不良研究所

Lecture by Yavar Hameed, counsel to Abousfian Abdelrazik.

Since 2003, Mr. Abdelrazik, a Montrealer and a Canadian citizen, has been in and out of Sudanese custody, where he was detained without charge at Canada鈥檚 request and tortured by interrogators. Mr. Hameed took up the case on a pro bono basis and successfully persuaded the Federal Court to order Mr. Abdelrazik's repatriation this summer. Mr. Abdelrazik still faces a number of challenges. He remains on a UN Security Council Resolution 1267 list that imposes on him an asset freeze and a travel ban. Mr. Abdelrazik has filed a civil lawsuit against the Canadian government and the Minister of Foreign Affairs claiming damages in the amount of $27 million.

In this lecture, Mr. Hameed will detail Mr. Abdelrazik's ordeal, comment on the challenges that remain and address some of the broader concerns in Canada's anti-terrorism policy.

This is the introductory lecture to the Symposium on Counter-Terrorism and Civil Liberties which will take place at 不良研究所 in February. Details on the Symposium are forthcoming.

The Symposium and this lecture are organized by a group of students from 不良研究所's Faculty of Law (including the Muslim Law Students' Association, the Human Rights Working Group and the Arab Law Students' Association) and students at the University of Windsor's Faculty of Law. The events are sponsored by 不良研究所's Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism.