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October 13, 2011

Amnesty Urges Canada to Arrest Bush for Torture 
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Amnesty International has called on the Canadian government to arrest
former President George W. Bush when he arrives in the province of
British Columbia next week. In a 1,000-page memo to Canadian
authorities, the human rights group accuses Bush of international
crimes, including torture, and asks that Canada either prosecute or
extradite the former president for violations alleged to have taken
place during the CIA’s secret detention program between 2002 and 2009.
Bush is visiting British Columbia to address an economic forum. Earlier
this year, he was forced to cancel a planned trip to Switzerland after
human rights attorneys threatened to take legal action against him for
sanctioning the use of torture.



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