Canada Puts U.S. On Torture Watch List

Canada on the one hand wants to defer to a foreign domestic court system when it's a matter involving one of it's citizens, but sees no problem putting to work it's own dubious Post-911 "Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes" Act against a Rwandan national, Desiré Munyaneza, who illegally entered the country, and who could have been extradited for trial under the international courts convened since 1994 called the "International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda".

But sure -- let's have a 'we can do it too' 1.4 million dollar (and counting) trial so we too can show contempt for international law just like the Americans.

I guess this country does believe that it's signature on international agreements is worth about as much any American non-signature and that international law is merely a collective hodgepodge of domestic judicial rulings and ideological statements from other country's nationals.

But what does one expect from the ONLY country in the world whose politicians put a tax on CD-Rs/MP3 players to compensate a largely foreign industry for losses it never has to claim, under some proud legal notion that the mere fact that a device COULD carry 'illegal' data is more than ENOUGH evidence to place a 'victim' tax on EVERY device.

Boohoo on you if you travel outside of the country and expect a minimal return for your citizenship (like Consulate's that answer their phones so you don't have to go to the British consulate) and boohoo on you if your a law-abiding citizen downloading perfectly legal podcasts, but being forced to pay compensation for crimes you didn't commit in your own country.

I have nothing but respect for the law...it makes so much sense and it's so fair too!!

Doubleplusgood...

Important, they also put Israel on this watch list, the other country of the two 'western democracies' where torture is part of government policy. <br />
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Canada places U.S., Israel on torture watch list. <br />
Source: Reuters<br />
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(Adds U.S., Israeli reaction, Amnesty quotes)<br />
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By David Ljunggren<br />
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OTTAWA, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Canada's foreign ministry has put the United States and Israel on a watch list of countries where prisoners risk being tortured and also classifies some U.S. interrogation techniques as torture, according to a document obtained by Reuters on Thursday.<br />
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The revelation is likely to embarrass the minority Conservative government, which is a staunch ally of both the United States and Israel. Both nations denied they allowed torture in their jails.<br />
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<a href="http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N17388465.htm">http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N17388465.htm</a>

As expected, the call came in to the muppets and our morally impeccable
Government is quickly backtracking on this issue and revising the list. This
should make everyone feel a lot more at ease, ey?

<a href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3496228,00.html">http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3496228,00.html</a> Can you say spineless?<p>---<br>"When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do."<br />
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William Blake<br />
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"The government mistakenly gave the document to Amnesty International Canada as part of a court case the rights organization has launched against Ottawa over the treatment of detainees in Afghanistan."

Cowards.

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