Who Will Stop The Torture Update-14

02/14/07

Who Will Stop The Torture Update-14

01:01:51 pm, Categories: Guantanamo, Torture, Secrecy, Habeas Corpus, News, Human Rights, Rule of Law, Kangaroo Military Commissions, Detainees, US Constitution

During a plenary session the European Parliament adopts the final report (original pe382246.pdf) on CIA activities in Europe.

The report, which deplores the passivity of some Member States in the face of illegal CIA operations, as well as the lack of co-operation from the EU Council of Ministers...

Over one thousand CIA-operated flights used European airspace from 2001 to 2005 and temporary secret detention facilities "may have been located at US military bases" in Europe, says the European Parliament in its final report on illegal CIA activities in Europe, adopted 14 February.

State actors involved in the illegal CIA rendition and secret torture centers program: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, and United Kingdom.

All state actors must conduct their own independent investigation and publicly report the full and complete extent of their nation's involvement in the illegal CIA rendition and secret torture centers program.

All secret detention facilities must be publicly disclosed and immediately shutdown, including Guantanamo Bay. All those authorizing and participating in the illegal CIA rendition program(s) and secret detention centers must be held completely and fully accountable.¹

Link to Misblog's:

Web: BBC, EU rendition report: Key excerpts

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1. The Military Commissions Act 2006 (aka In Torture We Trust Act of 2006 and America The Torturer Act of 2006) must be entirely repealed, including those sections granting immunity to torturers.

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