The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #98444 Message #1956594
Posted By: dianavan
03-Feb-07 - 11:44 AM
Thread Name: BS: Give em shit, Canada
Subject: RE: BS: Give em shit, Canada
Dickie - The prisoners at Millhaven are not Canadian citizens (unlike Arar) and they are being held under security certificates. The security certificates are, in my opinion, unjust but the alternative is to deport them where they will surely be tortured.
Many Canadians are pressuring the govt. to end the security certificates and give these men the same rights as other prisoners. Millhaven is no paradise but to compare it to Guantanamo is an exageration.
For more information on the conditions of the prisoners at Millhaven, read their own words:
http://www.dominionpaper.ca/articles/924
"We want the same rights as other federal inmates: access to a library, educational programs, and trailer visits with our families where we can stay together for three days every month."
So what does the U.S. do with non-citizens suspected of ties to terrorist?