EL MASRI CASE BEFORE THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS

FIRST COURT CASE TO ADDRESS ABDUCTIONS CARRIED OUT AS PART OF "THE WAR ON TERROR"

The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg will hear the case of Khaled El Masri. This was disclosed by the Open Society Justice Initiative, which initiated the charge. This is the first time the court has investigated the possible responsibility of a European state- in this case Macedonia- for its participation in human rights abuses committed under the heading of the "War on Terror". The German citizen Khaled El Masri was abducted by CIA officials at the Serbian-Macedonian border on 31. December 2003. The officials had mistakenly identified El Masri as a member of Al Qaida and a possible participant in a Neu-Ulm-based terrorist cell.

CIA RENDITION CASE OF KHALED EL MASRI

LAWSUIT AGAINST GERMANY

In early June 2008 the ECCHR filed a complaint against the Federal Republic of Germany at the Administrative Court in Berlin on behalf of Mr. Khaled El Masri. The complaint submitted to the Administrative Court in Berlin by ECCHR appeals to the Federal Government and requests they issue an extradition warrant against the USA concerning the 13 CIA Agents suspected to have “rendered” Mr. Khaled El-Masri in 2003. In early June 2008 the ECCHR filed a complaint against the Federal Republic of Germany at the Administrative Court in Berlin on behalf of Mr. Khaled El Masri.