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Guantánamo ex-inmate Omar Khadr is a child offender, Canada high court rules
Source: Agence France-Presse
Guantánamo ex-inmate Omar Khadr is a child offender, Canada high court rules
AFP in Ottawa
Thursday 14 May 2015 20.20 BST
Canada’s high court has rejected Ottawa’s bid to treat former Guantánamo detainee Omar Khadr, who was just 15 when he was captured on an Afghan battlefield, as an adult criminal.
The government had brought the legal challenge to prevent Khadr’s transfer from a Canadian federal penitentiary to a more comfortable provincial correctional facility for petty criminals and young offenders.
The supreme court decision on Thursday is now moot since Khadr was released on bail last week.
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AFP in Ottawa
Thursday 14 May 2015 20.20 BST
Canada’s high court has rejected Ottawa’s bid to treat former Guantánamo detainee Omar Khadr, who was just 15 when he was captured on an Afghan battlefield, as an adult criminal.
The government had brought the legal challenge to prevent Khadr’s transfer from a Canadian federal penitentiary to a more comfortable provincial correctional facility for petty criminals and young offenders.
The supreme court decision on Thursday is now moot since Khadr was released on bail last week.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/14/canada-guantanamo-omar-khadr-child-offender
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