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WickedsDesire -> Canada 'paid $8m' to Omar Khadr, ex-Guantanamo detainee (7/8/2017 5:48:56 AM)
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Canada 'paid $8m' to Omar Khadr, ex-Guantanamo detainee
Canada has issued a C$10.5m ($8m; £6m) settlement to former Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr.
The federal government also apologised "for any role Canadian officials may have played in relation to his ordeal abroad and any resulting harm."
Canadian-born Khadr, 30, was captured in 2002 in Afghanistan at the age of 15, and spent a decade in Guantanamo.
He was convicted in 2010 by a US military commission of killing US Army Sgt Christopher Speer.
"We hope that this expression, and the negotiated settlement reached with the Government, will assist him in his efforts to begin a new and hopeful chapter in his life with his fellow Canadians," said Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland and the Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale in a statement.
The Liberal government refused to officially disclose the the amount of the legal settlement despite the figure being widely leaked to numerous media outlets.
Khadr was suing the government for $20m on claims Ottawa conspired with the US in breaching his constitutional rights.
Omar Khadr to get apology and compensation
Khadr was the youngest prisoner ever detained at the US military prison in Cuba. He became a cause celebre for opponents of the Guantanamo Bay naval base and his case received international attention.
He was convicted of five crimes, including throwing a grenade that killed Speer in 2002.
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