Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 21 Dec 2018, 02:13 pm Print
Edmonton: An Edmonton judge will rule on former Guantanamo Bay detained Omar Khadr's request for relaxed bail conditions and a Canadian passport.
Khadr's lawyer Nathan Whitling said it is unfair for his client to live life with such restrictions with a legal process having no end in sight, CTV News reported.
Whitling has been quoted by CTV News, "His case is different because of the extraordinarily long time that he's been on bail ... because of the extraordinary delays that have occurred with his foreign appeal."
Khadr is on bail in a sixteen-year old case.
US soldier Sgt.Christopher Speer was killed in a grenade thrown by Khadr sixteen years ago during a firefight between the U.S. soldiers and Taliban fighters.
After serving ten years of imprisonment, Khadr admitted his guilt and recanted in American custody of Guantanamo Bay. He was later allowed to go to Canada.
During the period of his imprisonment, Khadr filed a civil suit against the Canadian government for conspiring against him along with the US counterpart and for breaching his rights.
In 2017, the Canadian government paid a sum of C$10.5-million to Khadr as a compensation.
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