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The Omar Khadr Case Rattles Canada

Convicted murderer Omar Khadr is laughing all the way to the bank. Or so it would seem. Khadr, a Canadian citizen born in Toronto, hit the jackpot after Canada’s prime minister, Justin Trudeau, decided to settle a $20 million lawsuit the Arab Canadian had filed against the federal  government in 2013 for having breached his […]

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Guantanamo’s Child

Omar Khadr smile as he finishes speaking to the media outside his new home after being granted bail in Edmonton on Thursday, May 7, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

Terrorist or child soldier? That’s the question Patrick Reed and Michelle Shepard implicitly pose with respect to Omar Khadr in their 80-minute documentary, Guantanamo’s Child, which will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival later this month. Khadr, the first juvenile ever tried for war crimes, is an Arab Canadian of Egyptian […]