Family of Canadian stranded in Sudan asks Ottawa to help
OTTAWA, ONTARIO – A man stranded in Sudan has taken refuge in the Canadian embassy in Khartoum while seeking a resolution to his five-year ordeal.
A lawyer for Sudanese-Canadian Abousfian Abdelrazik says his client has been allowed to stay at the embassy and plans to remain there until he gets answers from Ottawa.
Lawyer Yavar Hameed is accusing the federal government of duplicity and disinformation, with a mounting trail of evidence suggesting it has been blocking efforts to bring his client home.
Abdelrazik went to visit his ailing mother in 2003 and was caught in legal limbo after accusations he has terrorist ties; no criminal charges have been filed against the former Montrealer.
He suffers from asthma, heart problems, and an ulcer, and is living on a $100 monthly loan from the Canadian government.
Abdelrazik’s ex-wife has demanded that Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Bernier deal with his case.
“He is not a terrorist. He is a Muslim. He is a practising Muslim but a peaceful Muslim,” said Myriam St-Hilaire.
“He is a Canadian citizen and he has rights and I’m just asking the government to take in consideration this fact.”
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