http://www.mississauganews.com/mi/news/story/3961164p-4573822c.html Terror suspects upset over jail conditions
Louie Rosella May 8, 2007 The lawyers for 10 men charged in connection with an alleged homegrown terrorist cell that police say operated out of a Meadowvale mosque say their clients are enduring "cruel and unusual punishment." Lawyers are appearing before a Superior court judge in Brampton this week to change jail conditions for their clients. Details of the proceedings remain under a publication ban The 10 accused are being held in solitary confinement at Maplehurst Correctional Complex in Milton and are allowed out for only 20 minutes a day, their lawyers say. They have been in segregation since their highly publicized arrest last June and it could be months, if not years, before their cases go to trial. "Prolonged isolation is torture," said lawyer Edward Sapiano, who represents Yasin Mohammed, 23. "The Supreme Court of Canada has expressly stated that prolonged isolation is not something that would survive a charter challenge." One of the reasons the 10 accused are segregated from the prison population is because the Crown Attorney's Office wants them not to communicate prior to their trial. Sapiano said the suspects communicate with each other while being transported to and from court, and inside the courtroom, among other areas. The lawyers want a non-communication order issued by the Crown to be dismissed. Proceedings are expected to last two weeks. The men in being held segregation are among 18 adults and youths arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and other police forces last June. The group had allegedly planned to storm Parliament and take hostages. Some were also linked to an alleged plot to behead Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The youngest of the 18 had charges against him stayed earlier this year. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
