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. 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."