EDMONTON, Alberta — A Canadian judge ruled Monday that a war crimes sentence for former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr has expired, so he no longer faces the threat of returning to prison and can obtain a Canadian passport. He returned to Canada from Guantanamo Bay two years later to serve the remainder of his sentence and was released in May 2015 pending an appeal of his guilty plea, which he said was made under duress. His sentence would have ended last October, but a judge freed him on bail, effectively extending his sentence. A judge ruled Monday that that a war crimes sentence for former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr has expired. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP) (Associated Press)Khadr was the youngest and last Western detainee held at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Source: Washington Post March 25, 2019 16:07 UTC