Monday, September 20, 2010
The Sudanese-Canadian, who was trapped in Khartoum for years and accused of being a terrorist, is suing Lawrence Cannon and seeking $24 million in damages from the Crown for a litany of failures.
In a decision that must have added a certain edge to the next Cabinet meeting after it was announced, the Federal Court of Canada on Aug. 30 gave the green light to a $3-million lawsuit brought by Abousfian Abdelrazik against Lawrence Cannon, minister of foreign affairs. Abdelrazik is suing Cannon for misfeasance in public office, intentional infliction of mental suffering and breaches of his charter rights to mobility and to life, liberty and security of the person.
