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Originally Published February 14, 2007; Last Updated February 22, 2010; Last Republished February 22, 2010:

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

Web:

• UPDATED 02/22/2010 WP, Details posted on alleged CIA-flights to Poland and OSJI, Fresh Evidence Shows Polish Government, CIA Cooperation on Renditions

  "Warsaw—Official flight records obtained by rights groups confirm that at least six CIA rendition flights landed in Poland in 2003 and reveal details of a cover-up by U.S. and Polish authorities. The Polish Air Navigation Services Agency (PANSA) provided the flight logs in response to a freedom of information request filed by the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights in collaboration with the Open Society Justice Initiative."

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Commissions Act 2006 (aka In Torture We Trust Act of 2006 and America The Torturer Act of 2006) must be entirely repealed, including those sections granting immunity to torturers.