Ahmed Agiza and Muhammad al-Zery
- Ahmed Agiza and Muhammad al-Zery
Ahmed Agiza and Muhammad al-Zery ( _ar. أحمد عجيزة و محمد الزيري) were two Egyptian asylum-seekers who were secretly deported to Egypt from Sweden on December 18, 2001, following a request from the United States Central Intelligence Agency. The Swedish government approved the request after the state secretary demanded fair treatment of the suspects from the Egyptian government. 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 allegedly 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. Fact|date=August 2007The deportation were sanctioned by minister of foreign affairs Anna Lindh.
Both men claim to have been tortured in prison in Egypt, Fact|date=August 2007 and in April 2004 Agiza was sentenced 25 years in prison by a military court after being found guilty of having connections with the organizations Islamic Jihad and al-Qaeda. al-Zery was released from prison in October 2003. He is not allowed to leave the village where he lives.
In July 2008 Al-Zery was awarded 3 million SEK (527.000 USD) in damages in a settlement with the Swedish ministry of justice25% of the settlement is to be paid by the Swedish security police (SÄPO). On September 19th Agiza was awarded the same sum.
External links
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4568041.stm Sweden 'violated' torture treaty] , BBC 21 May, 2005
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11976-2004Jul24.html 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. [http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2004/05/17/sweden8620.htm Part 1] , [http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2004/05/24/sweden9219.htm Part 2]
* [http://hrw.org/doc?t=mideast&c=egypt Human Rights Watch's "Egypt" Page] .
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