Lesser evils in the war on terror
There is no legitimate excuse for liberal democracies such as Canada to disregard or allow backsliding on well-established human rights norms relating to the humane treatment of prisoners of war.
For more than a year now, the question of what to do with prisoners captured by Canadian Forces in Afghanistan has been a difficult one for the Government of Canada. At issue has been the widespread use of torture by Afghan authorities, and whether, in transferring prisoners to these officials, C...
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