Omar Khadr, the youngest prisoner in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has resigned himself to a life without freedom, the 23-year-old wrote in a letter to his lawyer.
"I want freedom and life, but I really don’t see it coming," reads the letter, addressed to Khadr’s Edmonton-based lawyer Denis Edney.
Dated May 26, the document was released Tuesday to North American media outlets, including the Washington Post.
The Toronto-born Khadr has been held in U.S. custody since he was 15 years old when he was accused of killing a U.S. army medic during a firefight in Afghanistan. Khadr’s supporters contend he should have been rehabilitated as a child soldier.
"Denis you always say that I have an obligation to show the world what is going on down here and it seems that we’ve done every thing but the world doesn’t get it, so it might work if the world sees the U.S. sentencing a child to life in prison, it might show the world how unfair and sham this process is," Khadr wrote.
Earlier this month, Khadr fired his American defence team, throwing his legal battle into limbo.
The Federal Court of Appeals also stayed an order requiring the federal government to come up with ways to help the terror suspect, as had been ordered by Federal Court Judge Russel Zinn.
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled in January that Khadr’s basic rights had been violated by Canadian security and police officials who interrogated him at the Guantanamo Bay prison in 2003-04.
Khadr faces five charges before the Guantanamo tribunal, including murder, attempted murder, conspiracy, providing material support for terrorism and spying.
The Toronto-born Khadr’s Guantanamo trial is set to begin on Aug. 10.
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