Al Nashiri v. Lithuania
Human rights violations against Lithuania for its involvement in CIA secret detention programme.
In the case of Al Nashiri v. Lithuania the Court held that there had been several violations of the Convention.
The case concerned a Saudi Arabian national of Yemeni descent who is currently detained in Guantánamo Bay. He is facing capital charges before a United States (US) military commission on suspicion of, among other things, the bombing of the US Navy ship USS Cole in 2000. He was captured during the so-called “War on Terror” launched by President Bush in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.
The Court found that the applicant had been held for more than five months in 2005-2006 at a secret facility in Lithuania run by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). It also found that the Lithuanian authorities had assisted in the applicant’s transfer from its territory in spite of a real risk that he could face a flagrant denial of justice and the death penalty in the United States of America (USA).