Abousfian Abdelrazik wiped away tears as he told a court Tuesday about being imprisoned in Sudan two decades ago.
He is suing the Canadian government for $27 million, claiming officials arranged for his arbitrary imprisonment, encouraged his detention by Sudanese authorities and actively obstructed his repatriation to Canada for several years.
Abdelrazik came to Canada from Sudan as a refugee, settling in Montreal and later becoming a Canadian citizen.
He was arrested in September 2003 while in his native country to see his ailing mother.
In October of that year, Abdelrazik was interrogated in custody by Canadian Security Intelligence Service officers about suspected extremist links.
He says he was also tortured during two periods of detention by the Sudanese intelligence agency.
Abdelrazik, 62, denies involvement in terrorism.
He returned to Canada in 2009 after a judge ruled Ottawa breached his constitutional rights by refusing to give him an emergency travel document.
Federal lawyers argue Abdelrazik was …