Sentences with phrase «of terrorist offences»

Accordingly, Canadians should take this opportunity to demand the repeal of the sweeping and vague offence of advocacy or promotion of terrorist offences in general in order to better address threats to national security and to prevent unconstitutional violations of freedom of expression.

Abu Qatada, the radical Islamic preacher convicted of terrorist offences in Jordan, is to be released on bail in the UK within the next 24 hours.

However, it is also true that all attempts to charge and convict them of terrorist offences for more than 14 years, including subjecting them to legally questionable interrogation methods, failed to establish credible grounds for their incarceration.

Among these are many of those convicted of terrorist offences.

Consequently, the substantive curtailment of a mens rea requirement for the definition of «facilitation» of a terrorist offence is disturbing, since it does the opposite of being commensurate with the assured gravity of the offence or its punishment.

Not exact matches

He read aloud a telegram of condolences sent by Pope Francis, who called the attacks a «cruel terrorist act» and a «grave offence to God.»

Today's report recognises the need for a new, narrowly defined criminal offence of indirect incitement to terrorist acts, but says it is concerned about the wording of the new offence of encouragement to cover this purpose.

A preliminary report by peers and MPs today finds new offences of encouragement of terrorism and attending terrorist training camps could be incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai has commuted the death sentences passed on 66 soldiers who were tried by several Military Court Martials for mutiny and other offences in the fight against Boko Haram terrorists»...

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai has commuted the death sentences passed on 66 soldiers who were tried by several Military Court Martials for mutiny and other offences in the fight against Boko Haram terrorists» in the North East to terms of 10 years imprisonment.

Turning to the remainder of the questions the AG found that a joint reading of Article 12 (2)(c) and Article 12 (3) implied that the exclusion clause was not limited to terrorist acts and that a conviction for offences listed under Article 2 FDCT could be the basis for exclusion from refugee status.

As a result of the decision in R (Binyan Mohamed) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs [2008] EWHC 2048 (Admin), the Divisional Courts made Norwich Pharmacal [1974] Ac 133) order, requiring disclosure by the foreign secretary of material which it considered was essential to a fair trial in criminal proceedings in the US for terrorist offences.

Preparation of a serious violent offence includes participating in a terrorist training camp where people are taught how to use weapons, construct explosive devices, etc..

At minimum, the offence prohibits private and public speech advocating or promoting any of the several terrorism offences in the Criminal Code, some of which are non-violent offences, as well as speech advocating or promoting indictable criminal offences committed for the sake of or in association with terrorist groups.

These specific terrorist offences in the Criminal Code simply do not require clarification or a separate offence to extend to terrorist offences that do not specify the exact manner or nature of the offence.

Murder during terrorist activity (6.01) Irrespective of whether a murder is planned and deliberate on the part of a person, murder is first degree murder when the death is caused while committing or attempting to commit an indictable offence under this or any other Act of Parliament where the act or omission constituting the offence also constitutes a terrorist activity.

Mr. Khadr was detained for eight years by the U.S. government in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, before he pled guilty to five offences (the equivalent offences under Canadian law were first degree murder, attempted murder, participation in terrorist group activities, commission of offences for a terrorist group and spying for the enemy).

In addition, that the definition of «financial crime» in PIPEDA include: fraud; criminal activity and any predicate offence related to money laundering and terrorist financing; all criminal offences committed against financial service providers, their customers or their employees; the contravention of laws of foreign jurisdictions, including those relating to money laundering and terrorist financing.

It is an offence to knowingly participate in or contribute to, directly or indirectly, any activity of a terrorist group.

The contrast between a Canadian law society's admission of a candidate who plotted his entry into a profession built on trust and honesty, while mulling over his pleas to two criminal offences involving dishonesty and breach of trust, and the death of the honourable advocate of war criminals, racists, and terrorists, struck me this summer as moral antipodes.

83.19 (1) Every one who knowingly facilitates a terrorist activity is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years.

The legislation raises a plethora of issues and significantly alters the security landscape: It gives the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) powers beyond intelligence gathering (to actively target threats and derail plots); creates new offences (criminalizing «terrorist propaganda» and the «promotion of terror»); lowers the legal threshold to trigger detention to those who may carry out an offence from the existing standard of will carry out to may carry out; extends preventive detention for «suspected» terrorists from three days to seven days (inconsistent with the constitutional presumption of innocence); legally entrenches a no fly list; and grants government agencies explicit authority to share private information with domestic and foreign entities.

Although Canadian law makes some exemptions for freedom fighters and does not base terrorism convictions on objective fault, some Canadian terrorist offences are as broad as the American material support offences which allow convictions in the absence of a terrorist purpose.

A 16 - year - old boy, the youngest on trial for terrorism offences in Canada, has been found guilty by a Quebec youth court judge of committing a robbery in association with a terrorist organization and planning to leave Canada to join a jihadist group abroad.

The Commissioner, Ontario Court of Appeal Justice Dennis O'Connor, found that Mr. Arar did not constitute a security threat and there was no evidence implicating him in terrorist - activities or any offence.

«In those days, it wouldn't have been especially surprising if the government had added an offence of being in wilful possession of an Irish accent within designated areas of the Home Counties to the panoply of absurd, panic - stricken measures adopted in the wake of terrorist violence,» he wrote for Proof, the new magazine of the Justice Gap which has as its theme «justice in a time of moral panic».

These provisions, modelled on pre-existing provisions directed at terrorist organisations, seek to extend the traditional boundaries of criminal liability to capture conduct which is not linked to the commission or planned commission of any specific offence, but which is alleged to facilitate criminal activity on a broader level.

If there is a financial transaction occurring or attempted in the course of the real estate agency's activities (for example, related to client transactions), and the Realtor has «reasonable grounds to suspect» that the financial transaction is related to the commission of a money laundering or terrorist financing offence under the Criminal Code of Canada, it must be reported.

They also do not know that suspicious transaction monitoring requires screening for the identity of terrorist groups to determine whether they are dealing with funds owned by a terrorist group that may involve a terrorist activity financing offence.

Under Section 7 of the PCMLTFA, salespeople must report suspicious transactions to FINTRAC when there are reasonable grounds to suspect that a transaction (or an attempted transaction) is related to the attempted commission of a money laundering or terrorist activity offence.