Sudan threats to Abdelrazik known by Ottawa: emails

CHIMO

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Tue Jul-21-09 06:54 PM
Original message

Sudan threats to Abdelrazik known by Ottawa: emails

Source: CBC News

Newly released documents suggest the Canadian government knew a Montreal man detained in Sudan had been threatened with extrajudicial execution, but Ottawa did nothing to bring him home.

Abousfian Abdelrazik was stranded for six years in Sudan, despite CSIS and the RCMP clearing him of terrorism allegations.

Abdelrazik, 47, returned to Canada last month after a Federal Court judge ordered the federal government to have him repatriated, ruling Ottawa had violated his charter rights.

His lawyers obtained the heavily redacted emails between Canadian embassy officials in Khartoum and government officials in Ottawa through Canada's Privacy Act and posted them online on Tuesday.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2009/07/21/abdelrazik-sudan-emails072109.html

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 | 7:18 PM ET

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators

Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.