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Maher Arar Torture

Ottawa Hasn't Learned Their Lesson About Torture: Arar Lawyer

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 10.30.2012 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - A lawyer who represented torture victim Maher Arar says information-sharing directives issued to federal security agencies show the governmen...

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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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Obama Pressured To Apologize To Canadian

CBC | Posted 07.22.2012 | Canada Politics
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A coalition of U.S. human rights and religious groups has presented a petition to President Barack Obama that calls on the U.S. to officially apologiz...

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