He has been imprisoned for 18 years.said it opposed his application for day parole, saying he “would present an undue risk if released at this time.”
Momin Khawaja, an Ottawa computer software programmer, leaves the Ottawa courthouse Monday May 3, 2004 under RCMP protection. Khawaja, the first person ever charged under Canada’s anti-terror laws finds out Thursday whether the country’s top court will hear his appeal on the legal definition of “terrorist activity.” THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tom Hanson.
“You also focused on the fact that no one was actually harmed as a result of your actions. Further, you maintained that your intention was only to help people.” Khawaja was born in Canada and lived in Libya, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia before returning to Ottawa, where he worked for a company contracted by the Department of Foreign Affairs.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)