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NEWS ABOUT: Maher Arar

Maher Arar stories: 2 news summaries

'Tortured' Rendition
Victim Told
He Can't Sue

Canadian sent to
Syria plans to appeal

Nov 3, 09 4:01 AM CST
(Newser) - A Canadian citizen sent to Syria after being mistakenly arrested at JFK Airport cannot sue US authorities, a court has ruled. Maher Arar, who says he was tortured during the year he was held in Syrian custody, was told by a New York court that it has no legal right... More »

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CIA • rendition • Syria • Canada • lawsuit • terror suspects • Maher Arar

 Rendition Victim
 Loses US
 Torture Appeal 

Technicality KOs case at center of recent movie

Jul 1, 08 7:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Canadian software engineer has lost an appeal against the US for his torture in Syria on a technicality, Reuters reports. Syrian-born Maher Arar, whose story inspired the Hollywood movie Rendition, was forced off a flight in New York in 2002 and shipped to Syria, where he says he was... More »

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rendition • torture • Syria • Canada • Condoleezza Rice • Maher Arar

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