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Extraordinary Rendition Victim Maher Arar Accepts Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award

Extraordinary Rendition Victim Maher Arar Accepts Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award

On Wednesday night, the Institute for Policy Studies presented its 30th Annual Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Awards in Washington DC. But one of the main award winners—extraordinary rendition victim Maher Arar—was unable to attend. He remains on the U.S. no-fly list even though his own government in Canada has publicly acknowledged he is an innocent man. We play Arar’s acceptance speech. [includes rush transcript]

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