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Dark Days: The Story of Four Canadians Tortured in the Name of Fighting Terror |
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| Format | Hardcover | |
| Catalogue No. | 978-0-670-06853-1 | |
| Pages | 460 | |
| Language | English only | |
| Price | $35.00 | |
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| Written by Kerry Pither. Published by Viking Canada, 2008. Description: |
| Questioned. Shadowed.
Imprisoned abroad. Isolated. Interrogated. Tortured. Released without
charge. That's what happened to four Canadian Muslim men accused of terrorist links. One of them, Maher Arar has been fully exonerated by a public commission of inquiry. Now Dark Days chronicles the shocking story of how three other Canadian men experienced similarly devastating ordeals. One of these men, Ahmad El Maati, says that despite everything that's happened, "I always remember that we are the lucky ones. Since 9/11 so many others have just disappeared, or are still in secret prisons, with no right to ask questions. At least we have the right to ask questions about why this happened. At least we might get answers." Written with the narrative drive of a thriller, Dark Days is an unsettling exposé of Canadian national security investigations, told for the first time through the eyes of four of their targets: Ahmed El Maati, Abdullah Almalki, Maher Arar, and Muayyed Nureddin. All are Muslim-Canadian men who were accused of terrorist links, then imprisoned abroad, tortured, and interrogated with questions that point to Canadian complicity. All were eventually released without charge. Through first-person testimonials and government records, Dark Days demonstrates that what happened to these men is rooted in a systematic pattern of complicity in torture and cannot be explained away as coincidence or a series of mistakes. Author Kelly Pither exposes a disturbing record of human-rights abuses, both at home and abroad, and ultimately questions our notion of a "Just Society." "Sober, well written and horrific. Grit your teeth and read. These are your rights too." – John le Carré |
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