In February 2009, the Federal Court finally lifted most of the interim conditions imposed on Adil Charkaoui. Adil was arrested under a so-called security certificate in 2003; he spent almost two years in jail before being released under draconian conditions pending the outcome of the process against him. Now, for the first time in six years, Adil is able to travel freely outside Montreal. In June, he will be taking advantage of this restored freedom to travel to other parts of Canada to speak about his continuing struggle to clear his name and achieve justice in Canada.
While the decision in February was a very welcome step in the right direction, Adil's struggle is not over. He is still forced to wear a GPS-tracking bracelet; he continues to live under the label of "suspected terrorist" (a label which has already cost him his job and much more); and he is still threatened with deportation to torture.
Adil Charkaoui is one of five men in Canada who are undergoing the Kafka-esque security certificate process. All are still subject to the agonizingly irrational "security" certificate process, deeply invasive and suffocating bail conditions, and live under threat of deportation and torture.
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