Author: Bugs Bunny
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The Iranian regime … intends to argue forcefully that it has full immunity under Canada’s State Immunity Act… Hashemi and lawyers for his mother’s estate contend that Canada’s Constitution should render invalid the Immunity Act in this "exceptional" case because of the torture they claim Kazemi faced in a Tehran prison. Torture is condemned in international law. The lawsuit also argues that the act contravenes the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Canadian Bill of Rights, a section of which states that no Canadian law may deprive a person of the right to a fair hearing. "To the extent the (act) has the effect of depriving (Hashemi) and the estate of his late mother from pursuing their rights here in Canada," said lawyer Kurt Johnson, "it should be declared unconstitutional because the higher laws trump"… Quote:
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