On 28 February 2008 the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg handed down its judgment in the Case of Saadi v Italy (No 37201/06). Although I haven’t had the time yet to read the entire decision (a press release can be found here; the entire decision here), it without doubt seems to be interesting, not at least from a political perspective. In the case, the ECtHR had to deal with the issue of a resident of a member State of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR) who, due to suspicion of – among…