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Published on Friday, October 19, 2007 by Voice of America
Canadian Victim Testifies About US Extraordinary Rendition
by Dan Robinson
A Canadian citizen detained by U.S. authorities in 2002 on suspicion of having links to al-Qaida, and sent to Syria where he was tortured, has testified for the first time before a congressional committee.
A Syrian-born Canadian citizen, Arar was detained in September 2002 at New York’s Kennedy Airport, on suspicion of having links to al-Qaida, which was responsible for the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States.
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Against his protests and after interrogations by U.S. officials, he was deported to Syria via Jordan, where he says he suffered severe torture for 10 months at the hands of Syria’s Military Intelligence, before his release in October 2003.
Arar was never formally accused of any crime in the United States or Canada. A two-and-a-half-year Canadian investigation cleared him of any links with terrorist organizations or activities, and ordered that he be paid more than $10 million in compensation.
Testifying by video link from Canada, because he remains barred from the United States, Arar condemned what he calls the immoral practice of rendition.
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Canadian Victim Testifies About US Extraordinary Rendition
by Dan Robinson
A Canadian citizen detained by U.S. authorities in 2002 on suspicion of having links to al-Qaida, and sent to Syria where he was tortured, has testified for the first time before a congressional committee.
A Syrian-born Canadian citizen, Arar was detained in September 2002 at New York’s Kennedy Airport, on suspicion of having links to al-Qaida, which was responsible for the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States.
...
Against his protests and after interrogations by U.S. officials, he was deported to Syria via Jordan, where he says he suffered severe torture for 10 months at the hands of Syria’s Military Intelligence, before his release in October 2003.
Arar was never formally accused of any crime in the United States or Canada. A two-and-a-half-year Canadian investigation cleared him of any links with terrorist organizations or activities, and ordered that he be paid more than $10 million in compensation.
Testifying by video link from Canada, because he remains barred from the United States, Arar condemned what he calls the immoral practice of rendition.
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