Maher Arar - Dark Days

Maher Arar - Dark Days, originally uploaded by johnwmacdonald.

Maher Arar leans over to thank author Kerry Pither as she inscribes copies of her book at the end of the panel discussion. Both Abdullah Almalki, Maher Arar were in the audience this evening.

From the OIWF website:
Ottawa Book Launch: "Dark Days: Four Canadians Tortured in the Name of Fighting Terror" With Kerry Pither
Library and Archives Auditorium, 395 Wellington Street
Alcohol-Free reception and signing begins at 6:00 PM

Join host Ken Rockburn and outspoken human rights advocate Kerry Pither for a roundtable on Canadian national security investigations, featuring Shirley Heafey, former two-term Chair of the Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP and former Head of Investigations of the Security and Intelligence Review Committee; Sheema Khan, Globe and Mail columnist and former Chair of the Canadian Council on American Islamic Relations; Alex Neve, Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada; and Jeff Sallot, Professor of Journalism at Carleton University and former Globe and Mail Senior Political Correspondent.