Rights Day: Moe and Torture

rights day: It's a Kafkaesque nightmare for Moe that constitutes a form of psychological torture -- also known as no-touch torture -- that was perfected at Montreal's McGill University during the 1950s, according to Rabble. It is incomprehensible to imagine what it has been like for Moe and his wife Sophie, who have lived with this nightmare hanging over their heads since Moe was arrested on International Human Rights Day, December 10, 2002. For Ottawa's Mohamed Moe Harkat -- a much-loved refugee renowned for acts of kindness and community care, including installing seniors' air conditioning units during the current heat wave -- it will represent 6,048 days of fighting deportation to torture in Algeria. To provide a framework for the damage that would be caused living under such conditions, the United Nations warns that after three months of lockdown and pandemic-related anxiety, the world faces a profound mental health crisis. Secret certificates The secret basis for these efforts to deport Moe to torture is a medieval star chamber process known as the secret trial security certificate, under which an individual can be detained indefinitely without charges based on allegations they are not allowed to see, much less contest. While that crisis is real and must be addressed, multiply that three-month stretch of anxiety 67 times, and that's how long the Harkats have faced the unimaginable while surviving the completely unacceptable. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.