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The Other Arars: When the Exception is the Rule

As part of the National Day of Action against new security certificate legislation, the Coalition Justice for Adil Charkaoui organized the panel discussion, "The Other Arars: When the exception is the rule" on Sunday, 21 October, 2007. The event served to strategize on how to oppose new legislation, and all that lies behind it: a culture of secrecy and fear; a hierarchy of rights; racism; expanding government powers of control and surveillance; and more!

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Photos by TGH

Date: 10/22/2007
Owner: Aaron
Size: 10 items
Mr. Almaki
 
 

Mr. Almaki

Stephen Toope, fact-finder for the Arar commission, wrote in his report, "Of all the testimony I heard, Mr. Almalki's revealed the most intense pain and suffering." "Mr. Almalki was especially badly treated, and for an extended period.

Date: 03/10/2007
Views: 466
Dominique Peschard
 
 

Dominique Peschard

Peschard's concern for social justice and human rights has led him to become active in the Ligue des droits et libertés, as Vice-President and member of the board of directors since 2001.

Date: 03/10/2007
Views: 415
Mr. Charkaoui
 
 

Mr. Charkaoui

Since being released from prison he has been subject to severe, invasive control orders, which prevent him from leaving home without supervision, from using the internet and much else. He still lives under the uncertainty and threat of deportation.

Date: 03/10/2007
Views: 232
Yavar Hameed
 
 

Yavar Hameed

Hameed is the lawyer-founder of Hameed Farrokhzad St-Pierre Chambers. He workers primarily in the area of rights and liberties. His practice responds to the many examples of direct and indirect profiling of Arab-Muslim communities since 11 September.

Date: 03/10/2007
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Date: 03/10/2007
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The state kidnap and torture of Maher Arar is viewed as exceptional in Canada. Unfortunately it isn't. Other Canadians have undergone the same horrific treatment, including Abullah Almalki.

Date: 03/10/2007
Views: 413
Abdullah Almaki
 
 

Abdullah Almaki

Abdullah Almaki, a Canadian engineer who was abruptly arrested on a visit to Syria in May 2003 was one of the featured speakers. Almaki spent almost two years in Syrian prisons, where he was interrogated under physical and psychological torture.

Date: 03/10/2007
Views: 388
Adil Charkaoui
 
 

Adil Charkaoui

Adil Charkaoui was arrested under a security certificate in May 2003. He spent almost two years in prison, on the basis of secret suspicions and under threat of deportation to torture.

Date: 03/10/2007
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The discussion was well attended by Montreal residents concerned with the introduction of new security certificate legislation.

Date: 03/10/2007
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The Opening Panel
 
 

The Opening Panel

Adil Charkaoui, Yavar Hameed, Dominique Peschard, and Abdullah Almaki (from left to right)

Date: 03/10/2007
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