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Ottawa to appeal Khadr ruling

Source: Toronto Star

Ottawa : Canada | 3 months ago

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper is going to the Supreme Court of Canada in a final bid to allow the prosecution of Omar Khadr to proceed in the United States...Khadr is the only Westerner still jailed in Guantanamo, where he faces charges related to the death of a U.S. soldier in...

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Ottawa to appeal Khadr ruling

News Source: Toronto Star | 3 months ago

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is going to the Supreme Court of Canada in a final bid to allow the prosecution of Omar Khadr to proceed in the United States...Khadr is the only Westerner still jailed in Guantanamo, where he faces charges related to...
Canada to appeal ruling on Guantanamo detainee

News Source: Lexington Herald-Leader | 3 months ago

The government plans to appeal a court ruling that directs it to ask the U.S. to return the last Western detainee at Guantanamo Bay to Canada. Prime Minister Stephen Harper has steadfastly refused to get involved in detainee Omar Khadr's case, saying...
Ottawa to appeal Khadr ruling to top court

News Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | 3 months ago

A sketch of Omar Khadr at a hearing at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Jan. 19. A Federal Court judge ruled in April that Prime Minister Stephen Harper must immediately demand Khadr's repatriation, a ruling upheld earlier this month. (...
Feds to appeal Khadr ruling to Supreme Court

News Source: Leader Post Online | 3 months ago

The federal government has appealed to the Supreme Court a Federal Court ruling that orders the government to seek the repatriation of Canadian terrorism suspect Omar Khadr from the U.S. military facility in Guantanamo Bay. Federal Court Justice...
Tories to appeal Khadr repatriation ruling: Report

News Source: Leader Post Online | 3 months ago

The Conservatives will appeal a federal court ruling that orders the government to repatriate Canadian-born terrorism suspect Omar Khadr from the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, the CBC is reporting. According to the report, the government...
Ottawa will again appeal Khadr court ruling

News Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | 3 months ago

Omar Khadr, 22, has been imprisoned in a U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, since October 2002. He is alleged to have thrown a grenade that caused the death of a U.S. soldier. The federal government will again appeal a court ruling that...