Paul Champ: Abousfian Abdelrazik

Abousfian Abdelrazik: Abousfian Abdelrazik, who was imprisoned by the Sudanese before being stranded in the Canadian Embassy in Khartoum, put questions to Cannon -- now Canada's ambassador to France -- through his counsel during a closed-door examination process, a precursor to trial, according to CTV. "He sat across the table from Mr. Cannon which was, I think, quite a difficult moment for him," Champ said in an interview and OTTAWA -- Former foreign affairs minister Lawrence Cannon recently spent more than two hours answering questions under oath as part of a lawsuit filed by a Montreal man seeking compensation and an apology from the federal government for his prolonged detention in Sudan. Abdelrazik's lawyer, Paul Champ, says while particulars of the session -- which took place in Ottawa last Thursday -- are confidential at this point, his client found the experience both cathartic and challenging. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.