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Written by Zakaria Amara
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Friday, 13 June 2008 20:46 |
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 Source: Zakaria Amara - 13-jun-08
In the Name of Allah the Most Merciful the Most Compassionate
Two years have passed since my arrest. When I was taken to Maplehurst I was held in the custody of the Institutional Crisis Intervention Team. Whenever I was moved from place to place, they would force me to run with my hands and legs shacked while my back was bent at 90 degrees forward.
When I was first brought to cell 1 unit 1K, I was slammed face first on the floor, a huge shield was then pressed against my back while a guard smeared my face with his boots because I dared lift my head
Whenever I was moved out of my cell, I was required to slide my hands through the hatch of the door, before it was opened in order to be hand cuffed. To do this I had to kneel on both knees. Many times when I put my hands through the hatch, the guards would forcefully pull my wrists so that my forehead would slam against the metal door.
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Written by Toronto18.com
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Monday, 02 June 2008 00:00 |
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 Source: Toronto18.com - 2-jun-08
My name is Nada Amara, and I am the wife of Zakariya Amara, one of the so-called accused of the "Toronto 18". I am currently a student at the University of Toronto, doing a double major in Biology and Chemistry. It has been almost two years since my husband's arrest, which have also been two of the most difficult years of my life. Although it has been a trying experience, I want my fellow Canadians to know what I have gone through. I wish to highlight the injustices that have transpired, right before our very eyes, within the very borders of our nation.
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Thursday, 31 January 2008 14:10 |
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Source: Toronto Star - 31-jan-08
Zakaria Amara called up the other day from the Don Jail. He's one of the alleged leaders of an alleged terrorist ring known colloquially as the Toronto 18. He's been in solitary confinement for the last 19 months awaiting trial and says that's beginning to drive him crazy. But what drives the 22-year-old Canadian even crazier is that the deck seems so stacked against him.
Which is why, for the first time since his arrest in June 2006, he decided to talk to a reporter.
"I don't want sympathy," he says. "I don't want a get-out-of-jail card. I just want to be treated fairly."
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