Maher Arar
Here’s the short story by the CBC
Maher Arar, a Canadian citizen born in Syria in 1970, came to Canada in 1987. After earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees in computer engineering, Arar worked in Ottawa as a telecommunications engineer.
On a stopover in New York as he was returning to Canada from a vacation in Tunisia in September 2002, U.S. officials detained Arar, claiming he has links to al-Qaeda, and deported him to Syria, even though he was carrying a Canadian passport.
When Arar returned to Canada more than a year later, he said he had been tortured during his incarceration and accused American officials of sending him to Syria knowing that they practise torture.
But if you have the time or want to know the details of his 4 years of tribulation read the long version (start at the bottom of the page) then write your congress critters and demand justice by the US for him. If you are Canadian write your MP and demand Canada keep pressuring the US over this.
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