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Entries by Sukanya Pillay from 06/2012

No Country Should Get Away With Torture -- Not Even Canada

| Posted 06.09.2012 | Canada Politics
Read More: UN Convention Against Torture, Canada, Un, UN Committee Against Torture, Torture, Canada Politics News

May 2012 was Canada's turn to appear again before the UN Committee Against Torture. Governmental responses that the UN Committee should focus on countries worse than Canada don't make sense -- should a corporation with a strong ethical record say that it no longer needs to undergo audit processes because there are other corporations out there cooking the books?

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Canada Could Do More to Stand Up for Torture Victims

| Posted 06.26.2012 | Canada
Read More: Victims of Torture, Canada Torture Laws, Torture Maher Arar, Maher Arar Torture, UN Convention Against Torture, International Support Victims of Torture, Torture Laws Canada, Canada News

June 26 is International Day in Support of Victims of Torture -- a day that requires reckoning. Canada itself does not torture and speaks out against torture -- this is good. But we may be missing the mark with some of our actions and omissions to support victims and condemn torture wherever we find it.

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