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Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Canada appeals court rules Khadr must be transferred from federal prison
[JURIST] The Alberta Court of Appeals [official website] ruled [text] Tuesday in favor of former Guantanamo Bay inmate Omar Khadr [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], ordering that he be transferred from a federal penitentiary to a provincial correctional facility. Khadr, a Canadian citizen now age 27, was captured by US forces after being found fighting in Afghanistan in 2002 at the age of 15. He spent eight years in Guantanamo before being convicted on five charges and sentenced to eight...
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