Afghan torture allegations: How closely are you following this story?
- March 10, 2010 11:44 AM |
- By POV
A Canadian diplomat with extensive experience in Afghanistan says she raised the possibility that detainees transferred from Canadian to Afghan custody were at risk of torture back in 2005, but her concerns were ignored.
In an exclusive interview with CBC News, Eileen Olexiuk, who arrived in Afghanistan in 2002 and was second-in-command at the Canadian Embassy in Kabul, said she told the Liberal government in power at the time that the transfer agreement didn't do enough to protect detainees.
Canadian officials at the time weren't monitoring detainees after the transfer, and that left detainees vulnerable to torture once they were in Afghan hands, said Olexiuk, who met with torture victims during her three years in Afghanistan.
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In an exclusive interview with CBC News, Eileen Olexiuk, who arrived in Afghanistan in 2002 and was second-in-command at the Canadian Embassy in Kabul, said she told the Liberal government in power at the time that the transfer agreement didn't do enough to protect detainees.
Canadian officials at the time weren't monitoring detainees after the transfer, and that left detainees vulnerable to torture once they were in Afghan hands, said Olexiuk, who met with torture victims during her three years in Afghanistan.
Read more:
Afghan torture allegations: We want to know if you are following this story in the media? Take our poll.
(This poll is not scientific. It is based on readers' votes.)
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