Canada Adds U.S. to List Of Nations That Tortur

January 19, 2008
Canada Adds U.S. to List Of Nations That Tortur

In Canada, the United States has joined a notorious group of countries -- Iran, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Afghanistan and China, among others -- as a place where foreigners risk torture and abuse, according to a training manual for Canadian diplomats that was accidentally given this week to Amnesty International lawyers.

The manual is intended to create "greater awareness among consular officials to the possibility of Canadians detained abroad being tortured." Part of the workshop is devoted to teaching diplomats how to identify people who have been tortured. It features a section on "U.S. interrogation techniques," including forced nudity, hooding and isolation.

Murder charge filed against Canadian in Guantanamo

February 3, 2007
Murder charge filed against Canadian in Guantanamo

The U.S. military filed a murder charge Friday against Omar Khadr, who is the only Canadian
imprisoned in the Guantanamo Bay prison and has been there for more than four years.

Khadr, who is now 20 but has been imprisoned since he was 15, is among the first three
prisoners to face charges as the military begins a new set of Guantanamo trials after the original
ones were halted by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2006.