UN rights body calls on Canada to investigate reports of complicity in torture
The UN Human Rights Committee urged in a report Wednesday that Canada open an investigation into allegations that its law enforcement agencies cooperated in the torture of several Canadian citizens detained in Middle Eastern...
Canadian opposition calls for expanded probe on rendition cases
Leaders of Canada's three opposition political parties said Thursday that the government should launch an expanded probe into situations where Canadian citizens have been investigated by federal authorities but tortured abroad, echoing a similar request made by human rights...
Rights groups press Canadian government for new probe on rendition cases
Human rights groups are pressuring the Canadian government to open a new investigation into the role the government played in allegedly allowing a number of Muslim Canadians to be imprisoned and tortured in Syria. Testimony ended Thursday in an...
Justice Department seeks dismissal of torture rendition suit on security grounds
Citing national security concerns, the US Justice Department has asked a federal district court to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a Canadian man who claims he was deported to Syria and tortured. Maher Arar , born in Syria...
Australian Gitmo detainee says US transfered him to Egypt for torture
Military lawyers for an Australian detainee held at Guantanamo Bay Cuba have said in court papers that their client, originally detained by the US in Pakistan in the wake of the September 11 terror attacks, was later tranfered to...
