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Maher Arar

Democracy Now! coverage of Maher Arar case. In 2002, Arar, a Canadian citizen, was seized by U.S. authorities during a layover at JFK Airport and then sent to his native Syria, where he was tortured and interrogated in a tiny underground cell. He was held for over a year.

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