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Canadian Court Orders Khadr Return

HeadlineApr 24, 2009

In Canada, a federal court has ruled the Canadian government must immediately seek the return of the Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr. Khadr was fifteen years old when US troops imprisoned him in Afghanistan in 2002. On Thursday, the Federal Court of Canada ruled the government had violated Khadr’s rights by not seeking his return.

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