Ottawa promises to comply on Abdelrazik

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Posted By: Pulat Yunusov June 18, 2009

Big news: Justice Minister Rob Nicholson announced today that the government will let Abdelrazik return to Canada. It is not clear what exactly Ottawa will do to comply with a court order to make “travel arrangements” for Abdelrazik by this Friday. One thing seems certain now: the government will not fight anymore.

At least not until Abdelrazik comes back to Montreal and demands an explanation of why so much effort has been expended to keep him in Sudan.

2 Comments on "Ottawa promises to comply on Abdelrazik"

  1. Marnie Tunay | June 19, 2009 at 7:35 pm |

    Here is a very interesting related post from Raphael Alexander on a secret memo obtained by Professor Amir Attaran of the U of Ottawa (who confirmed its authenticity to me this morning in an email), showing that U.S. Home Security pressured the Canadian government in 2006 to “cooperate” in an “investigation” of the unfortunate Abousfian Abdelrazik:

    http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/06/19/raphael-alexander-waiting-for-abousfian.aspx

  2. Eric | June 21, 2009 at 6:15 pm |

    And about time too… when even our most basic rights as citizens seem to be open targets, you really have to wonder what’s coming next.

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