The federal appeals court has denied an appeal by the Harper government and upheld the ruling that Ottawa must seek Omar Khadr's repatriation to Canada. Omar Khadr, now 22 years old, was apprehended by...
Omar Khadr, a Canadian citizen, was picked up by U.S. Forces in 2002 and charged with murdering a U.S. soldier. The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the Canadian Government must lobby for his release with...
The Canadian Government is appealing the court decision that ordered it to pressure the United States to release/repatriate Omar Khadr to Canada. Omar Khadr has been in Guantanamo since 2002. He is accused...
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The infamous call to Al-Jazeera by a prisoner at Guantanamo Bay prison alleging torture and abuse is being investigated by military authorities. Mohammed el Gharani used his weekly phone opportunity to...
The sorry saga at Guantanamo Prison in Cuba continues. Today came news that Omar Khadr's military appointed, defense lawyer was removed from the case. The reasons for the reassignment were not given.Lt.-Cmdr . William Kuebler has been assigned to Khadr's defense...
For all the children who have never Danced in the rain For all the children who have never dreamed Other than of a glorified end For all the children who have always been afraid Never known a life without fear...
Prabhakaran has been destroying the Northern and Eastern Tamil children over a period of more than 25 years. Little boys and girls have been kidnapped and forcefully trained to kill, trained to hate, who should...
Jaffna SLA dishonors Court recommendation on moving HSZ boundaries [TamilNet, Tuesday, 17 February 2009, 02:51 GMT] The committee appointed by Supreme Court to consider the Courts' recommendation to expedite resettlement of displaced residents from the Sri Lanka Army (SLA)...
The Most Ruthless Genocidal State Terrorist Regime in The World, Sri Lankan Army USING CHILD SOLDIERS To take full advantage of Flickr, you should use a JavaScript-enabled browser and install the latest version of the Macromedia Flash Player. ...
Another narration by an internally displaced father about a Sri Lankan airforce bombing raid that led to his teenage son’s loss of right arm. My son qualified for faculty of arts through the 2006 university...
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Following is a narration by a 4th grader from the northern part of Sri Lanka (Vanni) of the Sri Lanka Airforce attack on an internally displaced hamlet on 29-November 2008. Because we have no father, my mother,...
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It's all about how you present your story.This spring I read Dave Eggers' heartbreaking book "What is the What", which recounts the powerful and tragic experience of Valentino Achak Deng, who was a child refugee...
Emmanual Jal makes global waves blending his experience as a child soldier in
Sudan's civil war with gospel style hip-hop. He was sent to fight with
the rebel army in Ethiopia and southern Sudan, one among...
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UPDATE: "An American military judge abruptly dropped all charges on Monday against Omar Khadr, although it's unlikely to mean freedom for the only Canadian at the U.S. Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba.The...
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