The Federal Court of Canada in 2009 ordered the then Conservative government to allow Montrealer  Abousfian Abdelrazik, who had been stranded in Sudan for six years as an al-Qaeda suspect, to return home. 

After years of delays, a Canadian man's lawsuit accusing the federal government of contributing to his detention and torture abroad is finally going ahead this fall. But before the case can proceed, a judge needs to decide if intelligence officials can testify behind closed doors.