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Europe rights court rules for victim of CIA extraordinary rendition
December 13, 2012 by Dan Taglioli
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday ruled that the government of Macedonia is responsible for the torture and degrading maltreatment of a man the ECHR found to be an innocent victim of CIA extraordinary rendition in 2003. Lebanese German citizen Khaled el-Masri was arrested and.... [more]
Germany court rejects El-Masri CIA rendition suit
December 11, 2010 by Carrie Schimizzi
A German administrative court dismissed a lawsuit filed by Khaled El-Masri seeking the arrest and extradition of 13 Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agents whom El-Masri claims kidnapped and illegally detained him in 2003 as part of the Bush administration's extraordinary rendition program,.... [more]
Leaked cables reveal US urged Germany not to prosecute CIA officials for rendition
November 30, 2010 by Zach Zagger
The Bush administration urged Germany not to prosecute Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officials involved in the alleged illegal arrest and torture of German citizen Khaled El-Masri under the administration's extraordinary rendition program, according to a document released Sunday by WikiLeaks.... [more]
Europe rights court to review Macedonia role in CIA extraordinary rendition
October 14, 2010 by Megan McKee
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) announced Thursday that it will review the involvement of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) in the extraordinary rendition and torture of Khaled El-Masri by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). On orders from the US, in 2003, Macedonian.... [more]
Spain prosecutor requests arrest warrants for CIA rendition agents
May 13, 2010 by Ximena Marinero
A lawyer from the Spanish National Court Office of the Prosecutor on Wednesday petitioned judge Ismael Moreno to issue arrest warrants for 13 CIA agents who allegedly kidnapped a German citizen of Lebanese descent in 2003 as part of the Bush administration's extraordinary rendition program. Khal....... [more]
El-Masri asks OAS rights court to condemn CIA rendition
April 10, 2008 by Jaime Jansen
Khaled El-Masri, the German citizen allegedly kidnapped by the CIA in 2003, petitioned the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) Wednesday alleging he was tortured by the CIA. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) petitioned the IACHR, an autonomous arm of the Organization of.... [more]
Supreme Court el-Masri rejection undermines accountability for renditions [comment]
October 12, 2007 by Andrew Wood
Aziz Huq: This Monday, the Supreme Court denied the petition for certiorari review filed by the American Civil Liberties Union in the case of Khaled El-Masri, a German citizen who had been subject to the U.S. practice of extraordinary rendition. The denial,which was made without c....... [more]
Supreme Court rejects el-Masri rendition case
October 9, 2007 by James M Yoch Jr
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday denied without comment the petition for certiorari filed by Khaled el-Masri against the US government, ostensibly supporting the Bush administration's contention that allowing el-Masri's lawsuit to proceed would require the revelation of state secrets. El-Masr....... [more]
El-Masri ordered to German mental hospital after arson arrest
May 18, 2007 by Michael Sung
Khaled El-Masri, the German citizen allegedly kidnapped by the CIA in 2003, is suspected of arson at a wholesale market in Germany and has been ordered by a judge to be admitted to a psychiatric institution, according to the German police Thursday. Manfred Gnjidic, El-Masri's lawyer, told AP th....... [more]
The Un-American Way: The Kafkaesque Case of Khalid El-Masri [op-ed]
March 5, 2007 by JURIST Staff
JURIST Guest Columnist Benjamin Davis of the University of Toledo College of Law says that the dismissal of Khalid el-Masri's rendition appeal on state secrets grounds leaves him without right or remedy, just like the iconic Joseph K. in Franz Kafka's The Trial, a legal and personal powerles....... [more]
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