Canada admits Israel (and US) were on its torture watchlist – takes them OFF!

Canada takes U.S., Israel off torture watchlist   19 Jan 2008 - Reuters David Ljunggren

Canada's foreign ministry, responding to pressure from close allies, said on Saturday it would remove the United States and Israel from a watch list of countries where prisoners risk being tortured...

Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier said he regretted the embarrassment caused by the public disclosure of the manual, which also classified some U.S. interrogation techniques as torture.

"It contains a list that wrongly includes some of our closest allies. I have directed that the manual be reviewed and rewritten," Bernier said in a statement...

The document -- made available to Reuters and other media outlets -- embarrassed the minority Conservative government, which is a staunch ally of both the United States and Israel...

SPSC adds: Torture of Palestinians is routine and systematic & sanctioned by the Israeli legal system