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Maher Arar was born in Syria on Dec 7 1970.
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On April 12,1987 Maher and his family immigrated to Montreal Canada.
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Arar became a Canadian citiezen
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Returning home to Montreal with his family from a vacation, there was a layover in NY. During the layover the U.S. believed that Arar was a terrorist.
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As he was being deproted to Syria he was tortured under the alligations of being a member of the Al-Quada.
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Arar was released out of prison because the Syrian government could not find any proof that Arar has links to terrorism. The Syrian government also denied that they tortured Arar.
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Arar returns to Canada to finally be with his wife and 2 children, after being tourtured for a year. Arar sues the syrian and U.S. government for torturing him.
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Arar received $10.5 million dollars from the Canadain government
