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Claiming that he risked suffering torture and other violations of his fundamental rights if returned, Mr Saadi appealed to the European Court to prevent his deportation.
ECONOMIST: Torture and deportation
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Obama's penitential Cairo sermon betrayed those Middle Easterners who embraced our ideals, who struggled for human rights and democracy, suffering prison, torture and death.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: The Obama Effect
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Paul is one of the very best, most independent and clever Members of Parliament, but his chronic suffering from arthritis is a daily public torture.
BBC: Voting: it's not as easy as it looks
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Convention Against Torture defines torture as any act by which severe pain or suffering, "whether physical or mental, " is inflicted on a person.
CNN: Torture prompts soul-searching among some Christians
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"There are no TV cameras in Saddam's torture chambers or in the darkest corners of Baghdad, but the suffering and oppression are real, " Straw said.
CNN: Straw praises war reporters
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It was emotional torture for her, but she refuses to self-aggrandise and plays down her personal suffering.
BBC: Aung San Suu Kyi