Federal Court of Appeal affirms order for repatriation |
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On Thursday 23 April 2009, the Federal Court of Canada ordered the government of Canada to seek Omar Khadr's repatriation from the United States. --> --> Read the FEDERAL COURT's DECISION On Friday 14 August 2009, the Federal Court of Appeal upheld the decision, confirming the order for Canada to seek Khadr's repatriation. --> Read the FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL's DECISION Monday, 24 August 2009: Canada has announced it will appeal the case to the Supreme Court of Canada. This will be the second time that Omar Khadr's case has gone to the Supreme Court. The first time, the Supreme Court only considered whether Canada could be forced to release documents to Omar Khadr. They found that Khadr's Charter rights had been violated by Canada's participation in the Guantanamo regime in violation of international law, and ordered disclosure of the documents. This time, based once again on Canada's participation in human rights violations against Omar Khadr, the Supreme Court is being asked to order Canada to seek Khadr's repatriation.
Recent news and editorials: Ottawa takes Khadr ruling fight to Supreme Court, CBC, 25 August 2009 Ottawa must press for Khadr's return: Appeal Court, CBC, 14 August 2009 All in the family, Editorial, Ottawa Citizen, 8 June 2009 Feds fight Khadr decision, Canwest, 3 June 2009 Ottawa appeals court order to bring Khadr home, Globe and Mail, 8 May 2009 Khadr capers kaput: Column, Toronto Sun & related Sun Media, 28 April 2009 Harper's unwise Khadr stonewall: Editorial, Toronto Star, 26 April 2009 Bring Khadr Home: Editorial, National Post, 25 April 2009 Tories flip-flop on Khadr appeal, Globe and Mail, 24 April 2009 PM must press U.S. for Khadr's return, court rules, CBC, 23 April 2009
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