As a secular Turk, I have no reason to love Erdogan and admit that I actively cheered on the Army in last year's failed coup attempt.

Nevertheless, Erdogan is quite the teacher., isn't he? He has taught Amnesty International what I hope is a valuable lesson. As an organization, Amnesty International demonstrates remarkable negligence in the way it takes care of its workers. It is altogether too easy to accuse Canadian soldiers of war crimes for their alleged handling of Afghan detainees. Canada is a democracy that offers few, if any risks to any and all dissenters. Don't try that in my native land.

Alex Neve, Paul Champ, Amir Attaran, I appeal to you all to travel to Turkey to mount a rescue effort. Either that, or perhaps convince Omar Kahdr to donate a portion of his millions to a legal defence fund for those that have been imprisoned.