PAPER CHASE NEWSBURSTDigest RSS feedFull RSS feed
Serious law. Primary sources. Global perspective.


Friday, December 09, 2005

CIA rendition plaintiff maybe targeted on German information
David Shucosky at 11:16 AM ET

[JURIST] Khaled el-Masri [ACLU profile], a German man at the heart of an ACLU lawsuit against the CIA alleging wrongful imprisonment [JURIST report], may have been targeted as a result of information Germany shared with the US, according to a German security official [Berliner Zeitung report, in German]. In the complaint [PDF text], El-Masri alleged that he was kidnapped in Macedonia and taken to Afghanistan, where he was held for five months until his release on direct orders from Condoleezza Rice [JURIST report]. He says he was subjected to inhumane conditions and coercive interrogation tactics. President Bush on Tuesday again denied [JURIST report] that the US government sends terrorism suspects abroad to be tortured. Reuters has more.



Link | |  | print | subscribe | RSS feeds | latest newscast | Facebook page

For a one-stop snapshot of the latest legal news that matters, with breaking documents, new legal videos, live law-related webcasts, commentary by expert law professors and more - all updated through the day in real time, with no ads and no registration barriers - visit JURIST's homepage and check back often...


LATEST LEGAL NEWS

 FBI report shows reported hate crimes in US up two percent
2:17 PM ET, November 23

 Leaked documents question propriety of UK involvement in Iraq
2:02 PM ET, November 23

 Kenya committee unveils new draft constitution
1:04 PM ET, November 23

 click for more...

Get JURIST legal news on your intranet, website, blog or news reader!

LATEST FORUM

A Risk Worth Taking: Civilian Trials for Guantanamo Terror Suspects

L. Friedman/ V. Hansen
New England School of Law

ABOUT

Paper Chase is JURIST's real-time legal news service, powered by a team of 30 law student reporters and editors led by law professor Bernard Hibbitts at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. As an educational service, Paper Chase is dedicated to presenting important legal news and materials rapidly, objectively and intelligibly in an accessible, ad-free format.

CONTACT

Paper Chase welcomes comments, tips and URLs from readers. E-mail us at JURIST@pitt.edu