Court rejects Abdullah Khadr extradition request

[Electric Monk]

Source: The Toronto Star

Abdullah Khadr walked out of a Toronto courtroom a free man Wednesday after an Ontario judge denied a U.S. request to send him to Boston to face terrorism charges.

Extradition orders to the U.S. are rarely denied, but Superior Court Justice Christopher Speyer ruled Wednesday that "this was an exceptional case on many levels."

The ruling comes just days before Khadr’s younger brother Omar goes on trial for war crimes in Guantanamo.

Reading passages from his 62-page decision, Speyer told a Toronto court that setting aside the extradition order was a "remedy of last resort" required in this case due to the fact that Khadr was illegally held and interrogated.

Khadr's lawyers Nathan Whitling and Dennis Edney had argued that extraditing Khadr would mean Canada supports countries that violate international law.

Read more: http://www.thestar.com/specialsections/omarkhadr/article/843726--court-rejects-abdullah-khadr-extradition-request?bn=1

[iandhr]

1. Does anyone know if he...

.... could be tried in Canada

[digidigido]

2. They hate us for our Freedoms.....ugh

[Solly Mack]

3. k/r