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/2010/06/if-only-obama-was-all-so-many-hoped-he-would-be/ http://kerrypither.com/2010/06/if-only-obama-was-all-so-many-hoped-he-would-be/#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:59:50 +0000 kerry http://kerrypither.com/?p=567 New York Times on the day Obama came to Canada -- because the case was before the courts. If he were, he'd read today's decision by the US Supreme Court and immediately move to ensure his administration public takes responsibility for its role in sending Arar to be tortured, and invite him to the White House for a formal and public in-person apology. And if he were, he'd use the occasion to announce the launch of a full-scale independent and public inquiry into all the other Arars -- into the role the CIA and FBI and other US agencies have been, and still are playing, in the rendition, detention and torture of so many others since 9/11. I, for one, won't be holding my breath.]]> http://kerrypither.com/2010/06/if-only-obama-was-all-so-many-hoped-he-would-be/feed/ 0 http://kerrypither.com/2009/11/u-s-denies-arars-right-to-sue/ http://kerrypither.com/2009/11/u-s-denies-arars-right-to-sue/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:23:55 +0000 kerry http://kerrypither.com/?p=445 "Unfortunately, this recent decision and decisions taken on other similar cases, prove that the court system in the United States has become more or less a tool that the executive branch can easily manipulate through unfounded allegations and fear mongering....If anything, this decision is a loss to all Americans and to the rule of law." The full text of Arar's statement is available here. The full text of the decision is available in pdf format here. Here are some interesting snippets from the dissenting judges:]]> http://kerrypither.com/2009/11/u-s-denies-arars-right-to-sue/feed/ 0 http://kerrypither.com/2009/05/why-the-government-wont-let-abousfian-abdelrazik-come-home/ http://kerrypither.com/2009/05/why-the-government-wont-let-abousfian-abdelrazik-come-home/#comments Wed, 13 May 2009 11:14:20 +0000 kerry http://kerrypither.com/?p=340 http://kerrypither.com/2009/05/why-the-government-wont-let-abousfian-abdelrazik-come-home/feed/ 0 http://kerrypither.com/2009/04/im-betting-obrian-had-it-right/ http://kerrypither.com/2009/04/im-betting-obrian-had-it-right/#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:00:22 +0000 kerry http://kerrypither.com/?p=311 http://kerrypither.com/2009/04/im-betting-obrian-had-it-right/feed/ 0 http://kerrypither.com/2009/04/public-safety-minister-must-issue-directive-prohibiting-the-use-of-information-obtained-under-torture/ http://kerrypither.com/2009/04/public-safety-minister-must-issue-directive-prohibiting-the-use-of-information-obtained-under-torture/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:42:48 +0000 kerry http://kerrypither.com/?p=308 http://kerrypither.com/2009/04/public-safety-minister-must-issue-directive-prohibiting-the-use-of-information-obtained-under-torture/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 http://kerrypither.com/2008/10/no-wonder-they-wanted-the-inquiry-kept-secret/ http://kerrypither.com/2008/10/no-wonder-they-wanted-the-inquiry-kept-secret/#comments Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:59:42 +0000 kerry http://kerrypither.com/?p=132 http://kerrypither.com/2008/10/no-wonder-they-wanted-the-inquiry-kept-secret/feed/ 1 http://kerrypither.com/2008/10/why-canada-wont-let-abousfian-abdelrazik-come-home/ http://kerrypither.com/2008/10/why-canada-wont-let-abousfian-abdelrazik-come-home/#comments Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:45:31 +0000 kerry http://kerrypither.com/?p=83 http://kerrypither.com/2008/10/why-canada-wont-let-abousfian-abdelrazik-come-home/feed/ 2