Abousfian Abdelrazik comments on the UN decision to remove his name from a terrorism blacklist during a news conference Thursday, December 1, 2011 in Montreal. Abdelrazik's lawsuit over his detention and alleged torture in Sudan is heading to a Federal Court hearing in September following the abrupt cancellation of settlement talks.
Fifteen years after filing a lawsuit against the Canadian government over his detention in Sudan, Abousfian Abdelrazik is getting his day in court.Abousfian Abdelrazik in a news conference in December 2011 in Montreal. Abdelrazik's lawsuit over his detention and alleged torture in Sudan is heading to a Federal Court hearing in today, following the abrupt cancellation of settlement talks.
The suit, filed in 2009 and amended in 2017, also names Lawrence Cannon, the Conservative foreign affairs minister from 2008 to 2011.He attained refugee status in 1990 after arriving in Canada, became a Canadian citizen five years later and now lives in Montreal.Crown seeks closed-door hearings for lawsuit claiming feds contributed to Canadian's torture
Federal lawyers reject suggestions the Crown breached any duty of care owed to Abdelrazik or that any such breach contributed to his alleged false imprisonment, torture and abuse. Among the high-profile witnesses expected to testify are Cannon; Maxime Bernier, who preceded him as foreign minister; former national security adviser Margaret Bloodworth; recently departed CSIS director David Vigneault; and former senator Mobina Jaffer.
Champ argues the evidentiary record overwhelmingly points to CSIS working with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency to arrange for Abdelrazik's arrest by the Sudanese authorities.
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