Ahmed Agiza
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Ahmed Agiza is one of two Egyptian asylum-seekers, the other being Muhammad Zery, who were secretly deported to Egypt from Sweden on 18 December 2001, reputedly following a request from the United States Central Intelligence Agency. This alleged CIA operation is cited by critics as a prime example of the practice of extraordinary rendition, whereby agencies of the U.S. government allegedy arrange for terrorist suspects to be transferred to countries with dubious human rights records, states reputed to use torture as a means of extracting information, where they may be interrogated using methods forbidden to agents of the United States. Both men were reportedly tortured in prison in Egypt, and in April 2004 Ahmed was sentenced 25 years in prison after being found guilty of having connections with the organizations Islamic Jihad and Al-Qaeda.
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- Sweden 'violated' torture treaty, BBC 21 May, 2005
- A Secret Deportation Of Terror Suspects, Washington Post July 25, 2004
- Transcript from a Swedish television show, "Kalla Fakta" (Cold Facts) in May 2004 in which the abduction is the topic. Part 1, Part 2
- Human Rights Watch's Egypt Page.
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