Adil Charkaoui

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Adil Charkaoui (born 1974) is a Morocco-born permanent resident of Canada suspected by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service of having ties with the al Qaeda terrorist network. He is one of several men detained by the Canadian government under security certificates, awaiting deportation.

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[edit] Personal history

Charkaoui has been living in Montreal, Quebec since 1995, when he moved to Canada with his mother, father and sister. He graduated from the University of Montreal and planned to be a teacher. He is married to a Canadian and has three children.

[edit] Detainment

Charkaoui was arrested in May 2003 and detained as a threat to national security. He was released from custody on $50,000 dollars bail on 18 February 2005. His bail conditions included a curfew, electronic monitoring and designated chaperones for leaving his home.

[edit] Court challenge

Charkaoui has consistently denied the allegations against him and has challenged the legitimacy of the security certificate regime. Canadian authorities have refused to disclose much of the evidence against Charkaoui, relying on provisions in the security certificate process that allow evidence to be kept from the defence and in some cases, even the Court.

Charkaoui has been at the centre of a public campaign against the use of state power in the name of the "war on terror". In February 2006, Amnesty International reminded Canada, “His fundamental right to liberty and security of the person accords him the right to due process or release from the restrictive bail conditions that have been imposed on him.”

In the February of 2007, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision of Charkaoui v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) on the appeals Charkaoui, Almrei, and Harkat. The Court held that the procedures used to review restricted evidence was unconstitutional. However, the judgment will not take effect for one year.

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