Canada blasts Libya over torture reports

Globe and Mail Friday 27th January, 2012

Canada is calling Libyan diplomats on the carpet in Ottawa and Tripoli over reports of systemic torture by the country’s new interim government.The diplomatic double-whammy is being delivered in both capitals by the Foreign Affairs Department in the form of a note, or demarche, expressing Canada’s displeasure over credible reports of to...

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