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Italy pardons US colonel in CIA extraordinary rendition case
April 7, 2013 by Cynthia Miley
Italian president Giorgio Napolitano on Friday pardoned US Air Force Colonel Joseph Romano of his conviction related to the US Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) abduction and extraordinary rendition of Egyptian cleric and terror suspect Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr. Joseph Romano was security.... [more]
UN expert urges US to publish report on Bush-era detention, rendition program
March 4, 2013 by Peter Snyder
The UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism Ben Emmerson called Monday on the US government to publish the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence report detailing investigations into the Central Intelligence Agency.... [more]
Milan court convicts Italy spy chief for role in CIA extraordinary rendition
February 12, 2013 by Samuel Franklin
A Milan appeals court on Tuesday sentenced Niccolo Pollari, the former Italian spy chief, to 10 years in prison for his role in the kidnapping of a terror suspect as part of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) extraordinary rendition program. Egyptian cleric and terror suspect Osama Moustafa.... [more]
More than 50 countries participated in US extraordinary rendition program: report
February 6, 2013 by Cynthia Miley
At least 54 countries participated in the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) overseas detention and rendition of at least 136 people, the Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJI) reported Tuesday. According to the report, after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 the CIA began a secret.... [more]
Italy court convicts 3 Americans for 2003 rendition kidnapping
February 2, 2013 by Alison Sacriponte
The Milan Court of Appeals on Friday convicted three Americans for their roles in the 2003 rendition kidnapping of Egyptian cleric and terror suspect Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr. Due to diplomatic immunity, all three men had been acquitted in the previous trial where the Milan court convicted 23.... [more]
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]
Italy high court upholds sentences of 23 former CIA agents in rendition case
September 19, 2012 by Jerry Votava
The Italian Court of Cassation on Wednesday upheld the convictions of 23 former CIA officers for the 2003 kidnapping and rendition of Egyptian terror suspect Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr. Former Milan CIA station chief Robert Seldon Lady was originally sentenced to eight years in prison, while 22.... [more]
HRW: Bush administration engaged in torture, rendition of Gaddafi opponents
September 6, 2012 by Maureen Cosgrove
During the administration of former US president George W. Bush, the US government tortured opponents of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and transferred them to Libya, Human Rights Watch (HRW) announced in a report released Wednesday. The report, entitled "Delivered Into Enemy Hands: US-Led.... [more]
Poland investigated claims of CIA secret prison [this day at law]
September 5, 2012 by Katherine Bacher
On September 5, 2008, the Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced that the Polish government would investigate claims that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was operating a prison in Poland. The alleged prison was said to be part of the CIA's extraordinary rendition program. The Legal.... [more]
Second Circuit agreed to reconsider dismissed Arar rendition lawsuit [this day at law]
August 14, 2012 by Garrett Eisenhour
On August 14, 2008, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals agreed to an en banc rehearing of a motion for declaratory judgment against US government officials for the deportation to Syria of Canadian citizen Maher Arar. Arar's lawsuit had initially been dismissed after the court found he had failed.... [more]
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