Topic: Omar Khadr
Toronto-born Omar Khadr, the youngest detainee ever held at the US "war on terror" prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has officially asked to return home to Canada, one of his lawyers said Tuesday."He is still in Guantanamo," attorney John Norris told ...
Toronto-born Omar Khadr, the youngest detainee ever held at the US "war on terror" prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has fired his Canadian lawyers, one of the attorneys said Friday.Dennis Edney declined to provide any further details about his ex-client's ...
The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld a decision to halt extradition proceedings for an alleged Al-Qaeda arms supplier, citing the extent of US human rights abuses tied to his capture in Pakistan.A 3-0 ruling by the court ruled that a ...
Omar Khadr was arrested by the United States following a firefight in Pakistan , near the border of Afghanistan , on July 27 , 2002 . CBC News: Omar Khadr (June 4, 2007) On July 15 , 2008 , a video showing Khadr under interrogation was released in ...
The return home of the last Westerner to be held at the US naval facility in Cuba is problematic for the Canadian government, which had until now refused to say if it was willing to allow his repatriation."The government of the ...
Canada agrees to repatriate last Western detainee at Guantanamo to serve out sentenceCanada says it will allow a Canadian who is the last Western detainee at Guantanamo Bay to apply next year to serve out his sentence in his homeland.Omar Khadr ...
Former 'child soldier' at Guantanamo gets 8 year sentence though jury said he should serve 40A judge sentenced a former teenage al-Qaida fighter Sunday to eight more years in custody, bound by a plea agreement that compelled him to ignore a military ...
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - A U.S. war crimes tribunal on Sunday sentenced Canadian captive Omar Khadr to an additional 40 years in prison for charges that include murdering an American soldier in battle and conspiring with al ...
Speaking for the first time as a military jury considered his sentence for the killing, Khadr took the stand after Tabitha Speer said her children, not Khadr, were the real victims, in emotional testimony that had members of the audience wiping away ...
After defense lawyers tried to counter testimony that Khadr is a dangerous radical who should remain locked up, a letter was released from the UN's special representative for children and armed conflict describing him as a victim who deserves rehabilitation rather ...