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A Story of Extraordinary Rendition from South Africa.
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Tuesday March 14, 2006 21:38 by Karen Murphy - Amnesty International Irish Section
Where is Khalid Rashid ? Pakistani national, Khalid Mehmood Rashid and his house mate, Indian born Moulana Mohammed Ali Jeebhai, were abducted by heavily armed police and Home Affairs officials on the 31st of October last year and locked up at an unknown place thought to be in Cullinan outside Pretoria, South Africa. This was only confirmed three months afterwards when their names were found in the cell register of Cullinan police station . The station's incident book revealed that Khalid Rashid was signed in and out of the cells on no less than nine separate occasions during his stay by both police and home affairs officials. After a week Mohammed Jeebhai was taken to the Lindela Repatriation Camp for illegal immigrants in Krugersdorp where he managed to alert his family, who then obtained an urgent High Court order to prevent the men's deportation. But Khalid could not be traced; it's suspected he'd been extradited to a secret American prison camp, like Guantanamo Bay. |
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Jump To Comment: 1I know a Muslim guy who fled from South Africa because the NIA (SA intelligence agents) were persecuting him and the rest of his group's members. He told me that there are several cases of torture and extraordinary renditions by the NIA with CIA involvement. This was back in 2004, the year South Africa celebrated 10 years of democracy.
He has been refused asylum in both the first instance and the appeal stage. So now he has taken the Government to High Court. He cannot go back because he fears for his safety. I told him about this story of Rashid and he is very scared.
This man has got documentary evidence, clippings from newspapers and internet links to support his claim. Yet, the "Celtic Tiger" refuses to grant him refuge. They say South Africa is a safe country. There is no country in the world today that is safe if you are a Muslim.