By Katherine Gallagher, Senior Staff Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights One thing brings these four men together. Hassan bin Attash, Sami el-Hajj, Muhammed Khan Tumani and Murat Kurnaz...
Updated: February 22, 2013
May 16, 2014 - We express our deep concern regarding the brutal beating of José Guadalupe Ruela García, the director of Casa Alianza of Honduras, allegedly by members of the Honduran...
Updated: May 16, 2014
September 2006Government commission in Canada ruled that Maher Arar is not a terrorist/White House seeking to revoke right of habeas corpus to non-citizens held in US custody outside of the US.
February 2006Maher Arar is seeking acknowledgement from the U.S. government that his torture was wrong.
February 2006U.S. district judge David Trager dismissed Maher Arar's lawsuit against the U.S. government.
September 2006Canadian Commission releases report revealing new details about U.S. behavior that led to imprisoning an innocent man.
October 2006The Institute for Policy Studies in D.C. gives New York's Center for Constitutional Rights and its client, Maher Arar, international human rights awards.
January 2007At a news conferenci in Ottawa, falsely accused terror suspect Maher Arar regards the apology and compensation package rendered from the Canadian government as an acknowledgement of his innocence.
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.
January 2007Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper apologizes to Arar and offers a $10.5M compensation package for the extreme psychological and emotional torture he sustained for 10 months in a Syrian prison.
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