Canadian Federal Court again brands BNP as a terrorist organisation

Canadian Federal Court again brands
BNP as a terrorist organisation
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The Canadian Federal Court has once again
labelled the opposition BNP as a terrorist
organisation while dismissing the review of
the refugee claim by one of its activists.
According to the court summary, BNP activist
Md Mostofa Kamal in 2015 left Bangladesh
and made a refugee claim in Canada.
The refugee claim was suspended and he was
ordered deported.
He sought judicial review which was dismissed
in the first week of May.
The final hearing took place on April 11 in
Toronto, according to the court’s website.
The minister of public safety and emergency
preparedness on behalf of the Canadian
government argued that there were reasonable
grounds to believe that the applicant was a
member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
The minister also alleged that the BNP was an
organisation that engages in terrorism and
engaged in, or instigated the subversion by
force of the Bangladesh government as set
out in rules of the Immigration and Refugee
Protection Act.
The court ordered investigation which upheld
the position of the minister, “finding
reasonable grounds to believe both that the
Applicant was a member of the BNP, and that
the BNP engaged in terrorism and engaged in,
or instigated the subversion by force of the
Bangladesh government".
Earlier in February last year, the court rejected
the application of another BNP man,
Mohammad Jewel Hossain Gazi, for the status
of permanent residence or PR as a protected
person.
The Federal Court observed that there were
reasonable grounds to believe that Gazi’s
organisation engages, has engaged or will
engage in acts of terrorism.
by: bdnews24