Rendition victim moves to sue US Canadian man tortured in Syria
appeals ruling that prevented him from suing officials. Last
Modified: 02 Feb 2010 13:17 GMT Arar was deported to Syria by US
authorities where he was allegedly tortured [AP]  A Canadian man
who was deported by US officials to Syria, where he was
imprisoned and allegedly tortured, has appealed a court ruling
preventing him from suing the US.  Maher Arar filed a lawsuit
before the US supreme court on Monday, appealing a lower court
ruling that rejected his case because it involved national
security information.  Arar was arrested by US authorities while
transiting through New York's JFK International Airport in 2002,
on his way home to Canada from a family vacation in Tunis.  He
was detained on information shared by Canadian police that
suggested he had ties to "terrorist" groups.  'Too sensitive'
US authorities held him in solitary confinement and interrogated
him for nearly two weeks before deporting him to Syria.   He was
imprisoned for a year