A former Guantanamo Bay prisoner who pleaded guilty to killing a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan received an apology and a multi million-dollar payment from the Canadian government after a court ruling said his rights were abused.

A government statement Friday said details of the settlement are confidential, but an official familiar with the deal said previously that it was for $8 million. The government and Khadr's lawyers negotiated the deal last month based on a 2010 Supreme Court of Canada ruling that Canadian officials violated his rights at Guantanamo. The government released a statement apologizing to Khadr.

"On behalf of the government of Canada, we wish to apologize to Mr. Khadr for any role Canadian officials may have played in relation to his ordeal abroad and any resulting harm," said the statement from Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale and Foreign Affairs minister Chrystia Freeland.

The Canadian-born Khadr was 15 when he was captured by US troops following a firefight at a suspected Al Qaeda compound in Afghanistan that resulted in the death of an American special forces medic, U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Speer. Khadr, who was suspected of throwing the grenade that killed Speer, was taken to Guantanamo and charged with war crimes by a military commission.

He pleaded guilty in 2010 to charges that included murder and was sentenced to eight years plus the time he had already spent in custody. He returned to Canada two years later to serve the remainder of his sentence and was released in May 2015 pending an appeal of his guilty plea, which he said was made under duress.

source: The San Diego Union-Tribune

justice at last. can nigeria government pay u damages for wrongfully inprisoning u? the answer is NO. wish they can emulate this