Posted by admin on Feb 11th, 2009
Secret Canadian Border Services Agency Manual on Security Certificate Detainees Reveals Operational Details Far Exceeding Court-Ordered Conditions
TORONTO, FEBRUARY 11, 2009 – In a stunning confirmation of what secret trials opponents have long suspected, a redacted version of a secret Canadian government manual reveals that the draconian conditions of house arrest imposed on those subject to security certificates are being used as a cover for intelligence gathering purposes on the detainees, their families, their supervisors, their friends, and their communities.
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Posted by admin on Jan 26th, 2009
Janice Tibbetts, Canwest News Service. Published: Monday, January 26, 2009
OTTAWA – The Canadian government is considering whether to keep open a high-security facility for foreign terror suspects – dubbed Guantanamo North by its critics – now that the centre is about to release its last detainee. With the pending exit of Hassan Almrei, who is being held on a controversial “security certificate” permitting the government to detain non-Canadians without charge, the six-bunk prison near Kingston, Ont., will be effectively mothballed.
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Posted by admin on Jan 17th, 2009
By Sue Montgomery, The Gazette. January 17, 2009
At 7 on a minus-30C morning, Adil Charkaoui descends the steps of his Anjou duplex with his 5-year-old son and 7-year-old daughter in tow. He has three things in his hands: a coffee, La Presse and a GPS tracking system allowing Canadian authorities to monitor every move he makes throughout his day. But before he’s allowed to back out of his driveway, Charkaoui, 35, must have two more things: a green light on the walkie-talkie-like GPS – signaling that Canada Border Services Agency is awake and watching – and his dad.
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Posted by admin on Jan 12th, 2009
Toronto Star. Jan 12, 2009. Monia Mazigh
Last week, the last person held under a security certificate in Canada was ordered released by an Ontario judge under strict conditions. Hassan Almrei, a Syrian national, was held in solitary confinement for almost eight years under the controversial security certificate process. He protested the conditions of his incarceration with the only tool that he had, launching several hunger strikes in an attempt to have his most basic rights respected.
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Posted by admin on Jan 2nd, 2009
Toronto Star, January 02, 2009. Michelle Shephard
The last remaining terrorism suspect who has been held for seven years under a “national security certificate” has been ordered released from detention. Federal court Justice Richard Mosley ruled Friday that there is no evidence that Syrian Hassan Almrei “poses a threat to the safety of any individual” and should be released under strict conditions. “I am satisfied that any risk that he might pose to national security or of absconding can be neutralized by conditions,” Mosley wrote in his 100-page ruling.
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