And we’ve got to stop it. Maher Arar is a Syrian-born Canadian. Returning to Canada from vacation in Tunis last September, he flew from there to Zurich to New York, intending to continue on to Montreal. US officials detained him in New York, refused his requests for an attorney, would not tell him what charges or allegations resulted in his arrest, and eventually deported him — to SYRIA, where they knew he would be tortured or killed. He was held for over a year in total — ten months in Syria — before finally being released on October 5, thanks to the efforts of his wife and Canadian authorities.

This is his statement. Read it, and try to figure out why our Shining City on the Hill decided to detain a Canadian citizen on nebulous grounds and ultimately — and deliberately — subject him to the treatment they knew Syria would provide.