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Syria, US Torture Center
Cole, David | December 1, 2003 issue

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Reports on the case of Maher Arar, a Canadian citizen who was deported to Syria after U.S. officials detained him on suspicion of being a member of a terrorist organization when he stopped at New York's JFK airport to change planes. Details of the torture Arar claims he suffered while imprisoned in a Syrian jail for ten months; Arar's call for a criminal investigation into the role of intelligence agencies in his deportation following his release; Claim that Arar was deported to Syria on evidence he never saw; Questions about why U.S. authorities deported Arar to Syria instead of Canada, including the possibility that the U.S. officials condoned Syria's use of torture; Explanation of why the deportation was clearly illegal.

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ARAR, Maher; EXPATRIATION; TORTURE; TERRORISM -- Prevention; EMIGRATION & immigration law; CIVIL rights; LAW enforcement; CRIMINAL investigation; CANADA; SYRIA; UNITED States
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