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This is Khalid El Masri (between @MohamedouOuld and me) at the #Graz University #campsconference. He's a German national who was abducted in #Macedonia in 2003 and sent to the "Salt Pit" secret #CIA prison in #Afghanistan where he was brutally tortured for 5 months. He was held alongside several prisoners, some of whom ended up in #Guantanamo. He was shocked to learn that a few were only just freed while others remain held without charge or trial after 22 years Khalid was freed after the US admitted he was wrongfully detained. The European Court ordered Macedonia to compensate and apologise to him but the CIA has avoided accountability under nonsensical "state secrets" arguments. The USA has never held itself accountable in any such case. Khalid has suffered acute PTSD as a result of his ordeal as well as serious deterioration of his health. His case is very well known in the human rights community as one of the most flagrant examples of US overreach in the War on Terror and the willingness for smaller states to cooperate in state criminality. Khalid was very happy when he met with us and, it was a very powerful moment when he addressed the attendees. You can read more about him here: https://t.co/YNYUmzrz13 May Allah ease his hardship and grant him and his family peace and safety. @MansoorAdayfi

Moazzam_Begg's tweet photo. This is Khalid El Masri (between @MohamedouOuld and me) at the #Graz University #campsconference.

He's a German national who was abducted in #Macedonia in 2003 and sent to the "Salt Pit" secret #CIA prison in #Afghanistan where he was brutally tortured for 5 months. He was held alongside several prisoners, some of whom ended up in #Guantanamo. He was shocked to learn that a few were only just freed while others remain held without charge or trial after 22 years

Khalid was freed after the US admitted he was wrongfully detained. The European Court ordered Macedonia to compensate and apologise to him but the CIA has avoided accountability under nonsensical "state secrets" arguments. The USA has never held itself accountable in any such case.

Khalid has suffered acute PTSD as a result of his ordeal as well as serious deterioration of his health.

His case is very well known in the human rights community as one of the most flagrant examples of US overreach in the War on Terror and the willingness for smaller states to cooperate in state criminality.

Khalid was very happy when he met with us and, it was a very powerful moment when he addressed the attendees.

You can read more about him here:
https://t.co/YNYUmzrz13

May Allah ease his hardship and grant him and his family peace and safety.

@MansoorAdayfi

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