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The prologue

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In spring 2007, the Globe’s Graeme Smith conducted 30 interviews with detainees and documented various allegations of abuse after they were transferred from Canadian to Afghan authorities. Paul Koring subsequently reported that the Harper government was warned of mistreatment. Months later, Smith reported that Canada had lost track of at least 50 detainees due to poor record-keeping. In November of that year, Canada temporarily halted transfers.

There are also the 2005 and 2008 U.S. State Department reports on human rights in Afghanistan.

A 2007 review of the situation from the CBC is here. And, from Wikipedia, a timeline of events between Dec. 2005 and Jan. 2008.

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