February 2006Maher Arar is seeking acknowledgement from the U.S. government that his torture was wrong.
August 2007Newly released sections of a Canadian inquiry report reveal that neither the Syrian government nor the FBI believed Arar was a threat.
US officials deliberately sent Maher Arar to Syria under the likelihood that he would be tortured.
January 2007Until the PM's official apology rolled out of the fax machine, Arar's legal team couldn't be sure of success in quest for justice.
June 2008Detainees in Guantánamo Bay will have access to a federal court to challenge their detention, according to a Supreme Court ruling in the Center for Constitutional Rights' case. Many are expected to...
It felt like an epic decision in June 2008 when a bitterly divided Supreme court decided that terrorism suspects detained at Guantanamo Bay had access to federal courts to challenge their confinement.
January 2012A new federal lawsuit seeks to force the U.S. government to make public “extremely disturbing” videotapes of a Saudi national, Mohammed al-Qahtani, whose abuse at the Guantanamo Bay...
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September 2006Canadian Commission releases report revealing new details about U.S. behavior that led to imprisoning an innocent man.
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