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Omar Khadr is the only person found

guilty in the death of one of7,000+ U.S. casualties in therecent Afghanistan and Iraqwars;

is the only child convicted of awar crime -- by an illegitimateGuantanamo Military Commis-

sion unable to determine guiltor innocence;

was forced to take a plea dealas the only option to end historture and return to Canada;

is innocent of all charges asthe crimes did not ex-ist under Canadian, U.S. orinternational law. Evidencesupports his innocence;

is the only former Guantana-mo prisoner from the West toremain in captivity in his homecountry, Canada.

A BRIEF TIMELINE CANADIAN OMAR KHADR (NOW 28) WAS BORN IN 1986 IN TORONTO.

IN 2002, HE WAS LIVING WITH HIS FAMILY IN AFGHANISTAN. DURING A GUNFIGHT IN JULY 2002, WAS SERIOUSLY WOUNDED BY U.S. FORCES. ALLEGED TO HAVE KILLED A U.S. SOLDIER DURING THE BATTLE. CAPTURED AND TAKEN INTO CUSTODY ON JULY 27, 2002, AT AGE 15. DETAINED AND TORTURED AT BAGRAM PRISON UNTIL OCTOBER 2002. SPENT THE NEXT DECADE IN GUANTANAMO PRISON, OFTEN IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT. ON OCTOBER 30, 2010 WAS CHARGED AND CONVICTED BY A U.S. MILITARY COMMISSION. REPATRIATED TO CANADA ON SEPTEMBER 26, 2012 AND PLACED IN A MAXIMUM-

SECURITY PRISON. ON FEBRUARY 7, 2014 WAS MOVED TO BOWDEN CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION IN ALBERTA

WHERE HE REMAINS IMPRISONED.

FACTSHEET OMAR KHADROMARS LONG JOURNEY

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