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MacKay's version11 comments

Aaron Wherry wrote 6 days ago: Defence Minister Peter MacKay’s exchange with reporters after Question Period today. Question: … more →

Tags: Beyond the Commons, Capital Read, Afghanistan, Detainees, Peter MacKay, Richard Colvin, Torture

"The American court got it miserably wrong"20 comments

Paul Wells wrote 2 weeks ago: The New York Times upholds the quaint notion that the protection of law should be extended even to t … more →

Tags: Capital Read, Inkless Wells, New York Times

Italian Judge Rules “Extraordinary Rendition” Illegal, Sentences CIA Agents by Andy Worthington1 comment

dandelionsalad wrote 2 weeks ago: by Andy Worthington Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.andyworthington.co.uk 5 November 2009 In an … more →

Tags: Politics, Torture, CIA, rendition, Dandelion Salad Videos, Dandelion Salad Featured Writers, Dandelion Salad Posts News Politics and-or Videos 2, Torture on Dandelion Salad, Italy

Canada, the U.S. and the debate on torture

cfcf wrote 2 weeks ago: Glenn Greenwald wrote an article decrying what had become of his United States after a court dismiss … more →

Tags: Torture

A Mixed Week on Accountability for Renditions

F de Londras wrote 3 weeks ago: This week saw two contrasting results emerging from courts in the United States and Italy regarding … more →

Tags: Commentary, ongoing litigation, Terrorism, Recent cases, Extraordinary Renditions, Osama Nasr, 'War on Terrorism'

U.S. Govt officials purposely torture and enjoy full immunity

moraloutrage wrote 3 weeks ago: Maher Arar is both a Canadian and Syrian citizen of Syrian descent.  A telecommunications engineer a … more →

Tags: U. S., American, Human Rights, Terrorist, national security, Syria, rendered, Canada, Accountability

2nd Appeals Court to US government: torture will never have consequence

Linus wrote 3 weeks ago: I’m too disgusted even to write about it, so I’ll let Greenwald do it for me. Arar was a … more →

Tags: Crime, Ethics and Morals, News, Depravity, disgust, Evil, John Ashcroft, Torture

Innocent Maher Arar is still on the US Terror Watchlist

Jasmin Ramsey wrote 3 weeks ago: Even though a Canadian commission has cleared Maher Arar's name and admitted wrongdoing in the h … more →

Tags: Canada, Civil Liberties, Syria, Global War On Terror, Torture, Extraordinary Rendition, CCR

The Corruption of Canada

Mr.Anderson wrote 1 month ago:  From pacificfreepress.com by C. L. Cook Last week, Canadian authorities decided to turn over Canadi … more →

Tags: Canada, Amanda Lindhout, Anna Mae, Canadian authorities, Corruption of Canada, INFORMATIONS, John Graham, Leonard Peltier, Marc Emery

In Praise of Wikipedia2 comments

kevinfenton wrote 2 months ago: I know that Wikipedia takes some stick, in particular from traditional media, about some problems th … more →

Tags: Complete 9/11 Timeline, Torture and Abuse, robert fuller, Wikipedia, Salim Hamdan, Omar Khadr

Outsourcing Torture To Continue Under Obama

infolution wrote 3 months ago: Outsourcing Torture To Continue Under Obama Anthony Gregory Campaign For Liberty August 25, 2009 Fla … more →

Tags: hillary clinton, Neolibs, dick cheney, Dictatorship, Guantanamo, George Bush, Torture, detainee, Barack Obama

Rendition Will Not Stop -- Obama Admin Disappoints Again

V & A wrote 3 months ago: By Veena D. Today’s NYTimes tells us that the Obama administration will continue the practice … more →

Tags: Civil Rights, detention, Human Rights, Law, racism, Veena, ACLU, Amrit Singh, Barack Obama

Rendition of Terror Suspects Will Continue Under Obama

Melissa wrote 3 months ago: Surprise, surprise. via NY Times WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will continue the Bush admini … more →

Tags: change we can believe in, Human Rights, obama, Torture, ACLU, Amrit Singh, George W. Bush, rendition

'He missed the point'9 comments

Aaron Wherry wrote 3 months ago: Gar Pardy, formerly head of Canadian consular services, raises concerns about this country’s t … more →

Tags: Beyond the Commons, Capital Read, Almalki, Citizenship, El Maati, Gar Pardy, nureddin, Omar Khadr, Stephen Harper

'Why is the government refusing to have a public inquiry to lay to rest some of these allegations?'7 comments

Aaron Wherry wrote 3 months ago: Apropos of Abousfian Abdelrazik (remember him?) and the questions still unanswered, here is the text … more →

Tags: Beyond the Commons, Capital Read, Abousfian Abdelrazik, House of Commons, Jean Chretien, Ottawa, Parliament, paul martin, Question Period

Time for another round of 'Who has more shamed this country?'35 comments

Aaron Wherry wrote 3 months ago: Ujjal Dosanjh and Jason Kenney engage in a Twitter fight. ujjaldosanjhUS advocating for their citize … more →

Tags: Beyond the Commons, Capital Read, Jason Kenney, Omar Khadr, ujjal dosanjh, Zarah Kazemi, Bill Sampson, William Sampson

'I am here'2 comments

Aaron Wherry wrote 5 months ago: Abousfian Abdelrazik’s homecoming, twittered. More from Canadian Press, Canwest and CTV. Video … more →

Tags: Beyond the Commons, Capital Read, Terrorism, Torture, Sudan, Abousfian Abdelrazik

on just following orders

marcy/مارسي newman/نيومان wrote 7 months ago: jeremy scahill blogged this bit of important news yesterday about obama and the cia torture memos: J … more →

Tags: U.S. Foreign Policy, Human Rights, media, Militarization, Syria, prisons, international law, racism, Imperialism

Why isn't Maher Arar welcome in the United States?

Michael Petrou wrote 7 months ago: President Barack Obama’s new administration has gone to some lengths to differentiate the meth … more →

Tags: World, Canada, Syria, united states


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