Omar Khadr

In 2002, Omar Khadr was captured by the U.S. military and transferred into Guantánamo Bay. According to the U.S. military, Omar threw a hand grenade while under fire, thus killing a American solider. Omar also had wound from the battle; he received shots in one of his shoulders. Omar never got the proper treatment for his wound and he even received actions of torture to help the wound inflict pain on Omar. He was defiantly at the wrong place at the wrong time which could have been prevented from his family. Omars father took him to Afghan to going the Taliban when he was very young, Omar didn't have a say in the matter, and his mother probably didn't either. So technically, Omar was a child solider and that should have been taken into effect when he was being charged. Also, the rest of his family didn't get charged when they would of well known what was going on in Afghan. Why didn't his mother try to help him? Why didn't they call the police? All of these questions should of been brought up in a court room with his family being charged. Furthermore, where is the Canadian government in all of this? Why is Omar still in the states and not in Canada in OUR jails? According to a case by the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Australia successfully requested the return of their citizens and, in some cases, non-citizen permanent residents. The fact the Canadian Government still hasn't tried to get Omar back into Canada show how weak we are. I believe the Government is embarrassed about the situation and would rather not have to deal with it. They would rather keep him with the U.S. so Canada as a nation, doesn't look bad. In conclusion, Canada is taken major steps back from not trying to get Omar back. What Omar was having to deal with in Guantánamo Bay was disgusting, and a complete violation of human rights.