The appeal of two Sikh radicals on Canada's no-fly list is denied.
A Canadian court finds "reasonable grounds" to believe they will jeopardize transportation security or use air travel to conduct an act of terrorism.
Ottawa: A Canadian court dismissed two Sikh extremists' request to be removed off the nation's no-fly list, citing "reasonable grounds" to believe they will jeopardize air travel or pose a threat to transportation security.
The Canadian Press news agency reported from Vancouver that the Federal Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal filed by Bhagat Singh Brar and Parvkar Singh Dulai following their unsuccessful constitutional challenge to their no-fly designations under Canada's Secure Air Travel Act.
In 2018, the two were barred from boarding planes in Vancouver. According to the verdict, if there are "reasonable grounds to suspect they will threaten transportation security or travel by air to commit a terrorism offence," the Public Safety Minister may impose an aviation ban on anyone.
The appellants attempted to take off at one point. The verdict states, "They could not." "The Minister had ordered them not to fly, and they were on the list."
The Minister "had reasonable grounds to suspect that the appellants would travel by air to commit a terrorism offence," the appellate panel said, citing secret security intelligence.
Brar and Dulai filed a request to have their names removed from the list with the Federal Court of Canada in 2019.
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