judge's decision on Khadr, who is accused of killing a U.S. army soldier with a hand grenade during a gunfight in Afghanistan in 2002.

"The facts, in our judgment, have not changed," he told MPs during question period. "We will be looking at the decision very carefully and, obviously, considering an appeal."

Justice James O'Reilly ruled in favour of Khadr's charter challenge of the Canadian government's decision not to request his repatriation from the U.S. detention centre in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.



Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/04/23/khadr-harper-court042309.html

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Thursday, April 23, 2009 | 5:54 PM ET

[Solly Mack]

K&R

[Solly Mack]

1. oopsies

[Canuckistanian]

2. Big news here in Canada

Here: not so much.

It's about time Harper either shits or gets off the pot about Khadr.

Are there serious charges here or not?
We have a right to know.

[CHIMO]

3. REPATRIATE KHADR

It's an order Prime Minister Stephen Harper doesn't want to hear.

Today, a Federal Court Judge issued a ruling saying that he must demand the repatriation of Omar Khadr back to Canada. The 22 years old has been held at Guantanamo Bay for more than six years.

After Judge James O'Reilly's ruling, we reached Mr. Khadr's lawyer Dennis Edney. He's in Edmonton.
http://www.cbc.ca/mrl3/8752/asithappens/20090423-aih-1.wmv