The Justice for Mohamed Harkat Committee is trying to raise bail for Mohamed Harkat
Source: Night's Lantern Website
URL: http://www.nightslantern.ca/bulletin.htm
Date: August 12, 2005
august 12, 2005, ottawa:
the "The Justice for Mohamed Harkat Committee" is trying to raise bail for Mohamed Harkat, imprisoned since dec.10, 2002 without a criminal charge against him; see "canadian security certificates / political prisoners ; according to an informal posting on nowar-paix.ca (august 10, 2005), mohamed harkat's wife was detained by ottawa police, august 9th, and taken to the station in handcuffs for questioning; after nearly six hours, threatened with charges and 're-arrest' at any time, she was released without charge; the ottawa citizen confirms use of handcuffs and lack of charges, stating that the difficulty concerned a "bad cheque deposited into the bond account," and that mrs. harkat was cooperating with questioning ("friends rally to help terror suspect held 1,000 days without charge:harkat's wife aids police in bad cheque probe" andrew duffy, august 11, 2005, the ottawa citizen); the name of the bank is not mentioned: this is a non-standard, coercive and intimidating way to deal with a bounced cheque, or families and supporters of detainees; to contribute to bail suport for a man held without his human rights, see Justice for Mohamed Harkat.