Telling the Truth - Richard Colvin
Finally, someone in the Canadian Government willing to stand up and tell the truth, and do what is right. He is being stonewalled by federal lawyers, he is
defying Department of Justice lawyers’ efforts to stop him from testifying,
he has had to be cautious and was
forced to be circumspect about what he said for fear of running afoul of Canada’s anti-terrorism law, which can jail Canadians for breaching national secrets.. He has been diligent in filing official reports of the torture of Afghan detainees being handed over to Afghan prisons. His persistent submission of reports on the issue since 2006 to the right officials have left and undeniable paper trail. He has also filed an affidavit to the Military Police Complaints Commission. Meanwhile,
Ottawa has never accepted allegations that prisoners transferred to the Afghans were tortured but has twice halted transfers after being confronted with evidence that detainees were mistreated.
I called the Washington DC embassy today to leave him a message of support and have send the following note to Minster Lawrence Cannon:
Minister Cannon; I am sending this brief note to indicate that as a Canadian Citizen I am very pleased to know that people with integrity, people like Richard Colvin serve our country. I am not happy to read in the newspapers today, that Federal Lawyers are slowing the process, that he has to be circumspect in his affidavits to ensure he does not violate Canada’s anti-terrorism law and that his reports since 2006 seem to have fallen on deaf ears. It is important that we have people stand up for what is right, be diligent in their duties serving the country, and to face adversity for a human rights issue, one that is critically important to Canadians, even if the current government in power does not agree with him nor like what he is doing. Sincerely Tracey
I am from vancouver,canada and i wanted to say that the canadian gov. is a disgrace to the rest of the world.Everyone in the world knows that they are lying about not knowing that the prisoners in Afghanistan were been tortured.The worst about this is that the canadian gov.will get away with this crime and will continue to commit atrocities like this.People in other countries have revolutions to get rid of govs.like the canadian gov.It will be up to the working class of canada to get rid of this type of gov.
Comment by stan squires — November 21, 2009 @ 3:00 pm
Well Stan, I am not sure i agree with you that canada is an international disgrace, particularly, since Colvin is getting his day and word in court and a system, albeit slow and expensive is in place to enable him to do so. In other parts of the world his and our fate on these matters if far worse - think whistle blowing in Russia or China or even amongst our litigious friends in the US. And I am not so sure I get your point about working class canadians taking this in their own hands? You mean sales clerks and construction workers are taking a stance on this case? I do agree with you sentiment of outrage however and we do have to improve our political system.
Comment by Administrator — November 22, 2009 @ 4:14 pm