Abousfian Abdelrazik is seeking $27-million in damages from the federal government and former foreign affairs minister Lawrence Cannon
A Montreal man accusing the Canadian government of abandoning him in Sudan for six years that included detention and torture over suspected links to terrorism has acknowledged he encountered a pair of men later convicted in high-profile terrorism cases, but says his encounters were fleeting.
He is seeking $27-million in damages from the federal government and Lawrence Cannon, the foreign affairs minister during the latter part of his 2003 to 2009 ordeal in Sudan. He was imprisoned for 19 months, during which he says he was beaten and tortured, and held under varied forms of house arrest for an additional months.
He mentioned, in his opening remarks, that Mr. Abdelrazik admitted to knowing the two men convicted of terrorism offenses.Mr. Ressam, an Algerian-born Montrealer, was found guilty of planning to blow up the Los Angeles airport, after his 1999 arrest in Seattle in a car filled with explosives. Fateh Kamel was convicted in France, in 2001, on terrorism charges, served four years in prison and returned to Canada in 2005 after being released early for good behavior. Mr. Abdelrazik said he had fleeting encounters with Mr. Kamel, including at a Montreal mosque and social encounters at an apartment.
Mr. Abdelrazik’s lawyer, Mr. Champ, in his opening remarks, said Canadian officials did not want Mr. Abdelrazik tortured, but they did not want him to return to Canada after his detention in Sudan.
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