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Justice minister to review extradition case following top court ruling

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 23 Dec, 2015 12:25 PM

OTTAWA — Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould says the government has decided to review an extradition case involving a Canadian citizen facing abduction charges in the U.S.

The woman's ex-husband reported his three minor children missing in Georgia in 2010 as he had sole custody and the mother had no visitation rights.

The woman at the centre of the case claims she retrieved her children after they ran away.

In a statement, Wilson-Raybould says she decided to reconsider the case due to the considerable passage of time and the possibility of new facts that were not put forward when the Conservative government ordered the woman to surrender for extradition to the U.S.

Earlier this month, the Supreme Court of Canada deemed that order to be "unreasonable."

Wilson-Raybould says she will be guided by the top court's ruling in this case while she indicated the government takes its international

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