El-Masri Awarded Damages by ECHR
The European Court of Human Rights ("ECHR") today held that Macedonia had violated the rights of Khaled El-Masri. In 2003 El-Masri, a German national, was confused for a similarly-named terrorism suspect, and then, among other things, allegedly taken to Afghanistan---where he was interrogated and abused by the CIA. The gist of the Strasbourg-based court's ruling is to confirm Macedonia's complicity and to award El-Masri 60,000 EUR in damages.
The Miami Herald's Carol Rosenberg has coverage
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The European Court of Human Rights ("ECHR") today held that Macedonia had violated the rights of Khaled El-Masri. In 2003 El-Masri, a German national, was confused for a similarly-named terrorism suspect, and then, among other things, allegedly taken to Afghanistan---where he was interrogated and abused by the CIA. The gist of the Strasbourg-based court's ruling is to confirm Macedonia's complicity and to award El-Masri 60,000 EUR in damages.
The Miami Herald's Carol Rosenberg has coverage here; the judgment of the ECHR's Grand Chamber can be found here.
Wells C. Bennett was Managing Editor of Lawfare and a Fellow in National Security Law at the Brookings Institution. Before coming to Brookings, he was an Associate at Arnold & Porter LLP.
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