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Topic: Rendition Victim El-Masri
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Rendition Victim El-Masri
Awarded 60,000 Euros
Spiegel Online International, by cgh with Wire Reports
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Posted By:LanieLou, 12/13/2012 11:53:27 PM
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| Khaled El-Masri, the Lebanese-born German national who claims the CIA abducted him in Macedonia in 2003 before subjecting him to unlawful imprisonment and torture, has become accustomed to his case being thrown out of court. But on Thursday, he was finally able to claim a victory. The European Court of Human Rights ruled in El-Masri´s favor and ordered that the government of Macedonia to pay him €60,000 in damages.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
4Justice, 12/14/2012 12:47:32 AM (No. 9064603)
All big government is corrupt. Bush´s policy is wrong if it involves torturing people who are not even confirmed to be terrorists. Mistaken identity. Sickening. It could be any of us treated this way and under Obama, all the unConstitutional stuff is much worse and even MORE frightening....including his hit lists.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
miceal, 12/14/2012 4:57:18 AM (No. 9064723)
Europe, bite me!
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