Christian Persecution Averted


	Christian Persecution Averted

thunderscot

7-10-2007 12:31 PM

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christian persecution, khouzam, egypt, vanaskie, federal judge, state department, deportation, torture

thunderscot says:

Look, y'all, a federal judge got something right!

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</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56589"><FONT face="Palatino, Book Antiqua, Times New Roman, Georgia, Times">"Judge Vanaskie found that there was a compelling case for the argument
that deportation would cause irreparable harm and that the record bore
out that if Sameh was returned to Egypt, he probably would face torture," Grace told WND.
</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56589"><FONT face="Palatino, Book Antiqua, Times New Roman, Georgia, Times">"Khouzam has presented a claim that his removal will violate the [Convention Against Torture.] In this regard, no showing has been made by [the government] that removal based upon diplomatic assurances by a country known to have engaged in torture is consistent with the CAT," the judge wrote.
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