Reporters barred from Afghan detainee hearing

Journalists have been excluded from the first two days of a probe into whether Canada handed over prisoners to torture after the federal government said it had security concerns about reporters being present at the hearings. The Military Police Complaints Commission is investigating why Canada continued transferring suspects rounded up by its soldiers to torture-prone Afghan jails even after Ottawa received complaints of abuse. Department of Justice lawyer Elizabeth Richards, part of the federal government’s counsel at the hearings, would only say there was “sensitive” information being discussed. “I can tell you there’s a security concern that’s been raised and so part of the proceedings will be taking place in camera,” she told The Globe and Mail. The Commion's chairman is Glenn Stannard, pictured,