Torture: The Transfers of Afghan Prisoners

Letter to Canada’s House of Commons by Lawyers Against the War

Uruknet.info, Monday, December 21, 2009 Open letter to the Parliamentary Special Committee on the Canadian Mission in Afghanistan Dear Committee Members: Chair: Rick Casson, Vice-chair: Bryon Wilfert, Members: Jim Abbott, Ujjal Dosanjh, Francine Lalonde, Claude Bachand, Laurie Hawn, Dave MacKenzie, Paul Dewar, Greg Kerr, Deepak Obhrai: Lawyers against the War (LAW) urges the Parliamentary Special Committee on the Canadian Mission in Afghanistan to recommend: The immediate cessation of transfers of people taken prisoner in Afghanistan (prisoners) by Canada, to third countries, including Afghanistan; and, That Canada immediately undertake effective protective and remedial measures with respect to all prisoners already transferred by Canada to third countries; and, The creation of a judicial inquiry mandated to inquire into allegations that the transfers violate Canadian and international law and to recommend the civil and criminal remedies required by law. Continues >>

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