I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death.
I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death.
This article describes the experience of Maher Arar, a Syrian-born Canadian citizen who was deported from the US to Syria in September of 2002.
After being starved, deprived of sleep, and being told he’s not allowed to see a lawyer while in U.S. custody he was told he was being deported not to Canada (where he was headed anyway) but to Syria.
He told U.S. officials that he was worried he’d be tortured if he was sent back to Syria.
They didn’t care.
He was more right than he could have imagined.
While reading this account I kept hoping to read later today that this was a fake but nothing so far indicates that it’s anything but the truth.
Our country knowingly sent this guy to get tortured or worse. We need to do something about this.
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