http://kerrypither.com author • advocate • commentator Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:41:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://kerrypither.com/2009/12/majority-vote-in-parliament-calls-for-an-official-apology-and-compensation-for-el-maati-almalki-and-nurredin/ http://kerrypither.com/2009/12/majority-vote-in-parliament-calls-for-an-official-apology-and-compensation-for-el-maati-almalki-and-nurredin/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:07:41 +0000 kerry http://kerrypither.com/?p=458 here (December 3, 2009, HoC Sitting # 123, beginning at 10:00 a.m.). The report, tabled on June 18, 2009 and debated in the House of Commons today, came out of a study of findings by the Iacobucci Inquiry and findings and recommendations of the Arar Inquiry. (The Iacobucci Inquiry determined that the actions of Canadian officials, such as providing questions and information to Syrian and Egyptian interrogators, likely contributed to the torture of El Maati, Almalki and Nureddin.) In addition to an apology and compensation, the committee report calls on the government correct misinformation shared about the men with foreign agencies – information containing allegations which retired Supreme Court Justice Frank Iacobucci determined were variously inaccurate, inflammatory, and without evidentiary basis.]]> http://kerrypither.com/2009/12/majority-vote-in-parliament-calls-for-an-official-apology-and-compensation-for-el-maati-almalki-and-nurredin/feed/ 0 http://kerrypither.com/2009/03/csis-rcmp-to-testify-before-public-safety-committee-march-31/ http://kerrypither.com/2009/03/csis-rcmp-to-testify-before-public-safety-committee-march-31/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:37:37 +0000 kerry http://kerrypither.com/?p=305 here.]]> http://kerrypither.com/2009/03/csis-rcmp-to-testify-before-public-safety-committee-march-31/feed/ 1 http://kerrypither.com/2009/03/public-safety-committee-to-hear-testimony-on-the-iacobucci-inquirys-report/ http://kerrypither.com/2009/03/public-safety-committee-to-hear-testimony-on-the-iacobucci-inquirys-report/#comments Sun, 01 Mar 2009 23:21:54 +0000 kerry http://kerrypither.com/?p=266 Iacobucci Inquiry, and the recommendations of the Arar Inquiry. These hearings are crucial. We've heard nothing from the government since the report's release in October last year: The report confirmed that Canadian agencies did contribute to the detention of Ahmad El Maati and Muayyed Nureddin, and to their torture and the torture of Abdullah Almalki (by, for example, supplying the questions to those interrogating and torturing them). No-one in government has apologized to the men. There's no sign that any Canadian official has been held accountable for their actions. And the Conservative government is still ignoring the Arar Inquiry's recommendation, made more than two years ago, for effective and integrated civilian oversight of the agencies that carry out national security investigations. And without that oversight mechanism in place, it isn't clear how Canadians can be confident that many of the Arar Inquiry's other recommendations have been implemented. ]]> http://kerrypither.com/2009/03/public-safety-committee-to-hear-testimony-on-the-iacobucci-inquirys-report/feed/ 0