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Following his arrest, Harkat was locked up for more than three years. He was released in June 2006 under stringent conditions.

Terror suspect Mohamed Harkat, facing deportation to Algeria, plans to ask Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale to allow him to remain in Canada.

In a judgment made public today, Federal Court Justice Sylvie Roussel says Harkat can travel anywhere in Ontario or Quebec for 72 hours without notifying authorities.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s brother has asked the federal government to stop the deportation of an Algerian man, Mohamed Harkat, who has been accused of being an al-Qaeda sleeper agent

OTTAWA - A man the federal government wants to deport over alleged ties to al-Qaida has won a partial victory at the Federal Court of Appeal.

The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld the national security certificate against terror suspect Mohamed Harkat, opening the door to the next step in deporting him.

OTTAWA - A man the federal government wants to deport over alleged ties to al-Qaida has won a partial victory at the Federal Court of Appeal.

Mohamed Harkat, the Ottawa man accused of being an al-Qaida sleeper agent, ran a guest house in the early 1990s in Peshawar, Pakistan that was used by "mujahedeen (holy warriors) and other extremists on their way to and from training camps in Afghanistan," according to new information from CSIS

Canada's beleaguered security certificate regime begins another test this week as Ottawa's Mohamed Harkat returns to Federal Court to face allegations he's an al-Qaida sleeper agent. Andrew Duffy

A lawyer for Mohamed Harkat says the security certificate process being used to deport the Algerian refugee is unconstitutional.

OTTAWA - A lawyer for Mohamed Harkat says the security certificate process being used to deport the Algerian refugee is unconstitutional.

Lawyers for Mohamed Harkat say their client will appeal a court decision that concluded he remains a security threat.

Lawyers for Mohamed Harkat, who faces the prospect of being deported to his native Algeria where he contends he will be tortured or killed, say they will appeal a Federal Court decision that branded Harkat a member of Osama bin Laden's terrorist network and a threat to national security.

The federal government says it will allow an Ottawa man accused of terrorist ties to have a mobile phone but balks at the idea of giving Mohamed Harkat access to the Internet or removing his electronic tracking bracelet.

Mohamed Harkat took the stand in his own defence Monday and denied ever having been to Afghanistan, a key point in the government case in favour of limiting his freedom with an immigration security certificate. Mohammed Adam

The Conservative government "carefully crafted" changes to the national security certificate system that brought the rarely used tool for dealing with threats to Canada in line with the Constitution, says a federal lawyer.

A judge says there are grounds to believe Algerian-born Mohamed Harkat is a security threat who maintained ties to Osama bin Laden's terror network after coming to Canada.

Lawyers for Ottawa terrorism suspect Mohamed Harkat want evidence given by a discredited Canadian Security Intelligence Service source to be ruled inadmissable.

OTTAWA - Human-rights advocates marked the 10th anniversary of Mohamed Harkat's arrest by calling for an end to national security certificates — the immigration tool used to detain the Algerian refugee.

OTTAWA - Human-rights advocates marked the 10th anniversary of Mohamed Harkat's arrest by calling for an end to national security certificates — the immigration tool used to detain the Algerian refugee.