'State Immunity' Trumps Sampson's Suit Against Saudis

Published June 21, 2006

Had he the good fate to have been incorporated in the Cayman Islands, rather than born in the province of Nova Scotia, Mr. Sampson might be having his day before an international tribunal at this very moment.

Imprisoned for two and a half years in Saudi Arabia for a crime he did not commit, and subjected to incessant torture and rape, Sampson has just lost a bid to sue his Saudi tormentors in the UK...