Justice Not Served: Canada Failing to Prosecute War Criminals, Rights Lawyers Say

Justice Not Served: Canada Failing to Prosecute War Criminals, Rights Lawyers Say
Rebels loyal to Charles Taylor's National Patriotic Front of Liberia wait to ambush members of a rival faction in Monrovia, Liberia, on May 9, 2000. Christophe Simon/AFP via Getty Images
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Not only is Canada lax in keeping out war criminals, it is also failing to prosecute known war criminals in the country due to funding limitations, leaving victims dissatisfied, human rights lawyers say.

“From my own experiences working on these types of cases, it’s very frustrating and it’s very disappointing for us,” Amanda Ghahremani, legal director of the Canadian Centre for International Justice, told The Epoch Times.

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Lee Harding is a journalist and think tank researcher based in Saskatchewan, and a contributor to The Epoch Times.
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