Original author: Campaign to Stop Secret Trials in Canada
Date: September 3, 2004
Secret Trial Detainee Mohammad Mahjoub Faces Imminent Deportation to Torture in Egypt
Come to Court Tuesday, Sept. 7-Friday Sept. 10,
9:30 am 361 University Ave. Courthouse,
Court 7-1
Mohammad Mahjoub, an Egyptian refugee held without charge since June, 2000 on secret "evidence" neither he nor his lawyers are allowed to see, received a notice of imminent deportation to Egypt on Friday, August 27 in his solitary confinement cell at Metro West Detention Centre. The note said the government intends to deport Mahjoub to Egypt within two weeks.
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Stop Yet Another Deportation from Canada to Torture
posted on September 03, 2004 | in Category Mahjoub | by Brian
Getting Canada Off the Torture Train: Jaballah Update
posted on August 26, 2004 | in Category Jaballah | by BrianNews:
Please follow the link below to read Matthew Behren's courtroom report about Mahmoud Jaballah's recent court appearance.
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Please follow the link below to read Matthew Behren's courtroom report about Mahmoud Jaballah's recent court appearance.
CLICK HERE
Secret Trial Detainee Charkaoui Denied Cdn Protection From torture (long)
posted on August 19, 2004 | in Category Charkaoui | by BrianOriginal author: Campaign to Stop Secret Trials in Canada
Source: TASC Listserv
Date: August 19, 2004
See below for press release, followed by letters from Warren Allmand, Alexa McDonough, Amnesty International and the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group denouncing Anne McLellan's non-protection decision .
At the bottom is an appeal for letters and faxes protesting the decision as well as background on the case.
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Source: TASC Listserv
Date: August 19, 2004
See below for press release, followed by letters from Warren Allmand, Alexa McDonough, Amnesty International and the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group denouncing Anne McLellan's non-protection decision .
At the bottom is an appeal for letters and faxes protesting the decision as well as background on the case.
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Reject torture fears of accused terrorist; deport him: lawyers
posted on August 18, 2004 | in Category Jaballah | by BrianOriginal author: James Cowan in The National Post
Source: The Ottawa Citizen Online
URL: [link] (Ottawa Citizen subscribers only)
Date: August 17, 2004
Egyptian with links to al-Qaeda jailed since 2001; seeks protection
TORONTO - An alleged terrorist with links to al-Qaeda should be returned to Egypt despite facing a substantial risk of torture, government lawyers argued yesterday.
Mahmoud Jaballah is accused of orchestrating several bombings in East Africa as a senior member of the Egyptian group al Jihad.
He was detained in Canada in August 2001 after officials deemed him to be a threat to national security. Under immigration law, the government is not required to reveal its evidence against him.
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Source: The Ottawa Citizen Online
URL: [link] (Ottawa Citizen subscribers only)
Date: August 17, 2004
Egyptian with links to al-Qaeda jailed since 2001; seeks protection
TORONTO - An alleged terrorist with links to al-Qaeda should be returned to Egypt despite facing a substantial risk of torture, government lawyers argued yesterday.
Mahmoud Jaballah is accused of orchestrating several bombings in East Africa as a senior member of the Egyptian group al Jihad.
He was detained in Canada in August 2001 after officials deemed him to be a threat to national security. Under immigration law, the government is not required to reveal its evidence against him.
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Canadian held in Syrian jail returns home
posted on August 10, 2004 | in Category Almalki | by BrianOriginal author: Colin Freeze
Source: The Globe and Mail Online
URL: [link]
Date: August 10, 2004
Detained for two years, Abdullah Almalki suddenly permitted to leave the country
The latest Arab Canadian to be freed from Syria says he is "happy to be back safely in Canada" for the first time in more than two years.
In an e-mail circulated to journalists, 33-year-old Abdullah Almalki said he would speak further only when he recovers "from the ordeals I have been through."
The dual Syrian-Canadian citizen has been at the centre of an international intrigue spanning many years, many countries and similar detentions of other naturalized Canadians -- including Maher Arar, whose deportation from the United States to Syria is the subject of a judicial inquiry.
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Source: The Globe and Mail Online
URL: [link]
Date: August 10, 2004
Detained for two years, Abdullah Almalki suddenly permitted to leave the country
The latest Arab Canadian to be freed from Syria says he is "happy to be back safely in Canada" for the first time in more than two years.
In an e-mail circulated to journalists, 33-year-old Abdullah Almalki said he would speak further only when he recovers "from the ordeals I have been through."
The dual Syrian-Canadian citizen has been at the centre of an international intrigue spanning many years, many countries and similar detentions of other naturalized Canadians -- including Maher Arar, whose deportation from the United States to Syria is the subject of a judicial inquiry.
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Why sanctuary is necessary
posted on August 10, 2004 | in Category Canada's Immigration Policy | by BrianOriginal author: Mitchell Goldberg, freelancer
Source: The Montreal Gazette
URL: [link] (subscription required)
Date: August 10, 2004
Ottawa broke promise on appeals.
Churches step in to correct injustice because refugee system is arbitrary
Judy Sgro, minister of Citizenship and Immigration, was right about one thing in her recent call to churches to stop offering sanctuary: Refugees shouldn't be in sanctuary. She was wrong, however, in her diagnosis of the problem, which lies not with the churches that offer sanctuary, but with the flawed refugee-determination system that fails to protect some refugees.
When refugees' lives are at risk because the government is not protecting them, some people of conscience feel a moral obligation to fill the gap by providing sanctuary.
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Source: The Montreal Gazette
URL: [link] (subscription required)
Date: August 10, 2004
Ottawa broke promise on appeals.
Churches step in to correct injustice because refugee system is arbitrary
Judy Sgro, minister of Citizenship and Immigration, was right about one thing in her recent call to churches to stop offering sanctuary: Refugees shouldn't be in sanctuary. She was wrong, however, in her diagnosis of the problem, which lies not with the churches that offer sanctuary, but with the flawed refugee-determination system that fails to protect some refugees.
When refugees' lives are at risk because the government is not protecting them, some people of conscience feel a moral obligation to fill the gap by providing sanctuary.
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Almalki reportedly back in Canada from Syria
posted on August 10, 2004 | in Category Almalki | by BrianSource: CP, The Toronto Star
URL: [link]
Date: August 9, 2004
MONTREAL - A Canadian engineer acquitted of charges in a Syrian court has reportedly returned to Canada without completing required army duty in his homeland.
Global News reported today that Abdullah Almalki had returned to Canada.
But Foreign Affairs spokesman Reynald Doiron couldn't confirm Almalki's return, alluded to in e-mails sent to various media outlets, apparently from his brother.
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URL: [link]
Date: August 9, 2004
MONTREAL - A Canadian engineer acquitted of charges in a Syrian court has reportedly returned to Canada without completing required army duty in his homeland.
Global News reported today that Abdullah Almalki had returned to Canada.
But Foreign Affairs spokesman Reynald Doiron couldn't confirm Almalki's return, alluded to in e-mails sent to various media outlets, apparently from his brother.
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Harkat review urged
posted on August 10, 2004 | in Category Mohamed Harkat | by BrianOriginal author: Lisa Lisle
Source: The Ottawa Sun
URL: n/a
Date: August 7, 2004
Harkat review urged
Judge wants new meetings with Feds
A Federal Court judge wants the government to take another look at its top-secret evidence against Mohamed Harkat to determine if it should still be kept under wraps. Justice Eleanor Dawson asked last month to meet with government lawyers "for the purpose of determining if as a result of the effluxion of time any further summary of the information or evidence may be provided to Mr. Harkat."
"Some time has passed since the court examined the information on which the security certificate was based in order to consider whether disclosure of all or part of that information would be injurious to national security or to the safety of any person," she wrote in her order.
A closed hearing was scheduled for yesterday to also consider a request from Harkat's lawyer, Paul Copeland, for additional disclosure, but it was cancelled, giving the government time to consider allowing another lawyer into the hearings.
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Source: The Ottawa Sun
URL: n/a
Date: August 7, 2004
Harkat review urged
Judge wants new meetings with Feds
A Federal Court judge wants the government to take another look at its top-secret evidence against Mohamed Harkat to determine if it should still be kept under wraps. Justice Eleanor Dawson asked last month to meet with government lawyers "for the purpose of determining if as a result of the effluxion of time any further summary of the information or evidence may be provided to Mr. Harkat."
"Some time has passed since the court examined the information on which the security certificate was based in order to consider whether disclosure of all or part of that information would be injurious to national security or to the safety of any person," she wrote in her order.
A closed hearing was scheduled for yesterday to also consider a request from Harkat's lawyer, Paul Copeland, for additional disclosure, but it was cancelled, giving the government time to consider allowing another lawyer into the hearings.
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An Interview With Mohamed Harkat (July 2004)
posted on August 08, 2004 | in Category Mohamed Harkat | by BrianMore news:
Lisa Lisle has been following Mohamed's story from Day One. Read her interview with Mohamed Harkat, originally published in the Ottawa Sun and reprint...
HERE
Lisa Lisle has been following Mohamed's story from Day One. Read her interview with Mohamed Harkat, originally published in the Ottawa Sun and reprint...
HERE
Wife's lonely vigil is her obsession
posted on August 04, 2004 | in Category Mohamed Harkat | by BrianOriginal author: Lisa Lisle
Source: The Ottawa Sun Online
URL: [link]
Date: July 31, 2004
Wife's lonely vigil is her obsession
Passing through the gates at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre for one of her cherished 20-minute visits with her husband, Sophie Harkat thinks about his 36th birthday next week. But instead of making plans for a party or a simple family gathering, Sophie Harkat sees it as yet another special occasion stolen from them by the Canadian government, which has accused her husband of having ties to terrorism.
"I thought my second wedding anniversary was bad," she said of the month following Mohamed's arrest.
"It's sad to say, but you kind of get used to it."
And as time drags on, Sophie is left wondering when they'll be able to celebrate again.
Next Friday, Mohamed's birthday will be like every other twice-weekly visit -- 20 minutes and no gifts from home.
"As soon as it's finished, that's it," she said of the strict visitation rules.
But the one-time government worker's life has changed in so many other ways since her husband's arrest.
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Source: The Ottawa Sun Online
URL: [link]
Date: July 31, 2004
Wife's lonely vigil is her obsession
Passing through the gates at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre for one of her cherished 20-minute visits with her husband, Sophie Harkat thinks about his 36th birthday next week. But instead of making plans for a party or a simple family gathering, Sophie Harkat sees it as yet another special occasion stolen from them by the Canadian government, which has accused her husband of having ties to terrorism.
"I thought my second wedding anniversary was bad," she said of the month following Mohamed's arrest.
"It's sad to say, but you kind of get used to it."
And as time drags on, Sophie is left wondering when they'll be able to celebrate again.
Next Friday, Mohamed's birthday will be like every other twice-weekly visit -- 20 minutes and no gifts from home.
"As soon as it's finished, that's it," she said of the strict visitation rules.
But the one-time government worker's life has changed in so many other ways since her husband's arrest.
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