Canada: Urges Canada

United Nations Committee Against Torture Dept: The committee's report condemns Canada's practice, during the Afghan combat mission which ended last year, of handing prisoners over to Afghan security forces despite a "substantial risk" that they would be tortured, according to CBC. Almalki, Elmaati and Nureddin are all suing the federal government, alleging that Canada participated in their "extraordinary rendition" to Syria and Egypt, where they say they were tortured and in a biting report issued Friday, the United Nations Committee Against Torture condemns what it calls Canadian "complicity" in torture and human rights violations of Muslim men caught up in the post-9/11 security net. In addition, the UN committee: Recommends that Canada promptly approve the transfer of Omar Khadr from Guantanamo to Canadian custody. Urges Canada to pay compensation to three men who were the subjects of the Iacobucci Inquiry Abdullah Almalki, Ahmad Abou Elmaati and Muayyed Nureddin. Faults changes to Canada's immigration laws which it says may increase the risk of human rights violations. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.