Terror suspect barred from speaking at conference
COLIN FREEZE November 10, 2007 Adil Charkaoui's name may be forever affixed to a landmark civil-liberties decision by the Supreme Court of Canada, but Amnesty International organizers are being forced to scratch it off a scheduled speakers' list for a youth conference today. The Federal Court yesterday ruled that the security considerations surrounding the Moroccan immigrant, still considered a potential al-Qaeda member, preclude him from addressing the conference bearing his name - The Use of Security Certificates: The Experience of Adil Charkaoui. Mr. Justice Simon Noël had been considering Mr. Charkaoui's application that he be allowed to speak at the conference. But yesterday he ruled nothing exists in the suspect's strict bail conditions that would allow the court to contemplate a 500-kilometre return trip from Montreal, a city where the suspect's every move is watched by federal agents. The court blocked the travel plans, arguing it would be more appropriate for Mr. Charkaoui to speak through video link to students gathering at a high school in Lévis, Que. In an interview, Mr. Charkaoui stated he would not speak by video link and complained the federal government is silencing him. "They are using national security to not allow me to speak," he said. Last year, the Supreme Court examined the case of Mr. Charkaoui and two other al-Qaeda suspects as it found Canada's practice of using security certificates to jail and deport immigrants unconstitutional because of the secrecy surrounding the proceedings. Parliament is considering legislation intended to improve the law, by allowing government-appointed "special advocates" to hear secret evidence that suspects remain barred from seeing. Deportations of the al-Qaeda suspects have universally stalled under fear they would be tortured in their homelands. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
