Stunning setback for Gitmo War Crimes Trials
This setback means not only that Khadr's defense will have access to a lot of the context of his interrogations denied to him by the Military Tribunals process, but adds to a growing body of Canadian Legal precedent that increasingly regards US activities as exceptional and extra-legal.Ottawa ordered to give Khadr interrogation documents
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KIRK MAKIN
Globe and Mail Update
May 23, 2008 at 10:19 AM EDT
The Supreme Court of Canada has ordered the federal government to hand over information to alleged terrorist Omar Khadr that it gleaned from interrogation sessions that Canadian agents held with him in 2003.
Now 21, Mr. Khadr's U. S. war-crimes trial is scheduled to begin later this year. His lawyers are seeking the material in order to prepare his defence.
The 9-0 decision – signed simply "by the Court" – said that Mr. Khadr is entitled to any records of the interviews, regardless of what form they are in. It stated that he must also be given any information that Canadian authorities have given to their US counterparts as a direct consequence of conducting the interviews.
Friday morning's decision is a
major triumph for a growing phalanx of Khadr supporters who believe that
Canada has washed its hands of complicity in an abusive U.S. military process.more at:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080523.wscockhadr0523/BNStory/National/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20080523.wscockhadr0523