CAUT Bulletin: Arar Report a Victory for Civil Liberties, CAUT Says
A commission of inquiry’s long-awaited report about the behaviour of Canadian officials in what happened to Maher Arar has created a national reassessment of the proper role of security forces in Canada today.
The public inquiry headed by Justice Dennis O’Connor found that American officials “very likely” based their decision to send Arar to Syria on inaccurate information supplied by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, that police and spy agencies sent “mixed signals” to the Syrians about wanting Arar back, and that the Mounties misled senior government officials on their role in the case.
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