Terrorism

Yemeni detainee to fight passport charges

November 23, 2001

Yemeni detainee to fight passport charges

Sam Pazzano
Courts Bureau
The Toronto Sun

A Yemeni man will go to trial December 19 to fight extradition charges to the U.S. after two Lufthansa airlines crew uniforms and false passports were found in his luggage on a flight to Chicago.

Lawyer Gary Batasar, who represents Nageed [...]


Extradition request filed for Yemeni man

November 20, 2001

Extradition request filed for Yemeni man

Toronto Star

The United States has files a formal extradition request for a Yemeni man in custody in Toronto, but the documents don’t mention any charges relating to September 11, the day he was detained, his lawyers say.

The U.S. government sent the documents to Canadian [...]


Extradition request filed for Yemeni man


Detained man has ill daughter in Detroit

November 8, 2001

Detained man has ill daughter in Detroit

Donovon Vincent
Staff reporter
Toronto Star

A Yemeni man in jail hre, who was detained after his Chicago- bound flight landed at Pearson airport on September 11, was headed to Detroit to be with his sick daughter, the girl’s doctor says.

Dr. Achiau Ludomirsky wrote in a [...]


Testing times for Canadian tolerance

Testing times for Canadian tolerance
By Daniel Lak
BBC News, Toronto
No bombs exploded. No buildings or people were attacked. But what Canadian police say was a timely operation to stop a terror campaign inspired by al-Qaeda could change how this country sees itself.
Twelve men and five youths have been charged with offences related to [...]


LAWYERS ABANDON PETITION

LAWYERS ABANDON PETITION

Restrictions on suspects suspended

 

 
 

Louie Rosella
Staff

Officials at Milton’s Maplehurst Detention Centre are lifting some restrictions on the men charged in connection with the alleged Meadowvale-based terrorist cell following complaints from their lawyers, well placed sources say.

Gary Batasar and Michael Moon, lawyers for Steven Chand, 25, of Toronto were [...]


Yemeni man tells court there is a plot to get him

October 3, 2001

Yemeni man tells court there is a plotto get him
Nageeb Al- Hadi, detained September 11, begs to tell his whole story

Donovan Vincent
Staff reporter
The Toronto Star

A Yemeni man detained in Toronto on the same day as the World Trade Centre attacks said in court that there’s a plot to get him.
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Day In Court

October 4, 2001

Day In Court

Pulse.com

Nageeb Abdul Jabar Mohamed Al- Hadi finally has a lawyer. And now the man who’s been detained since the September 11th terrorist attacks forced his Lufthansa flight to be diverted to Pearson airport, is looking for answers. And so are investigators.

Al- Hadi was discovered carrying three different [...]


The Price of safety can be cruel

Friday, October 5, 2001

The Price of safety can be cruel

Heather Bird
The Toronto Sun

It’s possible, one supposes, but quite unlikely, that Nageeb Al- Hadi was simply getting an early jump on Halloween preparations.

That would, at least, be one innocent explanation as to why two Lufthansa uniforms were found in the Yemeni man’s [...]


Yemeni Suspect held in custody in “DEPLORABLE” way, lawyer says

October 5, 2001

Yemeni Suspect held in custody in “DEPLORABLE” way, lawyer says
Not allowed phone calls

Tom Blackwell
National Post

A Yemeni man wanted by the U.S. terrorism investigation is one of several inmates with Arabic names being held under extraordinary security at the Toronto jail, the man’s lawyer said yesterday.

Gary Batasar told [...]


War against Terrorism

Friday, October 5, 2001

War against Terrorism
Man treated poorly: Lawyer

Donovan Vincent
Staff Reporter
Toronto Star

A lawyer representing a Yemeni man detained in Toronto the same day as the horrific attacks in the United States has complained in court about his client’s treatment in custody.

“I take umbrage with the way he’s been treated,” Nageeb al- Hadi’s [...]


War on Terrorism: 21 men who deserve the rule of law.

October 26, 2001

War on Terrorism
21 men who deserve the rule of law
Christie Blatchford

Regardless of official protestations that no one has been arrested in relation to Sept. 11, mysterious men were popping up in prison jumpsuits in court proceedings across the country. Note to Muslims from the Middle East: Now is not a good [...]


Yemeni unfairly jailed: Lawyer

October 26, 2001

Yemeni unfairly jailed: Lawyer

Sam Pazzano

A lawyer says his Yemeni client and at least 20 other immigration prisoners were picked up unfairly in a “wide sweep” in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Nageed Abdul Jabar Mohamen al- Hadi, 35, was detained at Pearson airport when his Chicago- bound [...]


Detained man has ill daughter in Detroit

November 8, 2001

Detained man has ill daughter in Detroit

Donovon Vincent
Staff reporter
Toronto Star

A Yemeni man in jail hre, who was detained after his Chicago- bound flight landed at Peearson airport on September 11, was headed to Detroit to be with his sick daughter, the girl’s doctor says.

Dr. Achiau Ludomirsky wrote in a [...]


Yemeni man arrested September 11 treated deplorably in jail, lawyer tells court.

Yemeni man arrested September 11 treated deplorably in jail, lawyer tells court.

James McCarten

TORONTO (CP)- The case of a Yemeni national who was alledgedly travelling with phoney passports on the day of the U.S. terrorist attacks remained murky Thursday despite his lawyer’s first court appearance.

Nageeb Abdul Jabar Mohamed Al- Hadi, clad in handcuffs, [...]


SEPT. 11 DETAINEES GETTING BAIL, BETTER JAIL CONDITIONS

SEPT. 11 DETAINEES GETTING BAIL, BETTER JAIL CONDITIONS

Donovan Vincent
Staff reporter

Conditions appear to be getting better for the men of Muslim and Middle Eastern background detained in Toronto since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, say their lawyers.

Although officials still refuse to say how many people have been detained, lawyers representing some of the [...]


Formal U.S. request for Al- Hadi extradition contains no link to September 11

November 20, 2001

Formal U.S. request for Al- Hadi extradition contains no link to September 11

James McCarten
Sympatico NewsExpress: National- Full Story

TORONTO (CP)- the U.S. Department of Justice has formally asked Canada to extradite a Yemeni man languishing in a tiny jail cell in Toronto since the day terrorists attacked New York and Washington.
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Extradition request filed for Yemeni man

November 20, 2001

Extradition request filed for Yemeni man

Toronto Star

The United States has files a formal extradition request for a Yemeni man in custody in Toronto, but the documents don’t mention any charges relating to September 11, the day he was detained, his lawyers say.

The U.S. government sent the documents to Canadian [...]


U.S. seeks extradition for T.O. prisoner

November 20, 2001

U.S. seeks extradition for T.O. prisoner

Sam Pazzano
Courts Bureau
Toronto Sun

The U.S. justice department has formally asked Canada to extradite a Yemeni man languishing in a Toronto jail cell since the terrorist attacks on the United States.

American authorities apparently plan to prosecute Nageeb Al- Hadi- whose luggage contained several passports [...]


AL- HADI DETERIORATING IN JAIL, LAWYER SAYS

November 22, 2001

AL- HADI DETERIORATING IN JAIL, LAWYER SAYS
Terror suspect arrested at Pearson Airport Sept. 11

From Canadian Press

Deliberate foot- dragging by American authorities has left a Yemeni national who was jailed in Toronto the day of the U.S. terror attacks a “withered and broken man,‚” his lawyer says.

Nageeb Abdul Jabar [...]


Yemeni detainee to fight passport charges

November 23, 2001

Yemeni detainee to fight passport charges

Sam Pazzano
Courts Bureau
The Toronto Sun

A Yemeni man will go to trial December 19 to fight extradition charges to the U.S. after two Lufthansa airlines crew uniforms and false passports were found in his luggage on a flight to Chicago.

Lawyer Gary Batasar, who represents Nageed [...]