If I’m deported to Algeria, send along a casket, terror suspect Harkat warns
OTTAWA – Terror suspect Mohamed Harkat says if he’s deported to his native Algeria, the Canadian government should send a casket along with him because he’ll be killed.
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court of Canada upheld the national security certificate against Harkat, unanimously ruling the process is consistent with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
But Harkat, 45, says he’s likely to be tortured and killed if returned to Algeria, given the high-profile accusations against him.
Harkat was taken into custody in Ottawa in December 2002 on suspicion of being an al-Qaida sleeper agent — an accusation he denies.
The federal government is trying to deport the Algerian refugee on a security certificate — a seldom-used tool for removing non-citizens suspected of involvement in terrorism.
Harkat’s lawyers argued the process was unfair because the person named in a certificate doesn’t see the full case against them.
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