Appeal For The Release of Evidence Through The Canadian Justice System
Mohamedou Slahi and Ahcene Zemiri appealed through the Canadian Justice system for the release of classified documents about these two former Canadian residents. Both men were interviewed by Canadian security officials before leaving Canada for Afghanistan. Their lawyers argued that the notes from the Canadian interviews would have been relied on by the Americans, when building their own dossiers against the two men. They had requested the Canadian evidence in order to make their case for their freedom in the US Justice system.
Justice Edmond Blanchard ruled that since the men weren't Canadian citizens, and their connection to Canada was "tenuous", the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms didn't apply to them. Slahi is married to a Canadian, and had once been granted permanent residence status in Canada. The Supreme Court of Canada had ruled that the Canadian government should publish classified documents the Americans had shared about Canadian citizen Omar Khadr.
Nathan Whitling, one of their Canadian lawyers, predicted that their American habeas corpus cases will be heard before a planned appeal of Blanchard's ruling.
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