Delivered Into Enemy Hands - Human Rights Watch

To the Government of the Netherlands
• The Netherlands was the only government implicated in this report that does ap-
pear to have provided one of those profiled here with a hearing prior to sending
him to another country. However it should still conduct an investigation into the
transfer of Muhammad Abu Farsan from the Netherlands to Sudan, leading to his
rendition to Libya. The investigation should determine whether authorities properly
upheld their obligations to assess the risk of abuse or persecution of Abu Farsan,
not only in the initial receiving state to which they sent him, but also in the subsequent
states to which he might be—and in fact was—expelled, returned, or
extradited.
• As a part of the investigation into the transfer of Muhammad Abu Farsan, examine
and disclose publicly the role that intelligence from the CIA or MI6 may have played
in the Dutch government’s decision to transfer him to a country that did not offer
sufficient protection against onward transfer to Libya.
To the Governments of China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Thailand
• Conduct an investigation into the transfers of Sami Mostefa al-Saadi and Abdul
Hakim Belhadj to Libya, where there was clear risk of torture or ill-treatment upon
return, and whether authorities properly upheld their obligations to protect individuals
against these abuses.
• As a part of the investigation into the transfers of Saadi and Belhadj, examine and
disclose publicly the role that intelligence from the CIA or MI6 may have played in
each government’s decision not to prevent onward transfers to countries where
they feared torture or other forms of persecution.
To the Governments of Chad, Mauritania, Mali, Morocco, and Sudan
• Conduct an investigation into the transfers of Muhammed Abu Farsan, Ismail Omar
Gebril al-Lwatty, Saleh Hadiyah Abu Abdullah Di’iki, Mustafa Salim Ali el-Madaghi,
Mafud al-Sadiq Embaya Abdullah, Abdullah Mohammed Omar al-Tawaty, and Othman
Salah to countries where they feared torture or other forms of persecution,
and whether authorities properly upheld their obligations to protect individuals
against return to torture or other ill-treatment.
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