Abdullah Khadr and the Consequences of Detainee Abuse
November 22, 2011
JURIST Guest Columnist Kent Roach of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law says that the Supreme Court of Canada's recent refusal to review a lower court's stay of extradition proceedings represents an important victory for the rule of law as well as straining US-Canada relations...According to t....... [more] 
Canada high court refuses to hear Abdullah Khadr extradition appeal
November 4, 2011
The Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday declined to hear the government's appeal in the extradition of accused al Qaeda arms supplier Abdullah Khadr, bringing to a close efforts to extradite him to the US. The appeal was brought by Canada's attorney general on behalf of the US government which sough....... [more]
Supreme Court refused to block Khadr military trial
August 6, 2011
On August 6, 2010, the US Supreme Court refused to block the military trial of Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr. The Supreme Court issued a one-line order denying the Khadr's petition for a stay. The order had no noted dissents and offered no explanation of the ruling. Khadr was charged a....... [more]
Khadr fires lawyers before repatriation to Canada
August 5, 2011
Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee and convict Omar Khadr fired his defense lawyers Wednesday with no explanation, according to a directive obtained by Miami Herald Thursday. Khadr released his two Edmonton-based lawyers, Dennis Edney and Nathan Whitling, with Toronto-based attorneys John Norris and....... [more]
Khadr lawyers proposed plan for repatriation to Canada
February 11, 2011
On February 11, 2009, lawyers for Omar Khadr presented a plan to return the Guantanamo Bay detainee to Canadian society. The outline, laid out at a news conference in Toronto, called for assessments of the 22-year-old's health and education, and proposed he be housed in a foster home. Dennis Edney....... [more]
Canadian court refused to order Khadr repatriation
January 29, 2011
On January 29, 2010, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that while the treatment of Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr violated his rights, the government does not have to press for his return to Canada. In a unanimous decision, the court ruled that the interrogation of Khadr by Canadian off....... [more]
Khadr's Plea Agreement and Sentencing: Questions Never to be Answered
November 5, 2010
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Andrea Prasow, senior counter-terrorism counsel at Human Rights Watch, says that despite purported safeguards, evidence from Omar Khadr's guilty plea and sentencing hearing shows that detainees can still be harmed by statements they have made involuntarily... The Mili....... [more]
Canada government to accept Khadr after one year
November 2, 2010
Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Lawrence Cannon told the House of Commons Monday that the Harper administration has agreed to accept Guantanamo Bay detainee and convicted terrorist Omar Khadr after he serves the first year of his sentence in Guantanamo. The announcement comes the day after a pa....... [more]
Khadr sentenced by military jury
November 1, 2010
A panel of seven senior US military officers on Sunday sentenced Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr to 40 years in prison, but Khadr will serve no more than eight years under the terms of a guilty plea agreement. Khadr pleaded guilty last week to all five charges against him, including mur....... [more]
UN children's rights expert urges US not to imprison Khadr
October 28, 2010
The UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict urged the US on Wednesday not to imprison Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr. Radhika Coomaraswamy, through a letter sent to the US military commission at Guantanamo Bay, requested that the US treat Khadr as a....... [more]
Khadr pleads guilty to terrorism charges
October 25, 2010
Former Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr on Monday pleaded guilty to all five charges against him, including conspiracy, murder and aiding the enemy. Under the terms of the agreement, Khadr will serve up to eight more years in prison in addition to the eight he has already spent in detenti....... [more]
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