European Court of Human Rights Rules Against Lithuania in Seventh Case of CIA Rendition Program

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Friday, January 26, 2024
Author: 
Michael Plachta
Volume: 
40
Issue: 
2
Abstract: 

On January 16, 2024, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg delivered its judgment in a case of al-Hawsawi v. Lithuania (application no. 4383/17). The case concerns a national of Saudi Arabia who is currently on trial before a US military commission in Guantánamo Bay on suspicion of being a facilitator and financial manager of al-Qaeda.