Omar Khadr’s Guanatanamo Trial Suspended!
It’s over! For now, anyway. Staying true to his promise, Barack Obama has made it one of his first official acts as President to request a suspension of the military tribunal process in Guantanamo. Omar…
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Law Students Demand Repatriation of Omar Khadr
Hundreds of law students from across the country have added their names to the growing list of people calling for the repatriation and fair trial of Omar Khadr, as well as the closure of the…
CBA Joins Fight to Repatriate Omar Khadr
The Canadian Bar Association has announced that it is joining with a number of other agencies to fight for the repatriation of Omar Khadr to Canada. Omar Khadr, a 15-year-old boy at the time of…
Rae: Canada Has Its Own Voice on the International Scene
Hon. Bob Rae spoke this morning at the University of Western Ontario Law School on A Changing World: New Directions for Canadian Foreign Policy. What follows are notes (not a transcript) from his talk. Law…
Follow-up: Reply Letter from Foreign Affairs Minister regarding Omar Khadr
On July 15, I posted a letter that I had written to Prime Minister Stephen Harper regarding Omar Khadr’s continued detention at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The letter was signed by myself and 10 other law…
Khadr’s Lawyers Sue Gov’t: Will It Work?
The Toronto Star, among others, reports that Omar Khadr’s lawyers have launched a suit against the Canadian government to try and force the repatriation of their client. The illegality of Khadr’s detention at Guantanamo Bay…
Omar Khadr: A Hero of Canadian Values?
by Hicham Safieddine and Diana Younes Development of violence among the colonized people will be proportionate to the violence exercised by the threatened colonial regime Frantz Fannon A lot of ink has and is being…
Review: Taxi to the Dark Side
This past week, I had the opportunity to check out the Oscar-winning detainee torture documentary Taxi to the Dark Side. The film was written and directed by Alex Gibney, of Enron: The Smartest Guys in…
Omar Khadr Video Round-up
Early yesterday morning, the Canadian government, in compliance with court orders, released a video of Omar Khadr’s interrogation by Canadian Security and Intelligence Service agents at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The video, which is the first…
Letter to Harper regarding Omar Khadr
Below is a letter that I have written to Mr. Harper to protest the Canadian government’s treatment of Omar Khadr, one of its citizens. If you are not familiar with the story, you can find…
What Exactly is a Kangaroo Court?
We often hear the expression “Kangaroo Court” in popular media. But it’s also used in law, all the way up to the Supreme Court of the U.S. Williams v. United States defined the concept of…
Bush Pardons Himself for Torture
The House just passed a bill that pardons all members of the U.S. administration for any torture for detainees. Elizabeth Holtzman, former NY congresswoman, explains, Avoiding prosecution under the War Crimes Act has been an…