This is a very important report and we can only hope the government releases much of it. Canadian citizens were mistreated, brutally, and without cause. I wish I could say this was not a Liberal problem too but both mainstream Parties have a hand in it. All we can do is try to avoid such a miscarriage of justice in the future.
Man at centre of Iacobucci inquiry feels 'betrayed'
One of the three men at the centre of an inquiry into whether Canadian officials were complicit in their detention overseas says Canada "betrayed" him and hopes the findings, which will be turned over to the government today, will allow him to rebuild his life.
Former Supreme Court Justice Frank Iacobucci has been conducting a review into the cases of Abdullah Almalki, Ahmad El Maati and Muayyed Nureddin.
El Maati says he was detained and tortured in Syria and Egypt, while Almalki and Nureddin claim they were held and tortured in Syria, on what the men say were false terrorist charges.
They accuse Canadian officials of passing on incorrect information about them to their interrogators.
In an interview Monday on CTV's Canada AM, Nureddin said he wants answers into the role Canadian officials played in his ordeal.
"I think Canada betrayed me as a citizen," Nureddin said. "Because once I travelled, I travelled hoping that if anything happened to me there is Canada behind me."
Iacobucci's review began nearly two years ago and has been mired in controversy. The three men, who claim they were detained and tortured based on false terrorism allegations against them, held a news conference a year ago and complained that the inquiry was shrouded in secrecy.
"Today I don't think I'll get any answers because the report is not going to be released today," Almalki said on Canada AM. "It's going to be handed over to the government and then the government does what they want, I guess, with it."
It is unclear when the report's findings will be made public.
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