- Liban Hussein
Born in Somalia, Liban Hussein is a
Canadian citizen who was arrested onNovember 7 2001 at the request of the United States who accused him of supporting terrorism. Although his assets were frozen, Hussein was released on bail after a court found that neither theRoyal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) nor the U.S. were able to provide any evidence of terrorist links.CanWest , "Canada: Government pay out of court settlement to falsely accused "terrorist" suspect", October 2, 2003]Hussein ran two businesses in Ottawa, a cleaning company he started in the hopes of being able to offer his family employment, improving their chances of successful immigration to Canada,Loome, Jeremy.
Ottawa Sun , "Security legislation: a double-edged sword", September 12 2005] , and a "hawala "money transfer business named "Barakaat North America Inc." which his brother managed inMassachusetts . When it was announced thatal-Qaeda was believed to have ties to the Somali money service which Hussein contracted, his brother was arrested in Boston and the cleaning franchise revoked Hussein's license. Hussein went to the Ottawa police department, where he was arrested at the request of the United States.CBC , " [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2001/11/12/hawala_arrest011112.html Ottawa man wanted in U.S. arrested by RCMP] ", November 12 2001]On
June 3 2002, the Canadian government announced that they had been shown "no evidence" suggesting Hussein was linked to terrorism, and that charges were to be dropped.Department of Justice , " [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/nr-cp/2002/doc_30513.html Canada Halts Extradition Process, Liban Hussein De-Listed] , June 3, 2002] His name was removed from the Canadian list of individuals supporting terrorism, and later off the American and United Nations lists as well. [Canada Gazette , [http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partII/2002/20020604-x/html/sor210-e.html Vol. 136, No. 8] , June 4 2002]The Civil Liberties Association of Ottawa was quoted in newspapers that "the government destroyed this man's life without a single shred of evidence".
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