Tortured Canadians

The case for compensation at some level is pretty strong. The question shouldn't be if but rather how much:

Report urges compensation for men's torture ordeal (MPs-Torture)
Source: The Canadian Press

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OTTAWA_ A parliamentary committee says the federal government should purge false information from the files of three Canadians who were jailed and tortured in Syria.

The public safety committee also urges the government to compensate and apologize to the men.

It says Canada should do ``everything necessary'' to remove false allegations about the men and their families in records held by national security agencies.

Last fall, an inquiry found that Canadian officials contributed to the overseas torture of Abdullah Almalki, Ahmad El Maati and Muayyed Nureddin by sharing information with foreign agencies.

The men are suing the government, but the committee says that should not stand in the way of an apology.

Conservative members of the committee issued a dissenting report rejecting the recommendations for redress.

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