How come the Moonbats aren't protesting Canada over that countries holding of Hassan Almrei, an al Qaeda linked terrorists, for the past four years without being charged? But I thought it was Bush-Hitler that was the only one that did that? The terrorist in question has been on a hunger strike for 65 days. It's not so much his impending deportation to Syria that's bugging him as much as it is the lack of TV in his cell......

Missaugua News:

His closest friends say a Cooksville man accused of being a terrorist is near death as he enters the 65th day of a hunger strike.

A fading Hassan Almrei, 31, spoke to The News yesterday afternoon from the Metro West Detention Centre, where he has been held on a national security certificate for the past four years without being charged. The federal government and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) allege Almrei is linked to terrorist kingpin Osama bin Laden....

Almrei, a Syrian refugee who came to Mississauga in 1999, is protesting provincial correctional services rules that allow him just 20 minutes a day outside of his cell, and no television or radio in his solitary confinement cell.

"I've been here for four years without charge and under these conditions," he said. "This is something I would expect in Syria or Iraq, but not Canada, the country I came to for freedom. All I am asking for are simple human rights."...

Almrei said he wants an hour a day of fresh air, as well as a radio and television in his cell.

The government's decision to deport Almrei has already been upheld by the federal court.

Now the immigration minister must decide whether the risk Almrei poses to Canada outweighs the risk of Almrei being tortured upon return to Syria.

Meanwhile, Almrei is fighting to be let out on bail.

Several prominent public figures, including Alexandre Trudeau, the son of former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, and former federal New Democratic Party (NDP) leader Alexa McDonough, have offered to put up Almrei's bail.

File under hunger strikees we'd like to see succeed. This story is a couple of days old. It will be interesting to see if he chickens out at the last minute and eats.

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