Security Certificate - Outstanding Security Certificates

Outstanding Security Certificates

Adil Charkaoui's security certificate was quashed in October 2009 by the Federal Court. Hassan Almrei's security certificate was quashed in December 2009. Three others remain imprisoned under house arrest. The conditions of the three people subject to outstanding certificates are as follows:

• Mohammad Zeki Mahjoub, an Egyptian detained in Toronto since June 2000, ordered released under house arrest by a Federal Court judge on February 15, 2007. Because Mahjoub and his wife, Mona El Fouli, found that his conditions of house arrest "had humiliated them and deprived their two sons of any semblance of a normal life," he requested to be returned to custody at the Kingston Immigration Holding Centre in March 2009. He was on hunger strike in protest of his conditions there since June 1, 2009. Mahjoub was released from prison into house arrest in January 2010. He continues to fight for his freedom through legal action.

• Mahmoud Jaballah, an Egyptian detained in Toronto since August 2001, also ordered to be released under house arrest by a Federal Court judge on March 6, 2007. Jaballah remains under strict house arrest while he continues to fight his legal case.

• Mohamed Harkat, an Algerian held in Toronto since December 2002 and released on bail in June 2006. He was placed under 24-hour supervision by his wife and must wear an electronic monitoring device. He was ordered deported in July 2006 but remained in Canada as court battles continued until the Supreme Court struck down the legislation in February 2007. A new security certificate was issued in February 2008 under new legislation. This certificate was upheld by Federal Court Justice Simon Noel on 9 December 2010, almost eight years to the day of his original arrest. Harkat is currently fighting the deportation order.