Canadian court rules for Gitmo detainee

OTTAWA, May 23 (UPI) -- The Canadian Supreme Court ruled Friday that the Canadian government was complicit in U.S. mistreatment of a teenage Guantanamo detainee.

The court found that the United States violated Omar Khadr's human rights, Human Rights Watch reported.

"Today the Supreme Court of Canada said what the Canadian government has refused to acknowledge -- that Omar Khadr's rights as a Canadian citizen have been violated at Guantanamo," said Aisling Reidy, a senior legal advisor with the group. "We hope this might provoke Canadian authorities to intervene on Khadr's behalf."

Khadr, now 21, was 15 when he was arrested in Afghanistan. His father, who had moved to Canada, decided to return there with his family.

He faces a charge of murder for allegedly killing a U.S. soldier with a grenade during a 2002 firefight.

The high court ruled that Khadr is entitled to records of Canadian interviews with him at Guantanamo in 2003.