‘Child Soldier’ Omar Khadr’s trial rescheduled for November 10

‘Child Soldier’ Omar Khadr’s trial rescheduled for November 10

Posted on September 18, 2008 by childsoldierrelief

…which means that his trial will be delayed until after elections in the US and Canada. From this article:

Omar Khadr’s trial was scheduled to begin on October 8, but a military judge postponed it this month amid defence complaints that the government failed to turn over evidence.

More on the trial of this alleged child soldier captured in Afghanistan:

• Liberal Senator Romeo Dallaire from Canada says child soldier Khadr should not stand trial at Guantanamo
• Khadr ‘victim of a war crime’
• Dallaire Presses for Extradition of child found fighting in Afghanistan
• Omar Khadr: Protecting America the Child Soldiers
• Kdar’s Child Soldier Defense Rejected
• Inmate at Guantanamo to be tried: 15 at the time of his alleged crimes

Additional information on child soldiers in Afghanistan:

• Afghan children still fighting on the front lines
• Video showing child soldiers being recruited, trained, and killed in Afghanistan
• Afghan children still fighting on the front lines

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