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26/03/2025
The European Court of Human Rights has given judgment in the case of Ahmed Jaafar Mohamed Ali, a Bahraini dissident who was extradited by Serbia to Bahrain, on the basis of an international arrest warrant issued by Interpol, despite an interim measure to the contrary that had been indicated by the Court.
In its judgment, the Court unanimously concluded that Serbia had violated Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights due to the Serbian authorities’ failure to properly examine the risk of ill-treatment in Bahrain. As the Court records in its judgment, Mr Ali has been seriously maltreated in Bahrain since the extradition.
The Court also unanimously concluded that, by extraditing Mr Ali despite the interim measure, Serbia violated Article 34 of the Convention.
In view of these violations, the Court unanimously ordered Serbia to pay financial compensation to Mr Ali in respect of his non-pecuniary damage.
Rodney Dixon KC, Anne Coulon, and Sebastian Bates were instructed to act for Mr Ali alongside his Serbian legal representative.
For coverage of the extradition, see here, here, and here.
The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy has issued a press release on the case, which is available here.
