UN condemns Canadian practices over rights violations
The Canadian Press
Date: Saturday Jun. 2, 2012 5:19 PM ET
The United Nations is taking Canada to task for security practices it says expose Canadians and others to torture and allow war criminals to escape international justice.
A new report by the UN Committee Against Torture accuses Ottawa of being "complicit" to human rights violation committed against three Arab-Canadian men held in Syria after 9-11.
Canadian officials also played a role in the ill-treatment of Omar Khadr at Guantanamo Bay, the report contends, criticizing government delays in approving the child soldier's request to serve out his sentence in Canada.
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