The Dark Country by Gil Shochat

The Afghan torture scandal. The Arar affair. Adscam. The Bush years. Given so many cautionary tales, why are Canadians still letting the government hide public information?

The Walrus » January/February 2010 » The Dark Country by Gil Shochat

Malalai Joya: Canada must withdraw troops from Afghanistan immediately

As an elected member of the Wolesi Jirga from Farah province, she has publicly denounced the presence of what she considers warlords and war criminals in the parliament. In May 2007, Joya was suspended from the parliament on the grounds that she had insulted fellow representatives in a television interview.

I have just completed a two-week speaking tour across Canada, bringing a message to the great people of this country: The people of Afghanistan are fed up with the occupation of their country and with the corrupt, Mafia-state of Hamid Karzai and the warlords and drug lords backed by NATO.

Malalai Joya: Canada must withdraw troops from Afghanistan immediately | The Dominion

Afghan Scandal Sullies Canada

Our leaders were warned that not jailing prisoners ourselves would lead to torture

by Eric Margolis

Canada has long been admired around the globe as a nation of high ethics, human rights and respect for law.

But Canada's sterling reputation is being seriously degraded by the spreading scandal over involvement in torture in the increasingly sordid Afghan conflict.

Afghan Scandal Sullies Canada | CommonDreams.org

Hébert: MPs out of the loop on Afghan torture?

Chantal Hébert

Under a majority Conservative government, former diplomat Richard Colvin's assertion that Canada knowingly allowed scores of Afghan civilian detainees to fall into the hands of torturers would likely have remained the stuff of informed behind-the-scenes speculation.

Until a parliamentary subcommittee stepped in to look into the matter, the government had deployed a lot of heavy legal artillery to prevent Colvin from telling his story to a more private inquiry held by the independent Military Police Complaints Commission.

Why?

Hébert: MPs out of the loop on Afghan torture? Unlikely - thestar.com