Abousfian Abdelrazik is suing the Canadian government, claiming officials arranged for his arbitrary imprisonment in Sudan
Abousfian Abdelrazik told a court Wednesday about the roller-coaster of emotions he experienced during the tense days of early 2009 when he awaited the green light to return to Canada from Sudan.During a 2003 visit to his native country to see his ailing mother, he was arrested, imprisoned and questioned about suspected extremist connections.
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service sent questions to be put to Abdelrazik by Sudanese officials. Officers from the Canadian spy service then showed up in person to interrogate him over two days in late October 2003. Abdelrazik’s second release from Sudanese custody came in July 2006. However, his inclusion on a United Nations security watch list complicated his efforts to return to Canada.He told the court Wednesday of sleeping in the embassy bathroom and later on an uncomfortable cot in the exercise room.
In March 2009, Abdelrazik made arrangements to fly home to Canada and asked Ottawa to issue him an emergency passport.
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