Benatta Coalition for a Public Review

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 [...]

*From thestar.com*

Benamar Benatta was imprisoned for five years in the United States but never charged.
July 20, 2009
Benamar Benatta
I was the subject of an “extraordinary rendition” from Canada to the United States, where I was held for nearly five years and tortured as a terror suspect, even though I was innocent.
An extraordinary rendition is a transfer [...]

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 [...]

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
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 [...]

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

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 [...]

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, [...]

[mp3]http://benamarbenatta.com/media/caravan.mp3[/mp3]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
Intelligent reader response.