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Canada Complicit in Afghan Detainee Torture
by Johnny Canuck - Open-Publishing - Sunday 19 February 20121 comment
"A Canadian human rights activist has filed more than 120 documents with the International Criminal Court (ICC) demonstrating reasons for concern about the legalities of Canada’s handling of the transfer of detainees in Afghanistan and calling for an investigation.
John McNamer, a decorated Vietnam veteran, said it is a matter of conscience for him and that he has been shocked over past years by ’the lack of legal and moral integrity’ from Canada on the handling of people detained in Afghanistan.
’Complicity in torture is a war crime, and Canada is up to its neck in complicity in torture,’ he said in a press release Wednesday. ’It’s truly a horror story when you stop and look at everything that has come down on this, and anyone who wants to look at this information had better have a strong stomach.’
He said he sent evidence to the ICC because he believes top Canadian authorities have used their power to cover up wrongdoing and that the truth about detainee torture will come out only with the intervention by a higher authority such as the ICC..."
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3 March 2012, 02:02, by gmathol
Not only Canada - take US and the rest of the NATO junk. The reason while the fascist USA can commit one genocide after another is our mindless complicity.