{"id":337,"date":"2009-11-06T14:53:26","date_gmt":"2009-11-06T21:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harvardnsj.com\/?p=337"},"modified":"2009-11-06T14:53:26","modified_gmt":"2009-11-06T21:53:26","slug":"canadian-court-orders-release-of-accused-terrorist-sympathizer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/nsj\/2009\/11\/canadian-court-orders-release-of-accused-terrorist-sympathizer\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Court Orders Release of Accused Terrorist Sympathizer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBy Jonathan Abrams, <\/strong>HLS 2012 NSJ Staff Writer
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

On October 14th, a Canadian Federal Court judge dismissed the Canadian government\u2019s case against a Montreal resident arrested under a controversial deportation program.<\/p>\n

In 2003, Adil Charkaoui was arrested under a security certificate–an administrative tool by which the Canadian government can detain non-citizens without charge and without showing them or their lawyers the evidence against them.\u00a0 The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) alleged that Mr. Charkaoui was an al-Qaeda sympathizer who should be returned to his native Morocco.<\/p>\n

After two years’ imprisonment, Mr. Charkaoui was released, but made to wear an ankle bracelet, placing him under virtual house arrest.\u00a0 Beginning in February, Judge Danielle Tremblay-Lamer ordered that many of the conditions placed upon him be removed as they had become disproportionate given the time that had elapsed since he first faced terrorist allegations.<\/p>\n

In July, the government was ordered to reveal its evidence against Charkaoui.\u00a0 The government refused, citing national security concerns.\u00a0 It then withdrew the evidence, thereby rendering the certificate void.<\/p>\n

The sixty-eight page judgment handed down on October 14th declared the certificate quashed with no right of appeal on the part of the government.\u00a0 Judge Tremblay-Lamer wrote, \u201cIt’s understandable that a disagreement on . . . one element of the evidence might lead the ministers to believe the court has given more weight to the rights of an individual over the demands of national security. . . .\u00a0 However, this belief is not founded.”<\/p>\n

Mr. Charkaoui is demanding an apology and compensation from the federal government.<\/p>\n

Canadian authorities are still detaining four men under authority of security certificates.\u00a0 All are seeking to avoid deportation.<\/p>\n

Articles about the case are available at The Canadian Press<\/a> and The Montreal Gazette<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Jonathan Abrams, HLS 2012 NSJ Staff Writer On October 14th, a Canadian Federal Court judge dismissed the Canadian government\u2019s case against a Montreal resident arrested under a controversial deportation program. In 2003, Adil Charkaoui was arrested under a security certificate–an administrative tool by which the Canadian government can detain non-citizens without charge and without showing them or their lawyers the evidence against them.\u00a0 The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) alleged that Mr. Charkaoui was an al-Qaeda sympathizer who should be returned to his native Morocco. 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