OTTAWA (Reuters) - Three Canadian men who blame Ottawa for their alleged torture in Syria protested outside Prime Minister Stephen Harper's office on Thursday to demand that a secret probe into their case be opened to the public.
The peaceful demonstration added to pressure on Harper to help Moslem Canadians who are in trouble abroad because of supposed ties to militant groups such as al Qaeda.
Ahmad El Maati, Abdullah Almalki and Muayyed Nureddin were arrested separately when entering Syria between 2001 and 2003. They say they were tortured and interrogated, and some of the questions they were asked were based on information that could only have come from Canada.
"Mr Harper, I was detained in Syria. Why? I was tortured in Syria. Why?" Nureddin told a small crowd outside an entrance to the Ottawa building where Harper has an office.
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