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Arar and his family immigrated to Canada from Syria when he was 17.
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Became a canadian Citizen.
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Returning home to Montreal from a vacation in Tunisia, Arar and his family had a stopover in New York City en route. During this time the US belived that Arar was a terrorist. The US government detained Maher Arar and held him in custody for two weeks.
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At this time he was deported back to Syria and was being tourchered under the alligations of being a member of al-Qaeda,During this time Arar was transferred to a prison. In this prison he was beaten for several hours and forced to falsely confess that he had attended an Al Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan. He was tourcher for one year.
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Arar was relesed from prison because the Syrian government could not find any terrorist links. The Syrian government also denied that they tourhered Arar in prison.
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After one year of torcher Arar finally returns home to Canada to be with his wife and two children. He sues the Syria and the US government for tourchering him.
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The Canadian government agreed to pay Arar almost $10 million Dollors for damages.
