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Human Security Gateway: All Updates (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
The Maher Arar affair can be divided into three components: the scandal of a Canadian citizen’s “extraordinary rendition” from the United States to a year of torture in a Syrian prison; the public inquiry under Mr. Justice Dennis O’Connor into the complicity of Canadian officials; and the aftermath of the inquiry reports, including the impact on the government of Canada, on national security...
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西儒 ─ The Western Confucian (Free subscription) | 20/09/2008
Just today I read his story in her book, The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals , an absolutely horrifying account of what our government has become, one which all citizens should read; today, they both speak on public radio — Jane Mayer: The Dangers Of Extraordinary Rendition and Canadian Citizen Imprisoned By U.S. Speaks Out . Subscribe in a...
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Quillblog (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
Friend of Q&Q John W. MacDonald has a great shot up on his Flickr site. At last week’s Ottawa launch for Kerry Pither’s book Dark Days: The Story of Four Canadians Tortured in the Name of Fighting Terror (Penguin Canada), one of the book’s main subjects, Maher Arar, was in attendance. Below, Arar thanks Pither [...]
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atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
The RCMP has closed its long-running investigation into damaging leaks about Maher Arar – who was falsely accused of terrorist ties – without laying charges, The Canadian Press has learned.
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International News (I.N. Daily) (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
Tuesday, September 2, 2008 Comments46Recommend12 http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/09/02/zacardelli-arar.html Former RCMP Commissioner Giuliano Zaccardelli says the U.S. government, not Canada’s national police force, is to blame for Maher Arar’s deportation to Syria. In an exclusive interview with CBC News, Zaccardelli suggests U.S. authorities deliberately misled the Mounties about...
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International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 31/08/2008
The case of Maher Arar - a victim of Bush's notorious rendition policy - offers U.S. courts the chance to strike a blow for the rule of law.
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New York Times (Free subscription) | 31/08/2008
Maher Arar, a a victim of the Bush administration’s policy of “extraordinary rendition,” deserves justice from this country.
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 24/08/2008
According to the Center on Constitutional Rights, the US Second Circuit of Appeals has decided to re-open the case of Maher Arar, the Syrian-born Canadian citizen who was deported to Syria by the US while transiting through JFK airport in New York. The case will be re-heard on December 9. The court will hold a hearing "en banc" (meaning in private with a full panel of judges [thanks matthew])...
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Alternet (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Equally, Justice Anthony Kennedy's ruling should put an end to the government's bizarre legal theory that it can allow a person into the country without legally "admitting" them, so that they have no legal or constitutional rights. Most recently, the government relied on this peculiar legal limbo to resist the legal suit brought by Canadian citizen Maher Arar, who was seized at JFK International...
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p2pnet (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
... and one which will be familiar to Canadians. At the time, The Village Voice wrote Canada’s Maher Arar, “was kidnapped by CIA agents” during a stopover at Kennedy Airport. “In a startling, ominous decision —- ignored by most of the press around the country” Trager, “dismissed a lawsuit by a Canadian citizen, Maher Arar,” said the story. This was in 2006. Now, however,...
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Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
In Toronto, a group is planning a march outside the U.S. Consulate, while Amnesty International and the wife of Maher Arar will join the Ottawa rally.
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Market Wire (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
... them and to keep them from their political aspirations.We have a lot of examples recently with the Maher Arar case; where Human Rights of Citizens are violated and with immunity politicians can stand in our Parliament defame Canadian citizens with political ambition, without verifying facts and understanding the damage that they cause. We are expected to pay for this treatment with...
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International News (I.N. Daily) (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
MAHER ARAR From Thursday’s Globe and Mail September 18, 2008 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/ Two years ago today, Mr. Justice Dennis O’Connor released the first of two reports of the public inquiry into the role that Canadian officials played in my abduction and torture in Syria. This first report was personally important for me, as it cleared my name [...]
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Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 22/09/2008
It wasn't just Maher Arar who was detained and interrogated
