Should Canadian companies release logs of possible rendition flights?

British human rights group Reprieve is calling on Canadian aviation authorities to release flight logs that could prove their involvement in extraordinary rendition flights. (Reuters)A British human rights group is calling on Canada to release flight logs that could confirm its role in the extraordinary rendition of prisoners from Afghanistan to Guantanamo Bay.

Canadian aviation authorities, including NAV Canada, have so far refused to hand over the logs, said London-based Reprieve, which advocates on behalf of prisoners worldwide.

Reprieve believes the log will confirm that a chartered plane, long suspected of transferring prisoners, repeatedly stopped in Gander, central Newfoundland, on its way to Afghanistan from Guantanamo Bay in 2004.

"The evidence suggests that Canada, by virtue of its location, was a very vital, logistical point for the extraordinary renditions program. That is evidenced more and more clearly as time goes on," said Reprieve's Crofton Black.

Extraordinary rendition is deemed the abduction and illegal transfer of a person from one nation to another.

Should Canadian aviation authorities turn over their records? Why or why not? What do you make of the possibility that Gander was a stop on the rendition route?


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