A/HRC/13/42* page 158 were shackled. He underwent multiple interrogations and was kept in isolation for three weeks. Date of release 30 March 2007. Additional information While in Bagram, he was able to meet with the ICRC and send letters to his family through them. * Information contained is from an interview with interviewee and other credible sources. Case 5 - Biographic details Name of interviewee Nationality/country of origin Mr. Maher Arar* Canadian (national of the Syrian Arab Republic) Male Gender Detention Date of initial detention 26 September 2002 Location of initial detention John F. Kennedy Airport, New York, United States of America (he was in transit on the way home to Canada, following a visit to Tunisia) Grounds of initial detention He was detained on the basis of information provided by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) that he was a suspected terrorist and a possible member of the Muslim Brotherhood and/or Al-Qaida. Formal charges were never filed in Canada, the USA or the Syrian Arab Republic. The authority(ies) involved in the detention He was detained and interrogated by officials from the United States of America based on unverified information provided by the RCMP. He was deported by US authorities and transferred to Jordanian officials and then turned over to the Syrian authorities, including the Syrian military intelligence who held him under special powers given to the National Intelligence Services. Total period of detention From 26 September 2002 to 5 October 2003. Duration of secret detention Approximately 1 month, from 26 September 2002 to end of October 2002. Site(s) of detention, including sites of possible transit 1. On 26 September 2002, he was detained at JFK airport, NY, USA and held in the Metropolitan Detention Centre in Manhattan for eleven days (26 September to 7 October 2002). 2. On 8 October 2002, he was transported to the Syrian Arab Republic, via 2 stopovers in Rome, Italy and Amman, Jordan. During this time he was chained and shackled in the back of a plane. 3. He saw a photo of President Assad which indicated to him he was in the Syrian Arab Republic. He was later told that he was in Far Falestin detention centre. He was held here for 10 and half months. 4. On 20 August 2003, he was transferred to Sednaya Prison in Syria until his release on 5 October 2003.