Maher Arar, a telecommunications engineer with dual Canadian and Syrian citizenship, was detained during a stop-over in JFK Airport in 2002 and deported on suspicion of being a member of Al Qaeda. He wound up in a Syrian prison where he was locked up and beaten for almost a year before protests from his wife led to his release.Here is the full interview.Arar is pursuing a federal lawsuit charging that the United States government violated his constitutional right to due process as well as his right to choose a country of removal other than one in which he would be tortured, as guaranteed under the Torture Victim Protection Act.
Off-topic: Fresh Air on "extraordinary renditions"
Here is a Fresh Air interview of Maher Arar, a Canadian citizen, who was picked up by Americans as a suspect and then sent for interrogation to Syria as part of the program of extraordinary rendition. This is a sad and sorry state of affairs. Please check out this interview. Here is a brief intro of Maher Arar:
2 comments:
I'm surprised they eventually listened to his wife. Glad, but surprised.
But mainly, disgusted.
(also off-topic, have you seen this?)
I'm surprised they eventually listened to his wife. Glad, but surprised.
I think because she was dealing with Canadian authorities...
Interesting link about the Atheon - I will read more about it. I usually recoil when I hear the "Temple of Science" - they should use a different word, otherwise it sounds New-Agey. At the same time, I appreciate the idea of Cosmic background radiation on a stain window. Thanks for the link.
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