Supreme Court: Torture and Rendition Victim Maher Arar Cannot Sue in US Courts

15 June 2010 |

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Supreme Court: Torture and Rendition Victim Maher Arar Cannot Sue in US Courts

In a major setback for holding US officials accountable for rendition and torture, the Supreme Court has rejected Arar’s lawsuit against the US government. Arar was seized at New York’s Kennedy Airport in 2002 on a stopover from a vacation abroad. Instead of allowing him to return home to Canada, Arar was sent to his native Syria, where he was tortured and interrogated in a tiny underground cell for nearly a year. Just after the Court’s decision was announced, Arar revealed a major new development: Canada’s federal law enforcement agency, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, is conducting a criminal investigation into US and Syrian officials for their role in Arar’s rendition and torture. We speak to Maher Arar.

Interview - MP3

Maher Arar, Canadian victim of US rendition and torture. He recently launched the online magazine PRISM.

Maria LaHood, Maher Arar’s attorney and senior staff attorney at the the Center for Constitutional Rights.

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