Muslim Advocates welcomes the Obama administration’s announcement rescinding its policy of targeting travelers from 14 primarily Muslim countries for mandatory enhanced screening. Since this misguided policy was implemented in January, Muslim Advocates had been …

OTTAWA – Canadian intelligence agents went to Egypt to get information about a Toronto man and likely contributed to his abuse by authorities there, newly released documents say.
The previously unknown visit by CSIS officers became …

Community Advisory:
New Airport Security Measures Target Muslim Travelers
President Obama stated yesterday that “we will strengthen our defenses, but we will not succumb to a siege mentality that sacrifices the open society and liberties and values …

By The Economist | LONDON
AMERICA has firmed up its response to the security failures that allowed Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to board a Detroit-bound flight with an explosive device in Amsterdam on Christmas …

For immediate release
(Ottawa, December 3, 2009) The majority of the House of Commons has just voted in favour of compensation and a formal apology for three Canadian Muslim men who were detained and tortured overseas.
The …

New York Times, November 11, 2009
Editorial
A National Disgrace
Two courts, one in Italy and one in the United States, ruled recently on the Bush administration’s practice of extraordinary rendition, which is the kidnapping of people and …

TORONTO STAR EDITORIAL
Are Canadians soft on terror? In the eyes of the nation’s spy chief, Richard Fadden, there’s no doubt about it. The recently appointed director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service fairly sang the …

By Scott Horton
“When the history of this distinguished court is written, today’s majority decision will be viewed with dismay,” writes Guido Calabresi, the former Yale Law dean and a man widely viewed as the most …

Court Refuses to Hold U.S. Officials Accountable for Complicity in Torture Abroad
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November 2, 2009, New York –  Today, a federal Court of Appeals dismissed Canadian citizen Maher Arar’s case against U.S. officials for …

From CBC Ottawa
A book that tells the story of Maher Arar and three other Canadians tortured overseas has won the 2009 City of Ottawa Book Award for English non-fiction.
Dark Days: The Story of Four Canadians …

By JIM BRONSKILL
OTTAWA – The federal government has rejected a call from MPs to compensate three Canadians tortured overseas.
In a response issued late Monday, the government said it “would be inappropriate” to do so …

By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press
OTTAWA – Canada’s spy agency has explicitly told its officers to describe people in “a fair and precise manner” when passing information to other countries – especially ones with …

By Andrew Duffy, The Ottawa Citizen
OTTAWA — The Canadian government says it bears no legal responsibility for the detention and torture in Syria of Ottawa’s Abdullah Almalki and will not compensate him for his ordeal.
Almalki, …

By Jim Bronskill
The federal government denies responsibility for the overseas imprisonment and torture of three Canadians, despite a commission of inquiry report that parcelled out blame to CSIS, the RCMP and Foreign Affairs.
In newly filed …