The Afghan Public Interest Hearings at the Military Police Complaints Commission will be back in session starting next Thursday, so tune in for our commentary on the testimony and local colour from our lawyers in attendance. Up next week on … Read More
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Complicity in torture actionable?
Posted onA terrific decision has come out of Ottawa in Abousfian Abdelrazik’s case against Lawrence Cannon and the Canadian government for damages resulting from Canada’s complicity in his reported torture by Sudanese authorities and Canada’s sustained refusal in permitting him to … Read More
What he said
Posted onAlex Neve of Amnesty International, back from the Khadr trial at Guantanamo Bay, has an excellent piece in today’s Ottawa Citizen, discussing his observations and making yet another plea for the federal government to fulfill its constitutional obligations with respect … Read More
Khadr trial delayed (again)
Posted onThe Khadr trial (which started hearing evidence yesterday) has been adjourned for 30 days following the collapse of Mr. Khadr’s military lawyer during the middle of his cross-examination. Yesterday, the military “jury” heard opening statements and testimony from two prosecution … Read More
Khadr trial begins
Posted onThe BCCLA National Security Blog’s returned from her summer holidays in time for the start of the Omar Khadr trial, scheduled to start today after the close of jury selection, which started yesterday. A jury comprised of members of the … Read More
Arar v. SCOTUS
Posted onSome excellent commentary coming from south of the 49th following the Supreme Court of the United State’s refusal to hear Maher Arar’s appeal of the dismissal of his civil suit against U.S. official complicit in his torture at the hands … Read More
Khadr ruling(s)
Posted onPredictably enough, the Government has appealed Mr. Justice Zinn’s decision last week, which found that the Government needed take further steps to cure its ongoing violation of Omar Khadr’s constitutional rights. It has also requested that the deadlines set out in … Read More
Khadr, cont’d
Posted onA fair bit of news about Omar Khadr this week. News outlets reported last evening that Omar Khadr has fired his American civilian attorneys, Barry Coburn and Kobie Flowers, to protest the illegitimacy of the military tribunals where he’s scheduled … Read More
Secret documents, secret review
Posted onYesterday, a detainee document agreement was struck between Government and two of three Opposition parties. The “pact” comes a full month and a half after Peter Milliken, Speaker of the House, ordered Government to resolve the disclosure issue. Recall that … Read More
Accountability for U.S. renditions to torture?
Posted onStartling (and encouraging?) news from Maher Arar and his lawyers yesterday. Fresh off of the U.S. Supreme Court’s denial of certiorari in Mr. Arar’s appeal from the dismissal of his civil suit against U.S. officials for their role in his … Read More
