Editing Diplomatic immunity (section)

=====American driver in Pakistan=====

In January 2011 in [[Lahore]], [[Pakistan]], American embassy employee [[Raymond Allen Davis incident|Raymond Allen Davis]] shot and killed two Pakistani civilians, while a third man was struck and killed by a US consulate car responding to the shooting. According to Davis, they were about to rob him and he acted in self-defense. When detained by police, Davis claimed to be a consultant at the US consulate in Lahore. He was formally arrested and remanded into custody. Further investigations revealed that he was working with the CIA as a contractor in Pakistan. The [[US State Department]] declared him a diplomat and repeatedly requested immunity under the [[Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations]], to which Pakistan is a signatory.<ref>[http://islamabad.usembassy.gov/pr-11012901.html U.S. Embassy Calls for Release of American Diplomat – U.S. Embassy, Islamabad, Pakistan] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110201133320/http://islamabad.usembassy.gov/pr-11012901.html |date=1 February 2011 }}</ref><ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/02/04/pakistan.us.shooting.index.html CNN]{{dead link|date=May 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} </ref> On 16 March 2011, Davis was released after the families of the two killed men were paid $2.4&nbsp;million in ''[[diyya]]'' (a form of monetary compensation or [[blood money (term)|blood money]]). Judges then acquitted him on all charges and Davis immediately departed Pakistan.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hushed Deal Frees C.I.A. Contractor in Pakistan |author=Carlotta Gall |author2=Mark Mazzetti |author-link=Carlotta Gall |author2-link=Mark Mazzetti |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/17/world/asia/17pakistan.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/17/world/asia/17pakistan.html |archive-date=2022-01-01 |url-access=limited |newspaper=The New York Times |date=16 March 2011 |access-date=11 March 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref>