Holed up in embassy, a citizen’s fate in limbo – It remains to be seen whether Abdelrazik will be brought home to freedom or trial, or tossed back onto streets of Khartoum
By PAUL KORING AND OMAR EL-AKKAD
May 1, 2008 — Abousfian Abdelrazik has been told by Canadian diplomats that he will have only a few days in the “temporary safe haven” of the Canadian embassy in Khartoum, his lawyer said yesterday.
But it is not yet clear whether the Harper government plans to bring home the Canadian and terrorism suspect, either to freedom or to face trial, or intends to toss him back into the streets of Khartoum, where he fears for his safety, Yavar Hameed said.
Mr. Abdelrazik, who has been marooned in Khartoum for nearly five years, said he was grateful for the support he was getting in Canada, Mr. Hameed said.
“He’s very emotional,” Mr. Hameed said after speaking by telephone with Mr. Abdelrazik, who had spent a second night holed up in the Canadian embassy, a status the government described as a “temporary safe haven.”
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