OTTAWA — Fifteen years after filing a lawsuit against the Canadian government over his detention in Sudan, Abousfian Abdelrazik is getting his day in court.
An eight-week civil trial, slated to begin in Federal Court today, will revisit events that unfolded two decades ago against a backdrop of heightened vigilance against the threat of extremism.
He returned to Canada in 2009 after the Federal Court ruled Ottawa breached his constitutional rights by refusing to give him an emergency passport. "It is shameful that this case took 15 years to get to trial as the Canadian government tried everything to delay and derail it," said Paul Champ, a lawyer for Abdelrazik.
Federal Court Justice Patrick Gleeson rejected a motion from government lawyers to exclude the public and media from the courtroom during the officials' testimony to prevent inadvertent disclosure of sensitive secrets.
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