Lawyers for a Montreal man stranded in Sudan say the government must act soon on his case or face possible contempt of court charges.

Abousfian Abdelrazik is still living in the lobby of the Canadian Embassy in Khartoum even though he had a plane ticket to return to Canada last Friday, June 12.

A Federal Court justice ruled on June 4 the government breached his constitutional rights by not giving him an emergency passport to fly home. We spoke on June 13 with Khalid Elgazzar, lawyer for Abdelrazik.

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