CIA-rendition flights: charge dismissed by US courts, but Canadian police conduct investigation

US-American Courts have rejected the damages claim filed by Canadian citizen Maher Arar, who was rendered by the CIA to Syria, where he was tortured for several months.  The US-Supreme Court, a Court of Last Instance, concluded in June 2010 that it would not accept the case. Meanwhile, Canadian police are leading an investigation into the role played US-American and Syrian officials in the abduction and mistreatment of Arar.

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ECCHR supports 'Extraordninary Rendition' case

In association with the Bar of England and Wales Human Rights Committee, ECCHR filed on 5 March 2010 an amici curiae brief supporting the petition of the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights in the compensation case of Maher Arar. Maher Arar, a Canadian citizen, was arrested and abducted by US officials in 2002 and brought to Syria. In his one-year detention in Syria he suffered torture and was imprisoned under inhumane and degrading conditions. After his return to Canada a commission of inquiry, established by the Canadian government, shed light on his case.

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