Prosecutors in the United States also allege that Suresh Sriskandarajah, also known as вЂњWaterloo Suresh,вЂќ helped launder money for the Tamil Tigers and conspired to procure equipment for the group.

prosecutors say that Pratheepan Nadarajah attempted to purchase $1-million worth of missiles and AK-47s for the Tamil Tigers. His application for leave to appeal was coupled with challenges from two men who are fighting extradition requests to the United States, where they are accused of terrorist activities. On Thursday, Greenspon said he вЂњis having, not surprisingly, a very challenging time. Khawaja is serving his sentence at a supermax prison north of Montreal. Greenspon is asking the top court to quash the conviction based on the uncertainty over the motive clause and, if not, to reinstate the original 15-year prison term. It also convicted him of developing and possessing an explosive device to detonate improvised explosive devices. The Ontario Superior Court agreed in 2006 and struck down the section as unconstitutional at the outset of KhawajaвЂ™s marathon criminal trial, CanadaвЂ™s first major post-9/11 terrorism prosecution.ДЄllowing it to stand would вЂњpromote fear and suspicion of targeted political or religious groups, and will result in racial or ethnic profiling by government authorities at many levels,вЂќ the court ruled.Дespite that, the court still convicted Khawaja, 32, of participating in, contributing to, financing and facilitating a group of Islamist extremists plotting to bomb London and other British targets in 2004 and wage a wider Islamic Jihad against the West.

Some legal academics and others, however, fear the provision could lead to political and ethnic witchhunts and turn terrorism trials into political and religious trials. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.

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