By SUE MONTGOMERY, The GazetteDecember 30, 2009

On a recent evening, dozens of people of various ages, backgrounds and walks of life - from lawyers to politicians to activists - sat side by side at long tables in a basement community centre on Beaudry St., enjoying platters of chicken, couscous and roasted vegetables.

The celebration was for one person: Adil Charkaoui, a man whose life the Canadian government turned into an Orwellian nightmare when it falsely accused him of being a terrorist..

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