Security certificate detainee to be returned to his family (Canada)

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Toronto (16 Feb. 2007) - On Day 83 of his hunger strike, Mohammad Mahjoub has finally received the news he has been waiting for since June 26, 2000 when he was arrested on a security certificate. Federal Court judge Richard Mosley has ordered Mahjoub released, under strict house arrest conditions, to his family ...

Significantly, Judge Mosley also found that "his detention might reasonably be described as indefinite."

Mosley also found that Mahjoub, "At this stage of his life and with the interests of his family and health at stake, he has simply too much to lose should he be released and violate the terms and conditions." Friends and community supporters have pledged over $100,000 in cash and performance bonds to secure his release ...

The terms and conditions of Mahjoub's transfer home are similar to those that saw secret trial detainee Mohamed Harkat returned to his family in June, 2006: electronic bracelet for round-the-clock monitoring, prior approval from Canadian Border Services Agency for all visitors to the house, being allowed out three times a week, with prior approval for up to four hours at a time, and many others ...

http://www.nupge.ca/news_2007/n16fe07b.htm