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Canada Torture Laws

Did Tory Directives Lead To Torture And Rights Abuses?

CP | Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press | Posted 10.27.2012 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - The Conservatives are condoning immoral abuses — and flouting the law — by allowing RCMP and Canada Border Services officers to use infor...

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Canada Could Do More to Stand Up for Torture Victims

Sukanya Pillay | Posted 08.26.2012 | Canada
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Sukanya Pillay

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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