Omar Khadr has some reprieve from the illegal trial in the US for the moment. A Military judge has dismissed the charges against Khadr because of some wording, however he has said that new charges could be filed against him in the future.
The US needs to release this young man. They have detained him without proper cause and are in violation of International Law. For those unfamiliar with the case Omar was 15 at the time of his imprisonment and therefore under international treaties is considered a "child solider". However because the American and Canadian government--to some extent--have this war on terror and this view that all people involved in the conflict are considered enemy combatants then they should be imprisoned. I have written on this issue before and I feel that the American government needs to be held accountable.
The Canadian government is not without scandal on this issue. They are afraid to approach this child because of our countries problems with this family. The Canadian government is failing this child because of their problems without taking into consideration that the development of this child was a household of hate. Had Khadr a different last name then I suspect the government would be up in arms but because he shares the same last name and blood line of a terrorist and grew up in a house that normalized hatred for anything American or 'western' then this child is not worth saving. I'm ashamed to say I'm Canadian for this very reason. We are a nation of hypocrisy. We say we're the nation that pushes human rights yet we refuse to look after our own child in Gitmo. What a sad state of affairs if you ask me.
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