Original author: Matthew Behrens, tasc at web dot ca
Source: TASC Email List
Sate: July 27, 2005

Below is a link to the full report from the second part of the bail hearing for secret trial detainee Hassan Almrei, held almost four years in solitary confinement, without charge, on secret evidence neither he nor his lawyers are allowed to see, at Metro West Detention Centre in Toronto. The report covers everything from the CSIS officer who needed help with his geography to the countless national security objections which were raied by government lawyers in response to fairly innocuous questions.

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In related secret trial news, Hassan is now in day 35 of a hunger strike, with no end in sight. Mohammad Mahjoub, also in solitary confinement, is in day 20 of a hunger strike. Mahmoud Jaballah is making an application for bail this August that is being contested by the federal government, despite the fact Jaballah has been held four years without charge. All men, along with Mohamed Harkat in Ottawa and Adil Charkaoui in Montreal, continue to fight efforts by the federal government to deport them to torture.

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