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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-16-07 12:03 AM
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Activists descend on CBSA offices to protest Canada's security certificates
TORONTO (CP) - Nearly 20 human-rights activists gathered Monday outside the offices of the Canada Border Services Agency to protest the ongoing detention of three men who have been held behind bars for more than four years as perceived threats to national security.

Protesters, some of them clad in orange jumpsuits similar to those worn by prisoners, braved cold temperatures and freezing rain to show their support for Mohammad Mahjoub, 45, Mahmoud Jaballah, 44, and Hassan Almrei, 33.

"These men have been very clear: 'If you have a case against us, charge us in open court,"' said protest organizer Matthew Behrens ...

The men are being held under security certificates - a controversial tool that allows federal authorities, with Ottawa's permission, to detain suspects deemed to pose a threat to national security without having to lay charges or disclose evidence ...

http://www.brandonsun.com/story.php?story_id=39350
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