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Canadian Judge: US Treatment of Khadr Amounts to Torture

HeadlineJun 26, 2008

Meanwhile, a Canadian judge has issued a harsh rebuke of the US imprisonment of the Canadian prisoner Omar Khadr. On Wednesday, federal court judge Richard Mosley said Khadr’s treatment has violated international laws against torture. Mosley cited a document detailing a technique used against Khadr during his interrogation. Mosley did not reveal the technique but said it should be publicly exposed. Khadr was fifteen years old when he was arrested by US troops in Afghanistan.

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