Posted by admin on Sep 8th, 2008
Jennifer Campbell. The Ottawa Citizen. Sunday, September 07, 2008
The birthday boy thanked the assembled crowd for coming out to a party he couldn’t attend. Ottawa terror suspect Mohammed Harkat, who was released under strict conditions after having spent four years in jail under a security certificate, wasn’t allowed to attend his own birthday party because the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), which is responsible for monitoring Mr. Harkat’s movements, said it would be a political gathering and that contravenes the conditions of his release.
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Posted by admin on Jun 27th, 2008
Thursday, June 26, 2008. CBC News
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Adil Charkaoui flashes a victory sign in Montreal after the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on his case Thursday. (Ryan Remiorz/Canadian Press)The Supreme Court of Canada has scolded Canada’s spy agency, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, for destroying classified evidence related to the case against a Montreal man accused of having links to terrorism. However, the court in Ottawa unanimously decided Thursday that it will not halt the proceedings to have Adil Charkaoui deported to his native Morocco.
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Posted by admin on Mar 2nd, 2008
Lawyers for Montreal terror suspect say revamped law is still unconstitutional: ‘The lawmaker didn’t respect the Supreme Court decision’
TU THANH HA. The Globe and Mail. February 29, 2008
MONTREAL — Canada’s revamped security certificate regime, which was hurriedly enacted two weeks ago, will face a constitutional challenge, lawyers for Montreal terror suspect Adil Charkaoui announced yesterday. The previous system had been overturned last year by the Supreme Court of Canada, which rejected its use of secret evidence against suspects. This forced the federal government to introduce a new law – Bill C-3 – creating “special advocate” lawyers who will act for defendants in closed-door hearings. In C-3’s wake, Ottawa filed five new certificates last week, redesignating Mr. Charkaoui and four other Muslim men as threats to national security who should be expelled from Canada. “It was a shock for us,” said one of Mr. Charkaoui’s lawyers, Johanne Doyon. She said she will file a request in Federal Court in three weeks, arguing that the new mechanism still violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
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Posted by admin on Feb 28th, 2008
Andrew Duffy. Canwest News Service. Thursday, February 28, 2008
OTTAWA – Five men publicly accused by the federal government of being terrorists want the right to contest allegations posted on the Federal Court of Canada’s website. In an open letter to Chief Justice Allan Lufty, two groups representing the terror suspects argue it is “unprecedented for a court to post ‘evidence’ for public review until it has been tested in court.” They’ve asked Lufty to grant them the right post links on the court’s website that would take readers to pages that offer a defence to the government’s unproven allegations. The issue promises to help define the meaning of an open justice system in an age when information can be accessed instantly, and by virtually anyone, on the Internet.
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Posted by admin on Feb 21st, 2008
Analysis of C-3: www.adilinfo.org/en/node/232
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Montreal, 22 February 2008 — The Coalition Justice for Adil Charkaoui yesterday called on ‘Minister of Public Safety’ Stockwell Day to refrain from signing a new security certificate against Adil Charkaoui and the other security certificate detainees under the new security certificate law, which is expected to enter into force any day. The organizations present at yesterday’s press conference also warned that the new security certificate legislation will once again be subject to a public campaign and a constitutional challenge.
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