Daily Revolt

January 26, 2007

At Least Canada Apologizes for Torture

You won't ever hear the Bush gang apologize for sending possible innocent suspects to a "friendly" country that practices torture:
Canada's prime minister apologized to Maher Arar on Friday and announced the government would compensate him C$10.5 million (US$8.9 million) for its role in his deportation from the U.S. to Syria, where he was tortured while held in prison for nearly a year.

Canada shouldn't hold its breathe:
Prime Minister Stephen Harper again called on the U.S. government to remove the Ottawa telecoms engineer from any of its no-fly or terrorist watchlists and reiterated that Ottawa would keep pressing Washington to clear Arar's name.

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