Showing posts with label Omar Khadr. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Omar Khadr. Show all posts

Friday, July 9, 2010

Will Stephen Harper do the right thing regarding Omar Khadr? - No.

Montreal Simon: Omar Khadr: When Hope is Finally Lost
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The Federal Court has given the Harper government until Monday to intervene in Khadr’s case. If Ottawa did ask for his repatriation at this late date, there is no certainty that President Barack Obama, under his own domestic pressures, would agree. But it is time for Harper to show confidence in the Canadian legal system and make the request.

Stephen Harper should do the right, decent, and Canadian thing and make that request.

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Thursday, October 29, 2009

Omar Khadr Innocent but still imprisoned

Omar Khadr 'innocent' in death of U.S. soldier - thestar.com
Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr was buried face down under rubble, blinded by shrapnel and crippled, at the time the Pentagon alleges he threw a grenade that fatally wounded a U.S. soldier, according to classified photographs and defence documents obtained by the Star.
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Friday, August 14, 2009

Court order to the Canadian government to bring Omar Khadr home still stands

TheStar.com | SpecialSections | Ottawa must seek Khadr's return: Court

OTTAWA – The Conservative government has lost its appeal of a court decision ordering it to bring Omar Khadr home to Canada from the U.S. detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

The Federal Court of Appeal ruled today that the government offered no compelling reasons why it should not comply with an order to request that Khadr, 22, be repatriated to Canada.

"There is no legal or factual foundation upon which this Court can conclude that the decision not to request Mr. Khadr's repatriation is justified," the court ruled.

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Monday, April 27, 2009

This is Just Getting Stupid

Still not getting the issues around the Omar Khadr case? Read the link.

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Stephen Harper's Moment of Infamy

Montreal Simon: Stephen Harper's Moment of Infamy



But, there have been so many. Read on...


Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Conservatives still don't want to budge on following international law

Montreal Simon: The Unbearable Agony of Omar Khadr
The U.S. and Canadian governments are signatories to a United Nations protocol that states fighters under age 18 are to be considered child soldiers and must be released and helped to reintegrate into society.


Thursday, February 5, 2009

Conservatives will welcome Gitmo prisoners, just not the CANADIAN one.

A BCer in Toronto: Conservatives will welcome Gitmo prisoners, just not the Canadian one <full post

How messed up is this!...
But while he's looking at helping Gitmo prisoners bypass the immigration process and settle in Canada, perhaps Kenney might heed the pleas of folks like Bob Rae and groups like Amnesty International and see what he can do for the CANADIAN CITIZEN, Omar Khadr, who is also stuck in Gitmo and whom the government has shown little interest in helping. Bring him home and let the Canadian justice system deal with the charges against him.