Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Heed torture risk, Canada told / Globe & Mail, 16 Dec 2006

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COLIN FREEZE
"Refugee case judge assails government for ignoring rights warnings about Egypt. Canadian officials turned a blind eye to torture as they tried to deport a terrorism suspect to Egypt, a Federal Court judge ruled. Madam Justice Danièle Tremblay-Lamer said officials in countries such as Egypt can't be trusted when they promise Western countries they won't mistreat deportees. Canadian officials would be better served, the judge suggested, by giving more weight to the findings of groups such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch when they document evidence of torture."