Lawyers for former Guantanamo Bay inmate Omar Khadr said Friday they are appealing a Canadian court ruling that denied his habeas corpus application and held that his placement in a federal penitentiary...
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Former Guantanamo detainee Khadr to appeal terrorism conviction
A former Canadian Guantanamo prisoner is planning to appeal his US terrorism conviction, his lawyer said Sunday. Omar Khadr , who spent 10 years in Guantanamo, is currently imprisoned in a maximum security...
Military judge rules 9/11 accused do not have to attend hearings
Five men accused of planning the 9/11 attacks do not have to attend court proceedings against them, a military judge ruled Monday. Army Col. James Pohl ruled that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed ,...
Canadian citizen Omar Khadr was transferred to Canada from Guantanamo Bay early Saturday morning to serve out the rest of his prison sentence under the authority of...
Canadian authorities received documents and materials about Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee and convict Omar Khadr from US authorities on Wednesday and will now consider whether he can be transferred into Canadian custody....
The UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Radhika Coomaraswamy on Friday renewed her call to transfer Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee and convict Omar Khadr to his home...
Lawyers for Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee and convict Omar Khadr on Thursday renewed calls for the Canadian government to respond to a request to transfer Khadr to Canada. A former child soldier...
The Canadian Department of Justice on Thursday refused to acknowledge last week's criticism from the UN Committee Against Torture (UNCAT) that Canada has been complicit in torture. During a court hearing in Ottawa for Abdullah...