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Lawsuit challenges Canadian government on transfer of detainees in Afghanistan

| April 4, 2009

Show Notes:

In 2007, the B.C. Civil Liberties Association and Amnesty International applied for judicial review of the actions of Canadian Forces over the transfers of detainees under the Canada-Afghanistan Detainee Agreement.The two groups say the transfer deal doesn't provide adequate safeguards to ensure that prisoners would not be tortured by Afghan forces. Grace Pastine of the BCCLA gives an update on the case.