OTTAWA – An Ottawa man serving time for terrorism offences is asking a court to halt the federal government’s attempt to strip him of Canadian citizenship.
In an application to the Federal Court of Canada, Misbahuddin Ahmed says the government is relying on unconstitutional provisions to revoke his citizenship.
Ahmed argues the provisions amount to cruel and unusual treatment and violate guarantees of fundamental justice.
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He is just the latest to challenge the new law, which allows the government to take Canadian citizenship away from someone convicted of terrorism, treason or espionage – as long as they hold citizenship in another country.
Ahmed, 31, received a 12-year sentence in 2014 after being found guilty of conspiring to facilitate a terrorist activity and participating in the activities of a terrorist group.
The court application says the revocation law violates the principle that a person cannot be punished twice for the same offence.
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