extraordinary rendition

extraordinary rendition
The sending of untried criminal suspects to countries outside the USA for interrogation or imprisonment.

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  • Extraordinary Rendition — Le terme extraordinary rendition (littéralement « reddition extraordinaire ») désigne une action illégale [1] présumée de l agence centrale de renseignements américaine, la CIA, qui consiste à enlever des personnes et à les transporter… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • extraordinary rendition — noun (US; euphem) The covert transporting of individuals, esp terrorist suspects, to undisclosed destinations for the purpose of interrogation • • • Main Entry: ↑extraordinary * * * exˌtraordinary renˈdition 8 [extraordinary rendition] noun …   Useful english dictionary

  • Extraordinary rendition — Le terme rendition (qu on peut vaguement traduire par « transfert ») désigne l action de transférer un prisonnier d un pays à un autre hors du cadre judiciaire, notamment hors des procédures normales d extradition[1]. Ce terme a été… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Extraordinary rendition — Blau: Aus diesen Ländern stammen die illegal Ausgelieferten. Hellblau: Häftlinge wurden angeblich über diese Länder transportiert. Rot: Häftlinge sind Angaben zufolge in diesen Ländern angekommen. Schwarz: Standorte der black sites . Quellen:… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Extraordinary rendition by the United States — Extraordinary Rendition redirects here. For the 2007 film, see Extraordinary Rendition (film). Extraordinary rendition (or irregular rendition) is the abduction and illegal transfer of a person from one nation to another.[1] Torture by proxy is… …   Wikipedia

  • Extraordinary Rendition (film) — Infobox Film name = Extraordinary Rendition imdb id = 0826613 writer = Jim Threapleton (plot outline) starring = Omar Berdouni, Andy Serkis director = Jim Threapleton producer = Andy Noble distributor = released = 2007 runtime = 77 min. language …   Wikipedia

  • extraordinary rendition — /əkstrɔdənri rɛnˈdɪʃən/ (say uhkstrawduhnree ren dishuhn) noun the transfer of a prisoner to a country where there is less legal restraint on torture than in the country in which they were previously held, in order to extract information from… …  

  • extraordinary rendition — UK [ɪkˌstrɔː(r)d(ə)n(ə)rɪ rɪnˈdɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun [uncountable] the practice of moving prisoners from one state to another in a way that is illegal, often so that they can be questioned and hurt to make them give information …   English dictionary

  • Extraordinary renditions — Extraordinary rendition Le terme extraordinary rendition (littéralement « reddition extraordinaire ») désigne une action illégale [1] présumée de l agence centrale de renseignements américaine, la CIA, qui consiste à enlever des… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Rendition — may refer to: *Rendition (law), a legal term meaning handing over * Rendition (video game), a 2007 political art experiment in text adventure form *Rendition (company), a maker of 2D and 3D graphics chipsets for PCs * Rendition (film), a 2007… …   Wikipedia

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