Crown Wants Closed-Door Hearings in Lawsuit of Canadian Who Was Detained in Sudan

Crown Wants Closed-Door Hearings in Lawsuit of Canadian Who Was Detained in Sudan
Abousfian Abdelrazik, a Canadian citizen who was detained in Sudan, looks on during a press conference on developments in his civil court case against the federal government, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Sept. 14, 2018. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang
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The Crown wants at least six current and former security officials to testify behind closed doors in the lawsuit of a Montreal man who was detained in Sudan—a move the man’s lawyer calls a serious infringement of the open court principle.

In a notice of motion filed in Federal Court, government lawyers propose the public and media be excluded from the courtroom during the officials’ testimony to “prevent inadvertent disclosure” of sensitive secrets.