Myr Khadr Research Paper

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Mr. Smith CLU3M October 4th 2012 Omar Khadr Omar Khadr was born in Canada but all through his life he moved back and forth between here and Pakistan with his father, mother and sister. Omar’s father was in charge of several orphanages in Afghanistan and Pakistan but he eventually joined Al Qaeda and their family moved into the Osama Bin Laden compound where they grew close with the Bin Laden family, even attending the son’s wedding. Many people blame Omar’s family for getting him into the trouble he is in now but does that give government permission to infringe Omar’s rights? In 2002 Omar Khadr was 15 when he was captured and accused of killing an American soldier with a hand grenade. American troops had been investigating a compound in Eastern Afghanistan, two of them were shot at point blank and killed instantly and the battle began. The US called in air support and rained down everything they had from machine gun fire to four, five hundred pound bombs, they demolished the compound. When the dust cleared the troops searched the ruins, there was one lone shooter firing at them and a single grenade was thrown at the Americans, killing a medic. That man was Omar Khadr, he was shot twice but his life…show more content…
I believe that the infringements are justified to an extent under the reasonable limits clause. His family’s ties with Osama Bin Laden and his terrorist group play a huge factor in Omar’s conviction; they could not risk the whole of society to protect just one person. I agree however, that the torturous methods used on him were unacceptable and Canada should have done something to stop it, violating his rights under Section 1 of the Charter (Reasonable Limits Clause) had already been enough as well as being the youngest person ever in a prison such as

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