Friday, April 06, 2007

Canada gets tough on terrorism

BBC: The first person to be charged under Canada's anti-terrorism act has lost his attempt to challenge the law over its constitutionality.

Mohammed Momin Khawaja, a Canadian citizen, was arrested in March 2004 in a joint UK-Canadian operation and was accused of planning to attack the UK.

He argued that the new law was unconstitutional following a ruling by a provincial judge.

But the Supreme Court of Canada decided not to hear Mr Khawaja's appeal. Canadian’s terror appeal denied

Mark Alexander

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