A Note on Strasbourg Cases Given Recent Events Part 2
How very timely that the case of Canadian Maher Arar has been making the news recently. Arar’s example is one myself and a colleague have noted in an upcoming article on extraordinary rendition and the application to European law. Long story short, this poor guy was arrested during a stop over at JFK airport, then shipped to Jordan and finally Syria where he was detained for a year and tortured. During interrogations, he broke down and signed confessions that he was a member of Al-Qaeda, trained in Afghanistan, etc. More proof that torture works? I wonder what amount of damages would compensate for what this guy experienced.
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