Poll: Security Certificates

The Federal Court of Appeal ruled Friday that security certificates used to detain suspected terrorists indefinitely for months without charge are constitutional.

A three-judge panel made the decision at an appeal hearing by Adil Charkaoui, 31, a Moroccan-born man accused of being an al-Qaeda operative.

The controversial national-security certificates allow police to hold prisoners without charging them or giving them full access to the evidence against them.

At least six men are being held under the certificates, which have provoked fierce condemnation from critics who say they violate human rights and are unconstitutional.