The ACLU and the ACLU of Pennsylvania (2007) prevailed in their case on behalf of an Egyptian Coptic Christian who had been detained and who claimed he had been tortured by the Egyptian government because he refused to convert to Islam. After permitting Sameh Khouzam to stay in the United States for nine years based on evidence that he would probably be tortured if he returned to Egypt, the U.S. government changed its position in 2007 and sought to deport Mr. Khouzam based on diplomatic assurances from the Egyptian government that Mr. Khouzam would not be tortured upon return. As a result of the ACLU's advocacy, a federal court granted Mr. Khouzam an indefinite stay of deportation to Egypt.

News
> ACLU In Federal Court Today To Prevent Deportation Of Egyptian To Torture (6/30/2008)
> Egyptian Torture Victim Released From Immigration Detention (1/15/2008)
> Court Rejects Government’s Attempt to Deport Egyptian to Torture (1/10/2008)
> ACLU Asks Court to Bar Government From Deporting Egyptian National to Torture (8/30/2007)
> ACLU Calls for State Department and DHS to Stop Deportation to Torture of Coptic Christian to Egypt (6/4/2007)

Legal Documents
> Khouzam v. Chertoff - Decision (12/5/2008)
> Khouzam v. Chertoff - Brief of Amici Curiae: Human Rights Watch, et al. (4/22/2008)
> Khouzam v. Chertoff - Brief of Amici Curiae Scholars of International Human Rights Law (4/22/2008)
> Khouzam v. Chertoff - Brief of Amici Curiae: Organisation Mondiale Contre la Torture and The Redress Trust (4/22/2008)
> Khouzam v. Chertoff - Amici Curiae Brief for The American Center for Law and Justice and The European Centre for Law and Justice (4/18/2008)
> Khouzam v. Hogan - Memo and Order (1/10/2008)
> Khouzam v Hogan Indefinite Stay (6/15/2007)
> Khouzam v Hogan Stay (5/31/2007)
> Khouzam v Hogan Emergency Petition (5/30/2007)
> Khouzam v Ashcroft 2nd Circuit Decision (2/24/2004)