More press censorship by the government?

[William Ashley]

Ontario court upholds terror laws, bumps sentences‎

CTV.ca - 1 hour ago

Terror suspect Momin Khawaja, an Ottawa computer software programmer, leaves the Ottawa courthouse under RCMP protection, Monday May 3, 2004. ...

http://ottawa.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20101217/terror-ruling-101217/20101217/?hub=OttawaHome

same for the montreal version and others of this story...

so why has this story been yanked.. anyone have a copy of it?

This isn't the first time a news story has been yanked, that appears to be unflattering to the government... is press freedom secretly under attack in Canada?

This version is also yanked.. and ceases to exist from 5 hours ago

Ont. court strongly condemns terrorism in decisions‎

CTV.ca - 5 hours ago

Terror suspect Momin Khawaja, an Ottawa computer software programmer, leaves the Ottawa courthouse under RCMP protection, Monday May 3, 2004.

http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20101217/terror-ruling-101217/20101217/?hub=TorontoNewHome

Is this the same story?

Ontario's highest court is sending a harsh message to terrorist groups by rejecting a constitutional challenge of Canada's anti-terror laws and boosting sentences handed to members of the so-called Toronto 18.

In one of six terrorism-related decisions doled out Friday, the Court of Appeal for Ontario upheld the definition of "terrorist activity" in the Criminal Code and rejected arguments that it violates the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

The challenge was raised in three appeals, including that of convicted terrorist Momin Khawaja. His sentence was also increased by the court to the maximum under Canada's anti-terror laws.

Khawaja argued the definition infringes on the rights of innocent Canadians because it requires terrorist conduct to be performed for political, religious and ideological reasons.

The court disagreed, saying that some, if not all, of the conduct involves using violence to convey meaning, which is "destructive of the very values that underlie the right to freedom of expression."

Khawaja's lawyer, Lawrence Greenspon, told CTV News Channel he will seek leave to appeal the case to the Supreme Court of Canada.

"We're certainly going to give it our best try," Greenspon said.

If successful at that level, Canada's government might have to take the legislation back to the drawing board, Greenspon said.

He said the Ontario appeal court's ruling is a very disappointing result for Khawaja.

CTV legal analyst Steven Skurka said the decisions deliver a harsh message about the scourge of terrorism and a lesson to would-be recruits.

Skurka said the constitutional challenge was watched closely by law enforcement officials, prosecutors, defence attorneys and the public.

"I'm sure that there are a lot of people … across this country who are smiling today because really it is a decision that they're going to like," Skurka told CTV News Channel.

Khawaja was convicted of five counts of financing and facilitating terrorism and sentenced in 2009 to 10 1/2 years in prison. The Crown appealed, arguing that Khawaja, 31, is such a danger to society that anything less than a life sentence is too lenient.

In their judgment, appeal court judges drastically increased the sentence to life with no chance of parole for 10 years.

In other decisions handed out Friday, the court came down heavily on three men who were members of the so-called Toronto 18 terrorist group.

Ringleader Zakaria Amara lost an appeal of his life sentence. He must serve 10 years before applying for parole.

Amara plotted to cause mass carnage by detonating truck bombs at the CSIS building in Toronto, outside the Toronto Stock Exchange and at a military base in eastern Ontario.

Sentences were also bumped for Saad Khalid and Saad Gaya, who were convicted of participating in Amara's bomb plot.

Khalid's sentence was increased to 20 years from 14, while Gaya's was raised to 18 from 12.

The trio was arrested in 2006.

Meanwhile, the appeal court rejected attempts by two men, Suresh Sriskandarajah and Piratheepan Nadarajah, to quash their extradition orders to the U.S.

The pair is wanted in the U.S. for allegedly assisting the Tamil Tigers, which is regarded as a terrorist group by the U.S. and Canadian governments.

With files from The Canadian Press

What is so yank worthy in here?

Life sentence for terrorism financing..

Tamil tigers comes to mind... life.. for tamil financers?

"Violence to convey meaning" carries a life sentence in Canada.

Is there a reason why the story is being yanked, it does seem news worthy especially in areas such as toronto where the story was original run but removed less about an hour ago.

Was it the editors choice? Why.. or is freedom of the press under attack in Canada?

Edited December 18, 2010 by William Ashley

[Shwa]

Ontario court upholds terror laws, bumps sentences‎

CTV.ca - 1 hour ago

Terror suspect Momin Khawaja, an Ottawa computer software programmer, leaves the Ottawa courthouse under RCMP protection, Monday May 3, 2004. ...

http://ottawa.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20101217/terror-ruling-101217/20101217/?hub=OttawaHome

same for the montreal version and others of this story...

so why has this story been yanked.. anyone have a copy of it?

Who knows, maybe it was a server problem or some badly formed HTML; or there was something in the story that the editors when 'whooooops!'

Did you Google the headline?

http://news.sympatico.ctv.ca/canada/ontario_court_upholds_terror_laws_bumps_sentences/2544c3d8

Here's a related story from the CTV

http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20101217/toronto-18-terrorism-sentences-increased-101217/20101217/?hub=TorontoNewHome

Edited December 18, 2010 by Shwa

[Saipan]

so why has this story been yanked.. anyone have a copy of it?

I've seen it on TV several times.

But you got something there. For examplke FULL video of Rodney King case was on TV just once (and it was US channel) while the very short clip of beating went on for years.

Likewise the execution (I'd call murder) of the three handcuffed whites laying on the street, by black cop (somewhere in the Homeland) flashed on TV just once.