About Us
The Benatta Coalition for a Public Review is a group of concerned individuals and organizations who believe that the Canadian Government must be called to account for its actions in illegally transferring Benamar Benatta to U.S. officials on September 12, 2001.
We held a press conference on April 19, 2007 to request a review into Mr. Benatta’s case. Any review must be independent, impartial, comprehensive, credible and must inspire public confidence in the result. We are calling for:
ANSWERS: Who made the decision to put Mr. Benatta in the back of a car and illegally transfer Mr. Benatta to U.S. Officials on September 12, 2001? Mr. Benatta and Canadians alike need the truth.
CHANGE: The laws must change to protect vulnerable people like Mr. Benatta from this happening in the future. We are calling on the Government, as a first step, to implement the oversight recommendations from Justice O’Connor’s report arising out of the Arar Commission.
Some of our Coalition Members so far
Organizations
• Amnesty International Canada
• Canadian Arab Federation
• Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations
• Canadian Council for Refugees
• Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 3902
• International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group
• Toronto Action for Social Change
• Cupe Local 1281
Professors and Lawyers
• Catherine Amirfar (Benatta’s U.S. Attorney)
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP Law Firm
• Catherine Bruce (Benatta’s immigration lawyer)
Law Offices of Catherine Bruce-Canadian Refugee and Immigration Lawyers
Email: cbruce@immigrationlawoffice.ca
• Professor Joseph H. Carens - Department of Political Science, University of Toronto
