Maher Arar and his wife Monia Mazigh listen to questions on release of documents from Inquiry.
Maher Arar (L) and his wife Monia Mazigh listen to questions on the release of documents from the Arar Inquiry at a news conference in Ottawa, December 20, 2004. Arar, a joint citizen of Canada and Syria, was arrested in the fall of 2002, held by U.S. authorities for several days then deported to Syria where he was imprisoned and tortured for a year. REUTERS/Jim Young JY