El-Masri's

Now that the European Court has engaged in El-Masri's case, however, the dominoes may well start to fall.

Amrit Singh: Breaking the Conspiracy of Silence: Europe and Extraordinary Rendition Amrit Singh 2010

Now that the European Court has engaged in El-Masri's case, however, the dominoes may well start to fall.

Amrit Singh: Breaking the Conspiracy of Silence: Europe and Extraordinary Rendition Amrit Singh 2010

In 2009, the Open Society Justice Initiative filed an application on El-Masri's behalf against the Macedonian government before the European Court of Human Rights.

Amrit Singh: Breaking the Conspiracy of Silence: Europe and Extraordinary Rendition Amrit Singh 2010

In 2009, the Open Society Justice Initiative filed an application on El-Masri's behalf against the Macedonian government before the European Court of Human Rights.

Amrit Singh: Breaking the Conspiracy of Silence: Europe and Extraordinary Rendition Amrit Singh 2010

Even at this early stage in the proceedings, the European Court's treatment of this case contrasts significantly with the U.S. courts, which effectively held that the U.S. government was not even required to respond to El-Masri's allegations of kidnapping, illegal transfer, and abuse.

Amrit Singh: Breaking the Conspiracy of Silence: Europe and Extraordinary Rendition Amrit Singh 2010

Even at this early stage in the proceedings, the European Court's treatment of this case contrasts significantly with the U.S. courts, which effectively held that the U.S. government was not even required to respond to El-Masri's allegations of kidnapping, illegal transfer, and abuse.

Amrit Singh: Breaking the Conspiracy of Silence: Europe and Extraordinary Rendition Amrit Singh 2010

Central Intelligence Agency's "extraordinary rendition" program violates the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man, to find the U.S. responsible for violating El-Masri's rights under that declaration, and to recommend that the U.S. publicly acknowledge and apologize for its role in El-Masri's forcible disappearance, detention and torture.

Rendition Victim Not Giving Up 2009

Though German prosecutors back up El-Masri's story and though the United States has admitted and lauded the practice of rendition, the government successfully moved to dismiss the lawsuit on the grounds of state secrets.

Secrecy Mustn't Crush Rule of Law 2006

The trial judge dismissed El-Masri's case because litigating it would reveal operational details as to means and methods, persons, companies or governments involved.

Secrecy Mustn't Crush Rule of Law 2006

El-Masri's lawsuit against the CIA was dismissed on state secrets grounds, but is now on appeal.

The Bush Era Draws to a Close 2006