Arar apology letter [Canada PM]

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Arar apology letter [Canada PM]

January 26, 2007 09:31:00 pm

Letter to Maher Arar, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, January 26, 2007 [formally apologizing on behalf of the government of Canada for any role Canadian officials may have played in what happened to Mr. Arar, his spouse Monia Mazigh and their family in 2002 and 2003 when Arar, a Canadian citizen, was deported to Syria by US officials and tortured there]. Read the full text of the letter. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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