Not my job
Lt-Col. Douglas Boot / The Canadian Press via The Globe and Mail This morning at the MPCC, we heard from Lt-Col. Douglas Boot, the Provost Marshal at Canadian Expeditionary Force […]
Eight more complaints of torture in 2008; more documents withheld/disclosed; goings-on in Parliament; oh my!
This morning, former DFAIT official Nicholas Gosselin testified before the MPCC. Mr. Gosselin was the DFAIT human rights officer in Afghanistan who discovered implements of torture in an Afghan prison […]
Curiouser and curiouser
Or perhaps in the case of Sansterre, not curious at all. The Globe and Mail has a blisteringly spot-on editorial in today’s edition. We recommend that you read the whole […]
Richard Colvin at the MPCC: Part 1
Big media day at the MPCC this morning, as senior diplomat Richard Colvin appears before the Committee. Colvin’s testimony before Parliament on his longstanding concerns about the treatment of CF-transferred […]
Richard Colvin at the MPCC: Part 2
Richard Colvin in 2009. Image: CBC The afternoon examinations of Mr. Colvin went into overtime today, extending another 40 minutes or so beyond the scheduled close of session. Of particular […]
Torture? What torture?
Week 2 of the MPCC Afghan Public Interest Hearings started off with testimony this morning from Lieutenant-Colonel Gilles Sansterre, commanding officer of the Canadian Forces National Investigative Service — the […]
“Would you call that an adequate investigation?”
This afternoon at the MPCC Afghanistan Public Interest Hearings, BCCLA Litigation Director Grace Pastine had the opportunity to cross-examine Lieutenant-Colonel Gilles Sansterre, the head investigator at the Canadian Forces National […]
Troops knew of torture in Afghan prisons
Today’s hearings at the MPCC were open to the public again, with retired MP officer Captain Mark Naipul testifying in the morning session. Naipul had guarded detainees in Kandahar during […]
MPCC Resumes Afghanistan Public Interest Hearings Without the Public
Globe and Mail / Interim MPCC Chair Stannard Yesterday kicked off the resumption of testimony in the Afghan Public Interest Hearings before the Military Police Complaints Commission (MPCC), which is […]
The detainee buck stops where?
The Afghanistan detainee transfer agreement of May 2007 has been cited by the government as providing for adequate monitoring and inspections of prisoners transferred by Canadian Forces to Afghan authorities. […]
