Canada has apologised to a man deported by US authorities to Syria, where he was imprisoned and allegedly tortured.
Maher Arar was detained in the US while returning to Canada from Tunisia. He has dual Syrian-Canadian citizenship.
A Canadian government inquiry cleared him of any involvement in terrorism. Syria denies that he was tortured.
PM Stephen Harper said Mr Arar would receive US$8.9m compensation, and urged the US to drop him from its list of terror suspects
Friday, January 26, 2007
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