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Tortured Canadian Maher Arar Still Can't Enter U.S.

Wed Oct 18, 2006 at 09:43:10 AM PDT

Maher Arar, the Syrian-born Canadian who was arrested in New York in 2002 then sent by the US government to Syria for torture is to be awarded the Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award today. The award is to be presented to Arar in Washington, DC by activist Vanessa Redgrave.

But there's a catch:


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