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Macedonia: UN Committee against Torture (CAT) and the Human Rights Committee (HRC) advise Macedonian government to investigate the abduction and ill-treatment of Mr Khaled El-Masri

01 June 2008

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The UN Committee against Torture (CAT) and the Human Rights Committee (HRC) have advised the Macedonia government to undertake a new and thorough investigation into the abduction and ill-treatment of Mr Khaled El-Masri when held by CIA agents in secret detention.

- HRC report (pdf)
- CAT report, 21 May 2008 (pdf)
- CAT report, 20 May 2008 (pdf)

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