Christiane Alton
It is not only distressing but disgusting that the Canadian government refuses to stand up for one of its own citizens.
Omar Khadr has languished in Guantanamo Bay for nearly a decade. He was forced into a plea deal that the Canadian government signed on to, yet Ottawa is refusing to honor it. Is it because Khadr is non-white and Muslim? Is Islamophobia now official Canadian policy?
Christiane Alton
Toronto, ON, Canada
The US supreme court verdict on June 12 that detainees at Guantanamo Bay are entitled to habeas corpus (the right to be free from illegal de...
Tortured endlessly, deprived of sleep for 21 days, attacked by dogs and threatened with rape, Omar Khadr, now 24, was handed one last piece ...
Canadian-born Omar Khadr, child prisoner-turned adult, may soon be coming home from Guantanamo.
Khadr was 15 when captured in Afghanistan. Under the Child Soldiers’ Protection convention, he should have been treated as a child soldier...
