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A Canadian captured by American forces in Afghanistan at the age of 15, Omar Khadr is a confessed war criminal currently on interim release from prison in Canada pending an appeal of his war-crimes conviction before a military commission in Guantanamo Bay. Formerly the only Western citizen remaining in Guantanamo, Khadr is unique in that Canada refused to seek extradition or repatriation despite the urgings of Amnesty International, the Canadian Bar Association and other prominent organisations.〔 〕〔 〕〔 〕 His lawyer Dennis Edney has summarised the differential response towards Khadr stating that "one of the problems" with defending the youth is that he's a member of the Khadr family rather than "a Smith or an Arar"〔Humphreys, Adrian. ''National Post'', "(Khadr helped al-Qaeda with GPS ), November 2, 2006〕 In a 2012 poll, 60% of Canadian citizens oppose Khadr's return to Canada.〔Akin, David, (Canada doesn't want Khadr back: Poll ), ''Lucknow Sentinel'', August 22, 2012〕 For several years following Khadr's capture in 2002, his case did not generate any "serious controversy".〔Roach, Kent. "September 11: Consequences for Canada", 2003. pp 163.〕 Once his military tribunals began however, his case drew considerable attention as a child soldier, with commentators seizing on the fact he is the youngest prisoner held in extrajudicial detention by the United States to face charges in the War on Terror. At this time, commentators began trying to distance Khadr from Canada, suggesting that he had never really been a Canadian except by technicalities. By 2007, interest in his case had grown exponentially although Canadians remained divided on whether he should be repatriated.〔Shephard, Michelle, Toronto Star, "(Harper urged to intervene for Khadr )", February 25, 2008〕〔Shephard, Michelle, ''Toronto Star'', (Survey finds divided views of Khadr ), April 24, 2008〕 Canada's three main opposition parties, the Liberals, NDP and Bloc Québécois, have all condemned Prime Minister Stephen Harper for refusing to demand the United States turn Khadr over to Canadian authorities.〔〔Liberal Party of Canada, (Khadr Must Be Repatriated to Receive Just Treatment ), April 30, 2008〕 Prior to Harper's appointment, two consecutive Liberal Prime Ministers had failed to make the same demand. In April 2008, Bill Graham, the former Foreign Affairs Minister, said that he regretted not having done more to help secure Khadr's release or repatriation while the Liberal government was in power.〔Shephard, Michelle, ''Toronto Star'', "(Graham has regrets over Khadr ), April 28, 2008〕 A 2009 Security Intelligence Review Committee panel determined that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service failed Khadr, by refusing to acknowledge his juvenile status or his repeated claims of being abused.〔Shephard, Michelle. ''Toronto Star'', (CSIS failed in Khadr case, review finds ), July 16, 2009〕〔CTV News, (Watchdog says CSIS stepped over line in terror probe ), January 27, 2008〕 Bureaucrats at Canada's Foreign Affairs Department refer to this as the "Khadr effect" after the father – the fear that sticking up for a Canadian citizen arrested in another country may come back to haunt the government.〔''Macleans'', (The “Khadr effect” ), November 12, 2009〕 This refers to the events around former Liberal Prime Minister Jean Chrétien securing the release from Pakistan of Omar Khadr's father, Ahmed Khadr – only to have the family return to Afghanistan and Ahmed Khadr later killed in a firefight in Pakistan in 2003. ==Early reaction== On September 5, 2004, Prime Minister Jean Chrétien said that he would ensure "due process and proper access to Canadian officials" for Khadr, and that he would be treated "in the same way that we deal with any Canadian arrested in any other country."〔CBC News, (Canadian teen held by U.S. military ), September 6, 2002〕 In 2002, prior to his position as Prime Minister, Alliance Party leader Stephen Harper commented that Omar Khadr represented "Canada being a platform for activities that are dangerous to the Western alliance."〔Krauss, Clifford. ''New York Times'', "(Canadian Teenager Held by U.S. in Afghanistan in Killing of American Medic )", September 14, 2002〕 When Foreign Affairs began making press statements on the case through Henry Garfield Pardy that year, legal adviser Colleen Swords sent him an email telling him to "claw back on the fact () is a minor" in his statements on the case.〔Michelle Shephard, "Guantanamo's Child", 2008.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Canadian response to Omar Khadr」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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