Canada minister apologizes over Afghan detainees

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

2 hours, 6 minutes ago

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's defence minister, in trouble over whether
Taliban suspects captured by Canadian troops and handed over to Afghan
authorities had then been abused, admitted on Monday he had misled
Parliament about the matter.

Canada's military police complaints commission is probing allegations
that on at least 18 occasions, Canadian officials handed over prisoners
in the knowledge they might be tortured.

Defence Minister Gordon O'Connor, who said earlier this month that the
International Committee of the Red Cross would inform Canada if any
detainees were being mistreated, admitted that in fact this was not true.

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Misleading Parliament is taken seriously in Canada and several opposition
legislators demanded O'Connor resign.


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