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About National Security & Counterterrorism
The Open Society Justice Initiative is using strategic litigation and advocacy to to secure justice for victims of human rights violations and see that decision-makers responsible for abuses be held to account.

Extraordinary Rendition
The Open Society Justice Initiative is using freedom of information laws to investigate the involvement of European governments in the United States’ extraordinary rendition program.

Polish Prosecutor Recognizes Guantanamo Prisoner as Victim in CIA Black Site Investigation
Press Release
October 27, 2010
The Polish prosecutor's office has granted Guantanamo prisoner Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri status as a victim in a pending criminal investigation into a CIA black site in Poland, following a complaint brought by lawyers working with the Open Society Justice Initiative.

Lawyers for Rendition Victim Intervene in Polish Investigation of CIA Black Sites
Press Release
September 21, 2010
Lawyers cooperating with the Open Society Justice Initiative have filed an application demanding that the Appellate Prosecutor in Warsaw investigate and prosecute the people responsible for Guantanamo prisoner Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri’s transfer, detention, and torture on Polish soil.

El-Masri v. Macedonia
In 2003, Macedonian authorities seized a German citizen and held him incommunicado for 23 days before handing him over to the CIA. This case challenges Macedonia's involvement in the extraordinary rendition and torture Khaled El-Masri.

Al-Nashiri v. Poland
The Open Society Justice Initiative is calling for an investigation into the role Polish authorities played in this extraordinary rendition case.

Outlawed: Extraordinary Rendition, Torture and Disappearances in the "War on Terror"
video VIDEO  
This short film by WITNESS documents the story of Open Society Justice Initiative client Khaled El-Masri, a victim of the CIA’s extraordinary rendition program.

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