Harkat faces torture if deported, say supporters

posted on April 21, 2005 | in Category Mohamed Harkat | PermaLink

Source: CBC News
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Date: April 20, 2005


OTTAWA - Thirty people demonstrated in support of Mohamed Harkat Wednesday in downtown Ottawa, urging the government not to deport the Algerian man who has been held for over two years on a security certificate.

Security certificates allow the government to detain suspected terrorists indefinitely without charge.

Harkat is an Algerian refugee arrested in December 2002 after CSIS accused him of being an al-Qaeda "sleeper." The security agency alleges that Harkat is an Islamic extremist who trained under Osama bin Laden's top lieutenants in Afghanistan.

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