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Maher Arar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1799 words) |
 | Arar was then held in solitary confinement in a Syrian prison and regularly tortured until his eventual release and return to Canada in October 2003. |
| Arar was imprisoned in Syria for over a year, during which time he was tortured and forced to sign a false confession which purported that he had trained in Al Qaeda camps in Afghanistan. |
| Arar's wife, Monia Mazigh, ran unsuccessfully as the NDP candidate in the Ottawa South riding in the 2004 federal election. |
| Maher Arar - definition of Maher Arar in Encyclopedia (1048 words) |
| Arar earned a bachelor's degree in computer engineering from McGill University and a master's degree from INRS Telecommunications in Montreal, and was employed in Ottawa as a telecommunications engineer. |
| Arar was severely tortured after being imprisoned, and continued to receive physical abuse from time to time. |
| Arar was in custody in the United States but did not believe that he would be deported until he was. |
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