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Omar Khadr Canada

Khadr Interview Nixed After 'Overt Political Interference'

CP | Colin Perkel, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.28.2013 | Canada Politics

TORONTO - A federal cabinet minister rejected a request for a prison interview with former Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr even though the warden g...

Khadr To Appeal Terrorism Convictions: Lawyer

CP | Diana Mehta, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.01.2013 | Canada

TORONTO - Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr plans to appeal his terrorism convictions and hopes to walk free if his efforts are successful.Kha...

Khadr Will Appeal Terrorism Convictions: Lawyer

CBC | Posted 04.27.2013 | Canada

Omar Khadr will appeal his plea-bargained guilty plea and war crimes convictions in a U.S. civilian federal court, his Canadian lawyer has told CBC Ne...

What The Government Got Wrong About Khadr

CP | Colin Perkel, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.18.2013 | Canada Politics

TORONTO - The federal government's file on Omar Khadr contains faulty information based on a memo prepared by a senior policy analyst for Public Safet...

New Twist In Khadr Case

CP | Colin Perkel, The Canadian Press | Posted 03.24.2013 | Canada Politics

TORONTO - Omar Khadr's two Canadian lawyers have stepped down as his counsel after the former Guantanamo Bay inmate turned again to a man who spent ye...

Khadr Eligible For Day Parole In 3 Months

CBC | Posted 12.05.2012 | Canada Politics

Controversial convict Omar Khadr could be released from prison on day parole in less than three months. According to a timetable provided...

5 Things Everyone Wants To Know About Omar Khadr

CBC | Posted 12.02.2012 | Canada Politics

Omar Khadr is currently being assessed at the Millhaven Institute, a maximum-security prison in eastern Ontario. He returned to Canada over the weeken...

U.S. Didn't Have To Pressure Canada On Khadr: Ambassador

CP | Mike Blanchfield, The Canadian Press | Posted 12.01.2012 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - The United States didn't have to pressure Canada to repatriate convicted terrorist Omar Khadr from its Cuban military prison, American envoy ...

Back To School?

CBC | Posted 11.30.2012 | Canada Alberta

An Edmonton educator who has spent nearly two years tutoring Omar Khadr says the prisoner should be given the chance to re-enter society and that her ...

Omar Khadr: 'Desperate' To Be A Normal Canadian?

CP | Colin Perkel, The Canadian Press | Posted 11.30.2012 | Canada Politics

TORONTO - Hours after a disbelieving Omar Khadr arrived in Canada following his 10 years in the notorious U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, among his fir...

What's Next For Khadr?

CBC | Posted 11.30.2012 | Canada Politics

Omar Khadr spent a second day at the Millhaven federal penitentiary on Sunday under a 23-hour-a-day lockdown with a member of his legal team accusing ...

When Can Khadr Get Parole?

CBC | Posted 11.29.2012 | Canada Politics

Omar Khadr, a 26-year-old Canadian, is currently being held at Millhaven Institution, a maximum security prison in eastern Ontario after U.S. authorit...

Omar Khadr: Canadian or Second Class Citizen?

Abubakar Kasim | Posted 11.29.2012 | Canada Politics
Abubakar Kasim

The arrival of Omar Khadr on Canadian soil was long overdue. It is the right thing to do and justice has finally been served. This saga has put our values and principles to the test. These people who are upset to see the government's move to bring him back to Canada should learn to accept the reality of our system. The system should be applied the same to everyone whether the person in question is someone we like or not. Learning from the Omar Khadr saga, I am fearful and uneasy. In spite of been granted citizenship, I feel that I am somehow judged as someone else -- perhaps a second class citizen. Perhaps there should be first class, second class and even third class Canadian citizenship. At least we would know who we really are and each person would know what to expect.

Timeline Of Khadr's Legal Odyssey

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 11.29.2012 | Canada Politics

TORONTO - 1975: Egypt-born Ahmed Said Khadr migrates to Canada, meets and marries Maha Elsamnah.1985: Ahmen Said Khadr moves to Pakistan at the height...

The Twitter History Of Tories' Omar Khadr Denial

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 09.29.2012 | Canada Politics

Omar Khadr has returned to Canada, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews confirmed Saturday morning. Khadr arrived at CFB Trenton at 7:40 EST and autho...

Omar Khadr Repatriated

CP | Colin Perkel, The Canadian Press | Posted 11.29.2012 | Canada Politics

TORONTO - A decade after 15-year-old Omar Khadr was pulled near death from the rubble of a bombed-out compound in Afghanistan, the Canadian citizen se...

Althia Raj

Bring Khadr Home Now, Lawyer Tells Tories

HuffingtonPost.com | Althia Raj | Posted 11.13.2012 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA -- Omar Khadr's lawyer says his client shouldn't have to languish in a Guantanamo prison camp for a few more months before returning to Canada....

Canada Blames U.S. For Khadr Transfer Delay

CP | Colin Perkel, The Canadian Press | Posted 11.12.2012 | Canada Politics

TORONTO - New court documents show the Canadian government is defending itself against allegations it is deliberately dragging its feet in allowing Om...

TWITTER REACTS: Omar Khadr Returning To Canada

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 11.12.2012 | Canada Politics

The fight to bring Omar Khadr back to Canada is ending, but the debate about whether that's in Canada's best interests is still raging. When Huffin...

Althia Raj

Omar Khadr Coming Back To Canada

HuffingtonPost.com | Althia Raj | Posted 09.13.2012 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA — Convicted war criminal Omar Khadr will be back in Canada before winter, ending a diplomatic logjam with the United States after a controver...

Will Toews Finally Make A Decision On Khadr?

CP | Colin Perkel, The Canadian Press | Posted 11.05.2012 | Canada Politics

TORONTO - American military authorities have given the Canadian government the videotapes and documents it wanted related to Guantanamo Bay detainee O...

Will Khadr Come Between Canada and the U.S.?

Christopher Sands | Posted 09.22.2012 | Canada
Christopher Sands

A request for additional information by Canadian Minister of Public Safety Vic Toews last week has created doubt as to whether Canada wants Khadr back. Some Canadian observers have suggested that a bilateral row over Khadr is brewing and could generate a full-blown crisis in the U.S.-Canadian relationship.

Feds Urged To Hurry Up With Khadr Transfer

CP | Colin Perkel, The Canadian Press | Posted 09.18.2012 | Canada Politics

TORONTO - The Harper government's foot-dragging on the return of Omar Khadr from Guantanamo Bay is unprecedented in light of the commitment it gave th...

Omar Khadr: Peace-Loving Canadian Or al-Qaeda Royalty?

CBC | Posted 09.18.2012 | Canada

In preparation for his 2010 trial at a military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Omar Khadr was interviewed by psychiatrists, including Dr. Michael W...

Omar Khadr's Coming Back. Get Used to It.

Peter Worthington | Posted 06.27.2012 | Canada
Peter Worthington

To view Omar Khadr as "treasonous," or even as "criminal," is wrong to the point of absurdity. He's done nothing against Canada. His "crime" of murder -- to which he confessed, in order to facilitate return to Canada -- was fighting against an invader.