Free Mohammed Mahjoub!
Since receiving a Canadian "security certificate" in 2000, Mohammed Mahjoub has spent seven years in prison, and the rest under a strict regime of house arrest.
According to The Canadian Press, the information leading to his detention was "derived from torture." The Canadian Bar Association claims that the law under which Mahjoub is detained is unconstitutional.
Canada's spy agency, CSIS, admits that it has no fresh information, but argues that Mahjoub is still a "potential" terrorist. The CSIS refuses to reveal all their evidence against Mahjoub. 'Agent No.4,' who cannot be named, testified in court that Mahjoub has a "certain deeply held belief system."
Apparently, this "belief system" warrants a decade of imprisonment, surveillance, and harassment. Agents, charged with "eyes-on" surveillance techniques, once followed Mahjoub into a hospital room, where his wife was suffering a miscarriage.
Tell Prime Minister Stephen Harper to free Mohammed Mahjoub!
We the undersigned ask that you immediately release Mohammed Mahjoub. After fleeing torture in Egypt, Mahjoub came to Canada hoping to enjoy human rights, the rule of law, and an open legal process. Instead, Mahjoub has faced secret trials, unnecessary surveillance, and indefinite detention.
Secret police have no place in open societies. Every person, even those not born in Canada, must be considered innocent until they have been proven guilty. It is not clear precisely what Mahjoub has done to warrant such cruel and unusual punishment, but it is clear that it would not be suffered by a Canadian citizen. We the undersigned urge you to release Mahjoub at once, to prove to the world that Canada is still an open society.
