Bashir Makhtal

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Bashir Makhtal (born 1977 in Ethiopia) is a Canadian held in an Ethiopian jail without Canadian consular access.^[1] He is alleged to be a victim of the policy of extraordinary rendition, a process wherein detainees are transferred from one country to another with the expectation that they may be tortured in the country to which they are rendered.^[2]

Makhtal, an Ethiopian-born Canadian citizen, was detained during his flight from Somalia to Kenya by Somalian soldiers loyal to the Ethiopia-backed government. He was rendered to Ethiopia via Somalia and is alleged to have been tortured while in jail.^[3] His lawyers have not been able to locate him in any Ethiopian jails.

[edit] See also

The following Canadian citizens have been sent to prisons in other countries under circumstances similar to Makhtal:

• Abdullah Almalki
• Maher Arar
• Arwad al-Boushi
• Ahmad Abou El-Maati
• Muayyed Nureddin

[edit] References

1. ^ Thomas Walkom. "Double standard for Canadians in trouble abroad", Toronto Star, June 14, 2007. 
2. ^ Debra Black. "Where is Bashir Makhtal?", Toronto Star, May 21, 2007. 
3. ^ "Ethiopian Canadian – Lawyer", CBC, April 11, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-06-13. 

[edit] External links

• Free Bashir Makhtal home page

• "Kenya deports Somalis without trial", Al Jazeera, Friday, February 16, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-11-29. 
• Thomas Walkom. "Why is PM forgetting Makhtal?", Toronto Star, November 29, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-11-29. 
• Jack Layton (Wednesday, January 24, 2007). MacKay must intervene in case of Canadian held abroad: Bashir Makhtal case echoes those of Arar, Celil. New Democratic Party. Retrieved on 2007-11-29.
• Debra Black. "Family fears for deported man's life: Kin queried as Somali-Canadian held in Ethiopia", Toronto Star, February 4, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-11-29. 
• "Call for action by Canada and Ethiopia on Canadian rendition case", Amnesty International, 22 November 2007. Retrieved on 2007-11-29. 
• Lorne Waldman. "Canadian Ethiopian", CBC Radio, May 4, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-11-29. 

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