Canadian court to hear Khadr complaint about U.S.

[CHIMO]

Source: THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA–The federal government has lost a bid to keep lawyers for accused terrorist Omar Khadr from using the top court in Canada as a forum to argue that U.S. authorities are violating his human rights.

In a ruling released today, the Supreme Court of Canada gave the go-ahead for Khadr’s counsel to explore questions of international law arising from his detention and forthcoming trial at the U.S. military base in Guantanamo, Cuba.

The matter will be argued as part of a hearing next week, at which the main issue will by a demand by Khadr for access to documents held by the Canadian government. He wants to use the material in his defence against a charge of murdering a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan.

But his lawyers also want to highlight a broader contention that the American handling of the case doesn’t meet international standards of fairness.


Read more: http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/349103

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1. So the U.S. will be held accountable around the world in different

courts?

[PDJane]

2. If they follow the Canadian lead,

Yes.

[NM Independent]

3. Does that court lean right or left?

If they lean right, then the only reason they would accept it is to side with the @#%R administration.

[ConcernedCanuk]

4. I'd like to have our Jean Chrétien back right now - he had balls - Harper just has lips

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From the posted article:

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has turned a deaf ear to demands that he intervene and press for Khadr’s return to Canada. Other countries, including Britain and Australia, have persuaded the Americans to return their citizens from Guantanamo to be dealt with at home.

The Canadian-born Khadr, whose deceased father was a senior lieutenant to Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, says he was mistreated by his U.S. captors and coerced into self-incriminating statements after a 2002 firefight in Afghanistan that led to the charges against him.

He also says Canadian diplomats and intelligence officers who questioned him at Guantanamo refused to help and accused him of lying.

“Rather than acting to protect the basic human rights of its young citizen, the Crown chose to take advantage of his vulnerability to advance its own interests,”
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Thank the powers that be that our Prime Minister is not also our "Commander in Chief"

He'd have us following the PNACers death trail all over the globe.

Jean Chrétien would be telling GWB to Go Fu*k himself.

Harper kisses butt.