Tag: Omar Khadr

Canada loses a human rights champion

Canada lost a passionate defender of human rights on December 30, 2023, with the passing of Edmonton-based lawyer Dennis Edney at the age of 77. Among his many high profile human rights cases, the one most well-known was his successful…

Bring Omar Khadr home!

By Roméo A. Dallaire The case of Omar Khadr—a Canadian citizen and former child soldier—is a stain upon our society and shows a blatant disregard for Canada’s obligations under international law. During his 10 nightmarish years at Bagram and Guantánamo…

The persecution of Omar Khadr

America and Obama Hit Bottom: Pressuring Child Soldier to Plead Guilty to Murder Violates International Law and Basic Common Decency By Dave Lindorff, Oct. 25, 2010 As the author of The Case for Impeachment (St. Martin’s Press, 2006), I never…

Rights groups urge Obama to stop Khadr trial

by Paul Koring, Globe and Mail, Jan. 13, 2009 WASHINGTON — Right groups challenged president-elect Barack Obama yesterday to stop the war-crimes trial of Canadian Omar Khadr, the first terrorist suspect scheduled to go on trial at Guantanamo only six…

Dallaire wants Obama to halt Khadr trial

Canwest News Service, Vancouver Sun, Jan. 12, 2009 WASHINGTON — Senator Romeo Dallaire and several human rights activists were in Washington on Monday calling on president-elect Barack Obama to stop the upcoming trial of Omar Khadr in Guantanamo Bay. The…