August 10, 2005
Canadian Court Treats Gitmo Like Cesspool
Via JURIST - Paper Chase: Judge orders Canada to stop questioning Gitmo teen:
A Canadian Federal Court judge has ruled that intelligence authorities must stop interrogating Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainee Omar Khadr [CBC Khadr family profile]. Justice Konrad von Finckenstein's decision also slammed Canadian counterterrorism agents for gathering information at a place where he claims Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms [text] has been violated. Khadr has admitted killing a US medic [JURIST report] while fighting with the Taliban. He was captured when he was 15 years old and transferred to Guantanamo Bay after turning 16. The US never clarified Khadr's legal status or charged him but agents from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service [official website] and the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade [official website] have interviewed him at Guantanamo at least three times. Von Finckenstein's ruling prevents further interviews from occurring. The Globe and Mail has more.
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A point of clarification: to the best of my knowlege, Omar Khadr himself has not admitted that he killed a US medic.
The US government, at Omar Khadr's status review hearing, has alleged that Omar Khadr made this admission: http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2004/09/17/khadr040917.html
Omar Khadr, according to news reports, was not present at the hearing.
I have been unable to find on the Department of Defence website the documents that were apparently released.
Posted by: Ruth at August 10, 2005 07:53 PMCanadians Beware. Traveling THROUGH [enroute to somewhere else] the USA can be hazardous to your freedom. See the CBC story at ..
http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/08/11/arar-lawsuit050811.html
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Posted by: Chuck at August 11, 2005 11:30 AM