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Heresay Okay for Khawaja: Another Red Letter Day for Canadian Justice Print E-mail
Written by Chris Cook   
Sunday, 27 July 2008
Heresay Okay for Khawaja: Another Red Letter Day for Canadian Justice
by C. L. Cook
The case of accused Canadian, Momin Khawaja, an alleged terrorist wannabe, broke again new ground in Canadian jurisprudence in Ottawa last week (July 25, 2008) when Justice Douglas Rutherford deferred ruling on the admissibility of "evidence" in the case defence lawyer, Lawrence Greenspon argued was heresay.

Justice Rutherford allowed instead the testimony of Mohammed Junaid Babar, convicted in Britain as an operative of al-Qaida, (the shadowy organization long claimed to have masterminded the 9/11 and other terrorist attacks), and current agent for various government legal proceedings against Muslims held in Britain and elsewhere alleged to have ties to Osama bin Laden's reputed network. Rutherford ruled Babar's testimony would remain "in play" for the time being.


 
Greenspon had maintained the Crown should regard first evidence provided from the other members of the alleged bomb plot Momin Khawaja is accused of conspiring with, rather than from British convict Babar. Justice Rutherford rejected that argument, saying he doubted he could get truthful testimony from the long-held prisoners.

Greenspon expressed frustration at the ruling outside the court, saying;

  • "I'm disappointed about that decision. There are some critical elements that we will be arguing there simply is no evidence at all [for]."
 
The case is scheduled to resume August 19th, when Greenspon is expected to file for "non-suit," an attempt to dismiss hearings for lack of credible evidence.

Khawaja has been held in Canada for more than four years without due process, his case only now being heard.
 
Comments (1)Add Comment
Thank you for your courageous write-up.
written by Mahboob Khawaja, July 30, 2008
Dear Chris:



So far, the star witness (Babur) has cleared Momin that he never
discussed anything about bomb making/or other accusations made by the
prosecution about the UK cases. The official technical expert also
admitted that what is alleged as Hi Fi digimonster detonator is in
fact the same as the garage door opener / cell phone jammer/car opener
device etc. Another maojr witness Ms. Zeba Khan also cleared Momin
that he never talked about what he is accused of by the prosecution.

We pray and hope that justice will prevail over prolonged perpetuated
injustice on us and Momin will be free soon.

Again, thank you for your continued cooperation to help us to seek
justice under very difficultt circumstances and mainstream media's
propaganda campaign sponsored by the official establishments.

Sincerely,

Mahboob
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