Site Archives General

Benamar Benatta’s Story in Brief

Posted by Administrator on June 7th, 2007

Benamar Benatta is a 33 year old Algerian citizen who trained as an aeronautical engineer. He came to North America to flee political persecution and threats to his life while serving in the Algerian Armed Forces. On September 5, 2001 Mr. Benatta crossed the border into Canada and claimed political asylum. His biggest fear was [...]

Petition problem hopefully solved

Posted by Administrator on January 13th, 2008

Please go here:
http://benamarbenatta.com/how-you-can-help/the-petition/
…to sign the petition! We’ve had some problems with the original one; none of those signatures were lost, but since it’s not working at this time, we’ve provided a petition right here on benamar benatta dot com for you to sign. Your signatures and comments will be added to the original one, which [...]

A word from Benamar

Posted by Administrator on November 30th, 2007

After over six years full of agony and anguish, my refugee status was granted on the 27th of this month (November) 2007, and I won the right to stay in Canada.
Although I am grateful for the right to remain in Canada, it is noteworthy to mention that I came to Canada over six years ago [...]

Canada’s First Post-9/11 Rendition Survivor Joins September 12 Vigil to Demand a Public Review

Posted by Administrator on September 11th, 2007

Canada’s First Post-9/11 Rendition Survivor Joins September 12 Vigil to Demand a Public Review
Benamar Benatta, Tortured and Held 5 Years by U.S. Authorities, to be joined by Lawyer and supporters at 150 King West (at York), 12 Noon, Wednesday, September 12, 2007
TORONTO - Six years to the day that he was illegally transferred to the [...]

New Coalition Member

Posted by Administrator on September 3rd, 2007

We have a new coalition member. Welcome aboard Professor Joseph H. Carens and thank you for your support!
To view coalition members, click here. Thanks for the update Ben. I hope everyone is doing swell.
Ruschia

A word from Nicole Chrolavicius

Posted by Administrator on July 13th, 2007

I am Benamar Benatta’s lawyer. The circumstances of Benamar’s case are the worst I have ever heard. An innocent man, he was illegally transferred to the U.S. by Canadian officials on September 12, 2001 with nothing but prejudicial suspicions. He was locked away in the Metropolitian Detention Centre in Brooklyn under John Ashcroft’s insidious “preventative [...]

Service Interruptions/Important Announcement *Edited*

Posted by Administrator on July 1st, 2007

I wanted to apprise our readers that we’re having some service interruptions. We felt that our old hosting service was not meeting our needs, so we are in the process of changing to another hosting provider. Hopefully we will have everything back to normal, and new users will again be able to register. It sucks, [...]

Benatta and Nicole (his lawyer) featured on Caravan.

Posted by Administrator on June 28th, 2007

Interview with Benamar Benatta and his lawyer; featured on Canada’s “Caravan”
Thanks to Ben and also Nicole, they mentioned this site’s URL.
Stay tuned because I’d like to include the entire hour long show. Right now though, I just wanted to post the part of the show that related to Ben.
Feel free to comment on what you [...]

Five years lost over “sham” charges

Posted by Administrator on June 25th, 2007

Five years lost over “sham” charges
Intelligent reader response.

Article from August 2006 by n. mallory

Posted by Ruschia on June 19th, 2007

Though terrible, the Sept. 11 attacks “do not constitute an acceptable basis for abandoning our constitutional principles and rule of law by adopting an ‘end justifies the means’ philosophy,” Schroeder wrote.
Interesting article from blogger n. mallory.
Other highlights include:
Prison guards… dispensed humiliation in steady doses - rapping on his cell door every half hour to interrupt [...]