1. Dennis Edney was a Canadian defence lawyer based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
15 Facts About Dennis Edney
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Dennis Edney represented Canadian Abdulrahman El Bahnasawy charged in the US with plotting to carry out mass shootings of civilians at concerts, to bomb New York Times Square, and to bomb the city's subway system.
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Dennis Edney was born in Dundee, Scotland on 19 December 1946.
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Dennis Edney worked as a building contractor after immigrating to Canada.
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Dennis Edney lectured extensively, with emphasis on the Rule of Law, to organizations, universities and conferences throughout North America.
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Dennis Edney served as keynote speaker on behalf of Amnesty International at Trinity College, Dublin, on the Rule of Law ; and in London, England, at the international conference on the "Global Struggle against Torture".
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On 25 September 2007, Dennis Edney appeared on the CBC Radio program As It Happens, where he claimed politics were responsible for the Crown's sudden reversal of process, abandoning the preliminary inquiry, for the Toronto terrorism trial.
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Dennis Edney was one of the defence attorneys supporting the publication ban on information about the trial, while others decried it.
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Dennis Edney's commitment in the face of potential personal repercussions of representing an unpopular case is a testament to the finest traditions of the legal profession.
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Dennis Edney was named by Alberta Venture magazine as one of 50 Alberta's most influential people for 2008.
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Dennis Edney received the 2009 Human Rights Medal awarded by the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia for work that "has helped to promote and further human rights".
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Dennis Edney received the honorary title of Queens Counsel for exceptional merit and contribution to the legal profession.
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On 19 September 2014, when the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, in Winnipeg, was first opened, Dennis Edney participated in a human rights panel about Omar Khadr's case at the nearby Manitoba Children's Theatre.
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Dennis Edney was presented with an award for his work from the Winnipeg Peace Alliance.
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Dennis Edney died of complications from dementia on 30 December 2023, at the age of 77.