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Fikre alleges that he traveled to Sudan in late 2009 in pursuit of growing an electronics business in his native East Africa. The FBI questioned him while in Sudan, according to court filings, telling Fikre he was on the No Fly List and could be removed if he became an informant.

Fikre allegedly refused and moved to the United Arab Emirates, where he claims he was then abducted and tortured for months by the country’s secret police at the FBI’s request. After leaving the United Arab Emirates, Fikre says he moved to Sweden, filed his lawsuit and sought asylum.

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[-] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 104 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The "No Fly List" is unconstitutional garbage. The list is secret, you can't get the fuck off of it, and it's absolutely riddled with errors.

I applaud SCOTUS for not allowing the Federal Government to retract Fikre's listing and then claim the issue is "moot" to avoid a potentially unfavorable ruling.

The No Fly List needs to be de-invented. Immediately.

[-] Badeendje@lemmy.world 16 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Same as the sex offender registry in the US. If it was only for a very select group of high risk people.. but they put people on there for so many small things, it has lost its purpose.

[-] uis@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

The list is secret.

Secret document affecting people's rights? Are you sure we are not talking about Russia?

[-] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 4 points 7 months ago

Are you sure we are not talking about Russia?

People have been making that point since the thing was created and yes IMO the No Fly List really is un-American.

[-] uis@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I think it's more American than European

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