Maher Arar

Category: Newspaper article

Article sent to 'The Ottawa Citizen' on Jan 31, 2007

Letter writer Margaret Ellen Griffin says she might scream if she hears how Maher Arar has been hard done by and further adds that Mr. Arar doesn’t have visible physical wounds (to back up his claims of torture).

Good grief! Does the man have to stand naked for the world to see? Does Ms. Griffin not think that there are any number of Canadian officials who would have produced the damning evidence of his physical torture in their attempt to get redress from Syria and the United States?

Furthermore Ms. Griffin suggests Mr. Arar take the money and shut-up. I couldn’t disagree more. What Mr. Arar did was extraordinary. His unrelenting persistence in this matter is nothing short of heroic. We should all have Mr. Arar’s courage.