Top court to rule on Khadr case [View All]

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Source: Globe and Mail

After tying Parliament and the justice system in knots for seven years, the Omar Khadr case reaches a crescendo Friday as the Supreme Court of Canada considers ordering the federal government to seek his return.

Should the court uphold a 2008 Federal Court of Canada decision, the 23-year-old Canadian could soon be on his way home from the terrorist internment camp at Guantanamo Bay.

However, federal lawyers intend to fight Mr. Khadr every inch of the way. In a scathing brief to the court, they call the Federal Court of Canada order to seek Mr. Khadr's return “an unprecedented and unprincipled remedy.”

The government will be opposed by a phalanx of lawyers for Mr. Khadr and organizations that support him. They condemn Canada for being a party to the torture of a citizen who was conscripted into the al-Qaeda terrorist network as a child soldier.



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