In a recent training seminar for senior Canadian diplomats that included information on torture, the United States was listed as a country where they should be concerned that incarcerated Canadians could be mis-treated. While this idea has been down-played by the Conservative Government in Ottawa, the facts speak for themselves. This presentation was as far from a political agenda as possible. It was based on objective study by highly skilled professionals.
Its sad that the truth always seems to get a back seat to political expediency.
I want to be clear that I'm not trying to run down the U.S.- but sometimes if you're truly a friend, you have to "call it like it is." Countries that don't mis-treat prisoners can detain them on their own soil.
See what you think:
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2008/01/16/guantanamo-manual.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/wtMostRead/idUSN1762987120080119
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/hotline/2008/01/combatting-torture-once-again-politics.php
http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/01/canada-puts-us.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7195276.stm
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/18/world/americas/18canada.html?ref=world
http://www.thestar.com/News/article/294899
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