I've stumbled upon a number of cases that are interesting from an international law/political/diplomatic perspective concerning inter-state cooperation in the rendition of political dissidents. Some are fairly high-profile, though not widely cited. I'd be interested to find more.
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Here's one which I found a while back, about Kurdish Abdullah Ocalanhttps://twitter.com/AssangeLegal/status/851819923781427200 …
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I recently also found the 1960s case of anti-Apartheid activist Dennis Brutus, rendered from Mozambique to Apartheid South Africa, despite entering from Swaziland on a Rhodesian passport and a valid visa. The British & Portuguese colonial powers who could have intervened did not.
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Apart from having a great name, Brutus, who died not long ago, lived an extraordinary and productive life and was an outspoken critic until the end. He was in Robben Island prison together with Nelson Mandela.https://www.democracynow.org/2009/12/28/dennis_brutus_1924_2009_south_african …
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