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Court forces release of documents in refugee’s lawsuit
April 21, 2010 – 10:24 am | No Comment
Court forces release of documents in refugee’s lawsuit

From The Canadian Press
OTTAWA — Federal lawyers have handed more than 850 new documents to defence counsel in the case of Benamar Benatta, a refugee who is suing the Canadian government for shipping …

A Glimmer of Justice for Wrongly Detained Terror Suspects – Benamar Benatta’s victory in Canada would be denied, still, in America
December 22, 2009 – 1:58 pm | No Comment
A Glimmer of Justice for Wrongly Detained Terror Suspects – Benamar Benatta’s victory in Canada would be denied, still, in America

By Edward Alden
Benamar Benatta was mysteriously handed over by Canada to U.S. authorities the day after the 9-11 terrorist attacks, and spent nearly five years in American jails without ever being convicted of a crime.
Earlier …

Are Canadians complicit in torture overseas? – By Reem Bahdi
May 11, 2009 – 1:06 pm | No Comment
Are Canadians complicit in torture overseas? – By Reem Bahdi

By Reem Bahdi
Once again, we must question whether Canadian officials facilitated the overseas detention and torture of Arab Muslim men.
Abousfian Abdelrazik, a Canadian citizen, was arrested in Sudan in 2003 while visiting his ailing mother. …