CBC News is reporting troubling allegations regarding the treatment of a Jordanian business woman, Lubna Salah, who claims she was shoved against a wall and kneed in the groin by an agent of CSIS while being interrogated at Pearson International Airport in February regarding suspicion of "people smuggling". Her lawyer claims that the agent "beat a confession out of her".This news is only surfacing now, CBC says, because until today there was a publication ban on her bail hearing. Her lawyer claims that in addition to physical abuse there were verbal threats and that as a result Salah feared for the safety of her children, who live in Jordan.
At this time, I am unable to find other news services carrying this story. Given CSIS' track record, however, it is important that these allegations receive a full public airing.
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