Includes a wide selection of reports and articles and most of the documents submitted to the European Parliament inquiry.
POSTED 26.2.20: Scottish Government to seek Westminster support in rendition investigation (Reprieve, link):
“In a reversal of its previous position, the Scottish Government now says it will seek the UK government’s support in obtaining the full US Senate torture report, in order to establish what role Scottish airports played in CIA rendition flights. So far, only the redacted 525 page Executive Summary of the 6,700 page report has been released.
A spokesperson for justice secretary Humza Yousaf confirmed the move following a letter from MSPs, published in the Scotsman. The cross party group wrote: “We are deeply concerned that without concerted action by the Scottish and Westminster governments, Police Scotland’s investigation will fail to get to the truth.”
See: MSPs warn Sturgeon of ‘deep concern’ over police rendition investigation (The Scotsman, link)
POSTED 12.8.19: The Rendition Project: Researching the globalisation of rendition and secret detention (link):
“The Rendition Project is a collaborative research initiative run by Prof Ruth Blakeley at the University of Sheffield (and previously, the University of Kent) and Dr Sam Raphael at the University of Westminster. The Rendition Project is at the forefront of efforts to investigate and understand the use of rendition, secret detention and torture by the CIA and its allies in the “war on terror”. Through this website users can access:
- The most comprehensive account to date of the fate and whereabouts of each of those detained and tortured within the programme
- The world’s largest public database of rendition flights by CIA aircraft
- Detailed analysis of more than 60 renditions of individuals to secret detention and torture
- Material on the complex web of companies which helped operate a network of rendition aircraft and secret prisons
Our major report, CIA Torture Unredacted, published in July 2019, presents the combined findings from a four-year joint investigation by The Rendition Project and The Bureau of Investigative Journalism. It is, without doubt, the most detailed account of the CIA torture programme ever published. The report can be accessed for free on this site, and is supported by other material contained here.”
POSTED 30.4.19: Rendition: UK spent £11m of public money fighting Libya rendition case (Guardian, link):
“Figures show vast sums spent resisting apology demands over rendition of Libyan dissidents. The government spent more than £11m of public funds resisting demands for an apology, compensation and prosecutions over MI6’s 2004 rendition of the Libyan dissident Abdel Hakim Belhaj and his wife, Fatima Boudchar.
The colossal sum involved has been revealed for the first time through a freedom of information request that exposes the vast amounts ministers and official were prepared to pay out at a time when legal aid has been severely restricted.”
POSTED 1.4.19: UK-USA: Police investigating role of UK officers in torture of al-Qaida suspect (The Guardian, link):
“Metropolitan police detectives have launched an investigation into allegations that MI5 and MI6 officers involved in the interrogation under torture of an al-Qaida suspect committed serious criminal offences.
Scotland Yard has confirmed that a senior investigating officer, who is familiar with other rendition cases, has begun examining the role of UK intelligence officials during the questioning of Abu Zubaydah at CIA so-called ‘black sites’.”
POSTED 18.3.19: REVEALED: British Army deployed interrogators to Abu Ghraib despite abuse concerns (Middle East Eye, link):
“Britain’s defence ministry covertly deployed a team of interrogators to Iraq’s notorious Abu Ghraib prison at the height of the scandal over the torture and humiliation of inmates, a parliamentary oversight body has found.
The operation remained hidden for years until documentary evidence was discovered during an investigation into Britain’s involvement in the CIA’s rendition programme and the mistreatment of detainees. “
POSTED 23.1.19: Survivors of the War on Terror by Ala Busir (link)
Portraits and stories of people imprisoned in Northen Ireland and in Guantanamo and other prisons during the so-called “war on terror”.
POSTED 28.6.18: UK: True scale of UK role in torture and rendition after 9/11 revealed – Two damning reports reveal British intelligence’s treatment of terrorism suspects
“British intelligence agencies were involved in the torture and kidnap of terrorism suspects after 9/11, according to two reports by the parliamentary intelligence and security committee.
The reports published on Thursday amount to one of the most damning indictments of UK intelligence, revealing links to torture and rendition were much more widespread than previously reported.
While there was no evidence of officers directly carrying out physical mistreatment of detainees, the reports say the overseas agency MI6 and the domestic service MI5 were involved in hundreds of torture cases and scores of rendition cases.”
POSTED 13.6.18: USA: Gitmo commanders make pitch for new prison with hospice-care wing for ex-CIA captives (Miami Herald, link):
“GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba – The U.S. military’s mission at Guantánamo is shifting to permanent detention for al-Qaida and other war-on-terror detainees, commanders told reporters this week in a rare public pitch for Congress to fund a new $69 million, wheelchair-accessible prison — complete with a hospice-care cellblock — for the five accused 9/11 plotters and 10 other captives who were in some instances tortured in secret overseas CIA prisons.
“Picture in your mind elderly detainees, brothers taking care of one another. That is the humane way ahead,” said prison spokeswoman Navy Cmdr. Anne Leanos.
Guantánamo detention center leaders said Tuesday that they are shifting their mission because President Donald Trump’s January executive order canceled President Barack Obama’s mandate to close the prison. During the Obama administration, the prison camp made few building improvements, “putting a Band-Aid” on structural problems, said prison operations commander Rear Adm. John Ring.”
POSTED 31.5.18: ECHR: Court: Lithuania and Romania complicity in CIA secret rendition led to multiple human rights violations
“Multiple human rights violations by authorities in Lithuania and Romania resulted from the countries’ involvement with the United States Central Intelligence Agency’s secret rendition of suspected terrorists.”
POSTED 23.5.18: Gina Haspel Is Only The Start of the Conversation on CIA Torture (one small window, link):
“In 2002, as part of the CIA’s extraordinary rendition programme, agent Gina Haspel ran a secret CIA torture prison in Thailand; torture methods at the site included waterboarding, which she oversaw. In 2005, she ordered the destruction of tapes of prisoners being tortured. Rather than face prosecution for crimes against humanity, in February 2017 Donald Trump appointed her deputy director of the CIA.
At a confirmation hearing for her new position as CIA chief in May 2018, Haspel was unapologetic and evasive over questions by the US Senate on torture. Unsurprisingly, her appointment has been controversial. The media has tried to play down her torturer credentials by focusing on her role as the first female CIA director as being some sort of victory for women.
The CIA has a long, solid relationship with torture and human experimentation. Under its latest incarnation in the so-called “war on terror”, prosecutions have been few and far between. Haspel is not the only person to profit from CIA torture: in 2017, private contractor psychologist James Mitchell and a colleague managed to end a court case brought by survivors, through an out-of-court settlement, for their design of the torture programme. Mitchell and Bruce Jessen were paid over $80 million to design “enhanced interrogation techniques”. At the very same time, Mitchell was making even more money on the book tour circuit promoting his actions.”
POSTED 18.5.18: US Senate confirms Haspel as CIA director despite links to torture programme (Middle East Eye, link):
“The US Senate confirmed Gina Haspel on Thursday to be director of the CIA, ending a bruising confirmation fight centred on her ties to the spy agency’s past use of torture.
Haspel, who will be the first woman to lead the CIA, is a 33-year veteran at the agency and currently serving as its acting director. The tally was 54-45 in her favour in the 100-member chamber, where a simple majority was required for confirmation.
Haspel was approved in spite of stiff opposition stemming from her links to the CIA’s use of harsh interrogation methods, including waterboarding, a type of simulated drowning widely considered to be torture, in the years after the 9/11 attacks.(…)mplemented as a matter of urgency.”
POSTED 11.5.18: UK: British Government apologises to rendition victims
The British Government has today apologised to Abdul-Hakim Belhaj and Fatima Boudchar for the UK’s role in their 2004 abduction, torture, and rendition to Libya.
The apology, delivered today in Parliament by the Attorney General Jeremy Wright, comes in a letter from Prime Minister Theresa May to the family. It follows a mediation with the Government and a personal meeting between the Attorney General and the couple, in which they described their ordeal to him.
POSTED 13.4.18: UK-LIBYA: Belhaj case: UK ordered to hand over file on Libyan torture (MEE, link):
“The British government has been ordered to hand over a top secret Metropolitan Police file that recommended charges against a senior MI6 officer for his role in the alleged illegal rendition and torture of opponents of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
The High Court in London made the order on Thursday after lawyers for torture victims, including Libyan dissident Abdel Hakim Belhaj and his wife Fatima Boudchar, challenged a decision not to release a 400-page report which called for Sir Mark Allen of MI6 to be charged with misconduct in private office.
Government lawyers have been resisting its release in the ongoing legal claim by Belhaj and his wife who claim there were unlawfully “rendered” from Thailand to Libya in March 2004.”
POSTED 4.4.18: MACEDONIA-USA: Macedonia apologises for role in CIA’s secret rendition programme
The Macedonian government has expressed “sincere apologies and unreserved regrets” for its role in the abduction and torture of German citizen Khaled el-Masri as part of the CIA’s “rendition” programme.
POSTED 9.6.17: USA: Congressional Republicans seek to obliterate record of CIA torture (World Socialist Web Site, link):
“It was reported last week that the Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture is being “retrieved” from executive agencies in the Trump administration. Congressional Republicans have demanded the confiscation of all copies of the report in order to cover up and, if possible, erase entirely the record of the investigation into the agency’s torture program.
A heavily redacted executive summary of the report was released to the public in December of 2014, but the full 6,700-page “Committee Study of the Central Intelligence Agency’s Detention and Interrogation Program” remains secret. Only a limited number of copies were made, which were distributed to a handful of federal executive agencies. Since 2015, when the US Senate passed into the hands of the Republican Party, the new committee Chairman Richard Burr has led efforts to suppress the report, declaring that the report should become a “footnote to history.”
In a statement released June 2, Burr declared, “I have directed my staff to retrieve copies of the congressional study that remain with the executive branch agencies and, as the committee does with all classified and compartmented information, will enact the necessary measures to protect the sensitive sources and methods contained within the report.””
And see: Trump buries Senate torture report: Reprieve comment (Reprieve US, link)
POSTED 8.6.17: USA-POLAND-GERMANY: US officials targeted in push for justice and accountability on rendition and torture
Reprieve US and the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights are pursuing new legal cases seeking accountability and justice for torture carried out as part of the USA’s “extraordinary rendition” programme.
POSTED 5.4.17: UK: MI6, rendition, and cover-ups of cover-ups: in some respects “Guantanámo is a marked improvement” on the British justice system
“It… came as a salutary surprise to watch recent proceedings in courtroom 72 at the Royal Courts of Justice, where the UK government applied, for the first time in a renditions case, for a secret hearing (euphemistically referred to as a Closed Material Proceeding or CMP) under the Justice and Security Act 2013. The British judge has just granted the government’s application for this CMP.
This is a case where – for more than a decade – ministers have been misled by MI6, and have in turn misled parliament and the people. It is a case of great significance. If such a cover-up were attempted in Guntown (a real place in north-eastern Mississippi) it would be laughed out of court. The US military would have no more success on the Guantánamo Naval Base.
Open justice has been a casualty in the post-9/11 world. Rights are being eroded at the margins, and those who care about British justice need to look around themselves.”
See: Secrets and lies (The Law Society Gazette, link) by Clive Stafford-Smith.
And see: UK: High Court rules Blair-era rendition case can be heard in secret (Reprieve, link):
“The High Court has today ruled that a Blair-era renditions case should be heard in secret, following a request from the government under the controversial Justice and Security Act.”
POSTED 5.3.17: UK: Illegal rendition cover up continues: Government seeks secret hearing for first time in victims’ case (Reprieve, link):
“The Government is asking the High Court to use secret proceedings in a case brought by victims of a UK-US rendition during the ‘War on Terror’. This is the first time such powers are set to be used in a rendition victims’ case, and it is being sought so the Government may avoid embarrassing revelations on how parliament and the public continue to be misled as to what happened.
At a hearing next Tuesday (7th), lawyers for the Government will argue that the case of two men who were rendered to Afghanistan in 2004 should be heard in secret.
The men, Amanatullah Ali and Yunus Rahmatullah, are challenging the Foreign Office and the Ministry of Defence over the UK’s involvement in their rendition.”
POSTED 20.2.17: UK Govt spends £¾ million on torture cover-up attempt (Reprieve, link):
“The British Government has spent £744,000 in its attempts to ensure a case involving the kidnap and torture of a Libyan dissident and his pregnant wife is never heard in court, documents obtained by Reprieve show – even though the victims have offered to drop the claim in return for an apology.”
And see: MI6 chief’s role in abduction of Gaddafi foe Belhaj set to be revealed (The Guardian, link):
“Britain’s role in the seizure and alleged torture of a Libyan opponent of the former dictator Muammar Gaddafi looks set to be exposed after a court decision that will set alarm bells ringing in the intelligence services.”
POSTED 9.1.17: SCOTLAND: RENDITION: Cops slammed over Scottish airports CIA torture flights probe as campaigners demand update (Daily Record, link):
“Police Scotland have been condemned for “incredible” delays in their probe into the use of Scots airports for CIA torture flights.
More than three years into their investigation, they have refused to reveal what progress has been made.
Campaigners say there is an urgent need to know what part Scotland played in rendition – where US prisoners were sent to be tortured overseas in the wake of 9/11 – ahead of Donald Trump’s presidency.
It is feared Trump, who has advocated “a lot worse than waterboarding”, may reinstate rendition in the US war on terror.”
POSTED 7.11.16: USA-PAKISTAN: Saving Prisoner 650: Dr Aafia Siddiqui (one small window, link):
“Women and children are also prisoners of the US-led “war on terror”. In March 2003, Pakistani neuroscientist Dr Aafia Siddiqui and her three young children “disappeared” in Karachi, on their way to the airport to travel to the capital city Islamabad.
The Pakistani government said she had been arrested. She was not seen again until July 2008. It is widely believed that she had been “rendered” by the Pakistani authorities to the US military and was held by the US at its military prison in Bagram, Afghanistan, along with her children, where she was tortured. The US denies this.
Upon discovery, she was detained in Ghazni, Afghanistan. Conflicting stories exist as to what happened when the US military came to interview her on 18 July 2008; nonetheless she and possibly US military personnel were injured. She was hospitalised and shortly thereafter charged with attempted murder and assault of US nationals and military personnel.
She was taken to the US, and following a two-week trial in 2010 which she refused to take part in, considering it a sham, she was convicted of all the charges against her and sentenced to 86 years in prison. She is currently being held at the Federal Medical Center, Carswell in Fort Worth, Texas, a facility for female prisoners with special medical and mental health needs. An appeal was filed but Dr Siddiqui withdrew it in October 2014. Her family claims she was pressurised into dropping it.
…I recently put some questions to her older sister neurologist Dr Fowzia Siddiqui about the current situation.”
POSTED 11.9.16: UK: Rendition victims challenge decision not to prosecute MI6 officer (The Guardian, link):
“Lawyers representing a Libyan husband and wife who were kidnapped and flown to one of Muammar Gaddafi’s prisons are seeking to overturn a decision that there was insufficient evidence to prosecute a former MI6 officer for his alleged role.
Mark Allen, the head of counter-terrorism at the agency at the time of the so-called rendition operations, had set out his role in a letter to the Gaddafi government that came to light during the 2011 Libyan revolution.
However the Crown Prosecution Service decided earlier this year that Allen – now Sir Mark – should face no criminal charges, a ruling that the victims said reflected poorly on British justice.
Lawyers for the couple are now seeking a judicial review of the CPS decision, which they have denounced as a “see no evil, hear no evil” ruling that has put the government and its intelligence agencies above the rule of law.”
POSTED 31.8.16: USA: The Strategic Costs of Torture: How “Enhanced Interrogation” Hurt America (Foreign Affairs, link):
“Despite their disagreements, all these perspectives share one key assumption: that whether the torture was good or bad depends on whether or not it “worked”—that is, whether it produced lifesaving results. Leaving aside the very real human and legal consequences of torture, a truly comprehensive assessment would also explore the policy’s broader implications, including how it shaped the trajectory of the so-called war on terror, altered the relationship between the United States and its allies, and affected Washington’s pursuit of other key goals, such as the promotion of democracy and human rights abroad. To assess the overall effect of torture on U.S. national security, one should consider not only its supposed tactical benefits but also its strategic impact.
Our team of researchers at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School has begun the first such review, and we’ve found that Washington’s use of torture greatly damaged national security. It incited extremism in the Middle East, hindered cooperation with U.S. allies, exposed American officials to legal repercussions, undermined U.S. diplomacy, and offered a convenient justification for other governments to commit human rights abuses. The takeaway is clear: reinstating torture would be a costly mistake.”
POSTED 22.8.16: UK: Government secrecy in renditions prosecution challenged (Reprieve, link):
“The UK government’s refusal to answer questions about political interference in a decision not to bring charges over British complicity in renditions has been challenged by international human rights group Reprieve.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced in June 2016 that it would not bring any charges in Operation Lydd, a police investigation into the UK Government’s role in the 2004 kidnap and rendition to torture of two families, including a pregnant woman and children aged 6 to 12.
This was despite finding that a senior British intelligence official was involved in the operation and had – to a limited extent – sought political approval for it. The CPS took two years to consider the original police investigation which produced a 28,000 page file.
Now Britain’s Information Commissioner will review the government’s refusal of a freedom of information request about possible political interference in the CPS investigation. Reprieve asked if the Cabinet Office contacted the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) about Operation Lydd. The Cabinet Office, which coordinates intelligence, refused to confirm or deny if it had discussed Operation Lydd with the CPS.”
POSTED 5.8.16: UK: CPS upholds decision not to charge over MI6 role in Libyans’ rendition – Families’ lawyers claim ‘stitch-up’ after failure to overturn decision not to bring charges over abduction of dissidents (Guardian, link):
“rosecutors have rejected an attempt to overturn their decision not to charge anyone over the involvement of the British intelligence agency MI6 in the kidnapping of two Libyan dissidents in a joint operation with the CIA.
Lawyers for the two families accused prosecutors of a “complete stitch-up” after failing to quash the decision not to bring any charges over the abduction of the dissidents and their families, including a pregnant woman and children.”
POSTED 25.7.16: BELGIUM: Former Guantanamo prisoners convicted in “rather peculiar” case
“Two former Guantánamo prisoners were convicted in Belgium by the Brussels Criminal Court on Monday, July 18 2016, one on terrorism-related charges…
The case involved nine defendants, three of whom were charged with terrorism-related offences. One of the three was acquitted in full. [Abbar] Huwari was sentenced to 12 years in prison for running a terrorist group. One other person was sentenced for membership of a terrorist organization. Other sentences, including [Moussa] Zemmouri’s for conspiracy, related to the thwarted burglary only.
Huwari’s name only emerged when the case went to trial in June 2016; he became the main suspect. In a country where there is a constant threat of terrorism the case has surprisingly attracted little attention. From the few details made public, the case is rather peculiar.”
See: Former Guantánamo Prisoners Convicted in Belgium (one small window, link)
POSTED 4.7.16: Rendition: ECHR hearings continue; CIA officer could be imprisoned in Italy
Last week the European Court of Human Rights held confidential hearings on two cases concerning the CIA’s rendition programme, Al Nashiri v Romana and Abu Zubaydah v Lithuania. Both men are currently imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay. An ECHR news item said: “Both cases concern the alleged “rendition” of the applicants, suspected of terrorist acts, to CIA secret detention sites, where, according to their submissions, illegal interrogation methods amounting to torture were used.”
POSTED 1.7.16: LITHUANIA: Lithuanian court prevents secret detention and rendition victim from participating in investigation into CIA secret prisons in Lithuania
Vilnius Regional Court has issued its final rejection of REDRESS’ application for victim status for Mustafa al-Hawsawi in a pre-trial criminal investigation into CIA secret prisons (also known as black sites) in Lithuania. This status would have allowed Mr. al-Hawsawi to participate in the ongoing investigation, including to request access to pre-trial investigation material and to make requests to expand the investigation’s scope.
POSTED 30.6.16: Lawyer: CIA gave Romania millions to host secret prisons (New Europe, link):
“The CIA paid Romania “millions of dollars” to host secret prisons, a rights lawyer said Wednesday as the European Court of Human Rights heard accusations that Romania allowed the agency to torture terrorism suspects in a secret renditions program under President George W. Bush.
Amrit Singh told the court on the opening day of the case that CIA prisons were in Romania from 2003-2005 with the government’s “acquiescence and connivance,” something authorities have denied.
Romanian government representative Catrinel Brumar countered that it takes more than “hints and speculation to establish the state’s responsibilities.” She said an investigation was ongoing.
The court said it would rule in a few months on whether Romania knowingly allowed CIA secret prisons where torture occurred, and whether it failed to prevent the torture of Singh’s client.”
POSTED: 28.4.16: USA: An Opening for Justice for CIA Torture (HRW, link):
“The United States government just opened the door a crack to justice for the torture of scores of men in CIA custody under its infamous detention and interrogation program. For the first time, the Justice Department didn’t effectively block a lawsuit by detainees held and tortured by the CIA by invoking, as it had done in previous similar lawsuits, the “state secrets privilege.”
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The privilege requires a court to give great deference to a government claim that litigating a case would risk revealing state secrets that would jeopardize national security….”
POSTED: 12.4.16: PORTUGAL- USA RENDITION: Ex-CIA agent loses extradition appeal in Portugal (New Europe, link):
“Portugal’s supreme court has rejected a former CIA operative’s appeal against extradition to Italy to serve a six-year sentence for her part in an “extraordinary rendition” programme.
Sabrina De Sousa’s only remaining recourse to avoid being sent to Italy would be to appeal to Portugal’s Constitutional Court, arguing her extradition order is unconstitutional. De Sousa was among 26 Americans convicted in absentia in the case, which also implicated Italy’s secret services and has proven embarrassing to successive Italian governments.
De Sousa, who was working in Italy under diplomatic cover, faces prison for her role in the 2003 kidnapping in Milan of Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr, a terror suspect who was under surveillance by Italian law enforcement at the time.”
POSTED: 29.2.16: Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly: As ten-year torture inquiry ends, Council of Europe states give final responses on CIA ‘secret prisons’ (link):
“Pedro Agramunt, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), has welcomed a third and final round of responses from the governments of Council of Europe member States to questions on their possible involvement in illegal CIA detentions in Europe or “rendition flights” through European airspace in the years after the 9/11 terrorist attack.
Seven states – Austria, Denmark, Germany, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and the UK – provided additional information to the inquiry, prior to its closure earlier this month by Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland, information which is made public today. The inquiry was begun in 2005 by Mr Jagland’s predecessor, using powers under the European Convention on Human Rights, which explicitly prohibits torture.”
Timeline: the Council of Europe’s investigation into CIA secret prisons in Europe (link) and Third round of responses (Pdf) also: 2nd round responses by country (link) and 1st round responses (link)
POSTED: 24.2.16: European Court of Human Rights: The CIA’s abduction and extrajudicial transfer to Egypt of the imam Abu Omar infringed the applicants’ rights under the Convention (Press release, 23.2.16, pdf):
“In today’s Chamber judgment1 in the case of Nasr and Ghali v. Italy (application no. 44883/09) the European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously, that there had been:– with regard to Mr Nasr
:
– violation of Article 3 (prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment) of the European Convention on Human Rights,
– a violation of Article 5 (right to liberty and security) of the European Convention,
– a violation of Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) and a violation of Article 13 (right to an effective remedy) read in conjunction with Articles 3, 5 and 8
– with regard to Ms Ghali:
– violation of Article 3 (prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment),
– violation of Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) and
– violation of Article 13 (right to an effective remedy) read in conjunction with Articles 3 and 8
The case concerned an instance of extrajudicial transfer (or “extraordinary rendition”), namely the abduction by CIA agents, with the cooperation of Italian officials, of the Egyptian imam Abu Omar, who had been granted political asylum in Italy, and his subsequent transfer to Egypt, where he was held in secret for several months.”
See: Judgment (pdf)
POSTED: 24.12.15 Italy grants ex-CIA spies partial pardon (The Local.it, link):
“Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella on Wednesday reduced the sentences of two former CIA agents, including a station chief, over the kidnapping and extraordinary rendition of an Egyptian imam in 2003…. The CIA’s former station chief in Milan, Bob Seldon Lady, was convicted in absentia along with 22 other agents in 2009 by Italian authorities, over the kidnapping of Osama Mustafa Hassan Nasr, better known as Abu Omar. The cleric was taken to the Aviano US air base in northeast Italy, flown to a US base in Germany, and on to Cairo, where he says he was tortured.”
POSTED: 3.9.15: Legal case demands details about how CIA used windowless warehouse in Lithuania as secret prison (BIJ, link): “Now, lawyers for Mustafa al-Hawsawi – one of five men facing a military trial in Guantánamo Bay for allegedly planning the 9/11 attacks – have filed a case with Lithuanian prosecutors to demand more clarity about what went on in the site.”
POSTED 20.7.15: NSA Helped CIA Outmanoeuvre Europe on Torture (Wikileaks, link) and see:NSA Intercepts German Foreign Minister Steinmeier After Meeting US Secretary of State Rice Over CIA Renditions (link) also Document-1 (pdf): “Steinmeier described the mood during his talks with U.S. officials as very good, but feared that the most difficult part was still ahead. He seemed relieved that he had not received any definitive response from the U.S. Secretary of State regarding press
reports of CIA flights through Germany to secret prisons in eastern Europe allegedly used for interrogating terrorism suspects.” And: CIA & Torture *pdf)
POSTED 1.6.15: ECHR: Italy : Court set for CIA terror abduction human rights complaint (CoE, link):
The European Court’s chamber hearing in case Nasr and Ghali v. Italy (no. 44883/09) will take place on 23 June.
“The application concerns a case of “extraordinary rendition”, that is to say the abduction by CIA agents, with the cooperation of Italian nationals, of an Egyptian imam (Abu Omar), who holds refugee status, and his transfer to Egypt, followed by his secret detention there for several months. The applicants, Osama Mustafa Hassn Nasr, alias Abu Omar, and Nabila Ghali, are a married couple. They are both Egyptian nationals who were born in 1963 and currently live in Alexandria (Egypt).”
POSTED 19.5.15: The Bureau of Investigative Journalists and the Rendition Project map: The 119 CIA Detainees (link): “The Bureau of Investigative Journalism and the Rendition Project compiled this information from the US Senate intelligence committee’s summary report on CIA detention and torture, from documents relating to military detention in Bagram and Guantanamo Bay, and from media and NGO reports.”
POSTED: 28.4.15: Former Romania president admits allowing CIA site – Ion Iliescu said he approved so-called CIA ‘black sites’ but would have refused had he known their purpose.(Aljazeera, link)
POSTED: 18.2.15: European court confirms Poland’s complicity in CIA rendition (euobserver, link) and see:Poland’s complicity in CIA torture programme confirmed as European Court rejects Warsaw’s appeal (BIJ, link)
POSTED 19.1.15: The US Senate reveals the truth on renditions and torture, now it’s Europe’s turn (ASFJ, link) by Armando Spataro is the Prosecutor of the Republic in Turin, an expert in internal and international terrorism.
POSTED: 18.1.15: CIA IN EU: New evidence shows CIA held prisoners in Lithuania (Reprieve, link): “New analysis and previously unpublished documents released by legal charity Reprieve show that the CIA held prisoners in Lithuania in 2005 and 2006, contrary to official denials.” See: Reprieve Briefing (pdf) and Dossier (pdf)
POSTED: 15.9.14: UK-RENDITION:: Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC): Further Inquiry into the role of the UK Government and Security and Intelligence Agencies in relation to detainee treatment and rendition: Call for Evidence (pdf) See also: Sir Peter Gibson: Report of the Detainee Inquiry (19 December, pdf)
POSTED 29.8.14: USA: RENDITION: Ten CIA rendition victims urge Obama to name them in Senate torture report (Reprieve, link): “Ten victims of CIA rendition and torture have signed an open letter to President Obama asking him to declassify the upcoming Senate report into the program. Two of the signatories – Abdel-Hakim Belhadj and Sami al-Saadi – were rendered with their entire families, including a pregnant woman and four children between the ages of six and twelve.”
POSTED: 3.8.14: USA: CIA-TORTURE: Obama admits CIA ‘tortured some folks’ but stands by Brennan over spying: President says US ‘crossed a line’ after 9/11 attacks – Obama supports CIA director under fire over Senate report (Guardian, link)
POSTED 29.7.14: CoE: CIA RENDITION: The Council of Europe’s investigation into illegal transfers and secret detentions in Europe: a chronology (pdf)
POSTED 24.7.14: CIA-POLAND: European Court of Human Rights: Secret rendition and detention by the CIA in Poland of two men suspected of terrorist acts (Press release, pdf):
“The cases Al Nashiri v. Poland (application no. 28761/11) and Husayn (Abu Zubaydah) v. Poland (no. 7511/13) concerned allegations of torture, ill-treatment and secret detention of two men suspected of terrorist acts. The applicants allege that they were held at a CIA “black site” in Poland. In today’s Chamber judgments, which are not final, the European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously: in both cases, that Poland had failed to comply with its obligation under Article 38 of the European Convention on Human Rights (obligation to furnish all necessary facilities for the effective conduct of an investigation);
in both cases, that there had been:
– a violation of Article 3 (prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment) of the Convention, in both its substantive and procedural aspects;
– a violation of Article 5 (right to liberty and security);
– a violation of Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life);
– a violation of Article 13 (right to an effective remedy); and,
– a violation of Article 6 § 1 (right to a fair trial).
See: Judgments: Nashiri (pdf) and Husayn (pdf) Also: CIA ran secret torture jail in Poland, rules EU Court of Human Rights (euractiv, link)
POSTED: 10.7.14: UK: CIA-RENDITION: Files on UK role in CIA rendition accidentally destroyed, says minister – Rights groups say claim that records of Diego Garcia flights are missing due to water damage ‘smacks of cover-up’ (Guardian, link): “The British government’s problems with missing files deepened dramatically when the Foreign Office claimed documents on the UK’s role in the CIA’s global abduction operation had been destroyed accidentally when they became soaked with water.”
POSTED: 13-4-14: UPDATED: USA-CIA-UK: UK urged to admit that CIA used island as secret ‘black site’ prison – Human rights group representing Gaddafi opponent rendered to Libya via Diego Garcia says Britain must ‘come clean’ over role (The Observer, link) Revealed: Senate report contains new details on CIA black sites (aljazeera, link): “The Senate report, according to Al Jazeera’s sources, says that the CIA detained some high-value suspects on Diego Garcia, an Indian Ocean island controlled by the United Kingdom and leased to the United States. The classified CIA documents say the black site arrangement at Diego Garcia was made with the “full cooperation” of the British government. That would confirm long-standing claims by human rights investigators and journalists, whose allegations – based on flight logs and unnamed government sources – have routinely been denied by the CIA.” And see: Document (pdf)
POSTED: 7-4-14: UK-CIA: TORTURE: Tony Blair ‘knew all about CIA secret kidnap programme’ – Former British PM was ‘fully briefed’ on CIA’s interrogation programme after Sept 11 attacks (The Daily Telegraph, link):
” Tony Blair knew in detail about the CIA’s secret kidnap and interrogation programme after the September 11 attacks and was kept informed “every step of the way” by MI6, a security source has told The Telegraph. Mr Blair, the then prime minister, and Jack Straw, his foreign secretary, were fully briefed on CIA activities and were shown now infamous Bush administration legal opinions that declared “enhanced interrogation” techniques such as waterboarding and stress positions to be legal, the source said.”
See also: NGO Letter calling for independent inquiry (pdf)
POSTED 27-1-14: POLAND-CIA: The hidden history of the CIA’s prison in Poland (Washington Post, link):
“On a cold day in early 2003, two senior CIA officers arrived at the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw to pick up a pair of large cardboard boxes. Inside were bundles of cash totaling $15 million that had been flown from Germany via diplomatic pouch.
The men put the boxes in a van and weaved through the Polish capital until coming to the headquarters of Polish intelligence. They were met by Col. ­Andrzej Derlatka, deputy chief of the intelligence service, and two of his associates.
The Americans and Poles then sealed an agreement that over the previous weeks had allowed the CIA the use of a secret prison — a remote villa in the Polish lake district — to interrogate al-Qaeda suspects.”
POSTED 1-11-13: EU-CIA: Poland asks court to hear CIA jails case in private (Reuters, link): “Poland’s government has asked the European Court of Human Rights to exclude the media and the public from a court hearing on whether Poland hosted a secret CIA prison on its territory. The request for a private hearing was criticised by a Polish human rights group, which accuses the state of trying to conceal its involvement in the CIA’s “extraordinary rendition” programme behind a veil of secrecy.” See: Application no. 28761/11 Abd Al Rahim Hussayn Muhammad AL NASHIRI against Poland lodged on 6 May 2011 STATEMENT OF FACTS (pdf) and Application no. 7511/13 Zayn Al-Abidin Muhammad HUSAYN (ABU ZUBAYDAH) against Poland lodged on 28 January 2013 STATEMENT OF FACTS (pdf)
POSTED 13-10-13: EU-CIA: European Parliament: Press release: US-led CIA rendition and secret detention programmes: impunity must end (pdf): “The climate of impunity surrounding EU member states’ complicity in the CIA’s secret “rendition” and detention programmes has allowed violations of fundamental rights to continue unchecked, as revealed by mass surveillance programmes run by the US and some EU member states, said the European Parliament on Thursday. MEPs want Parliament’s right to investigate such violations in the EU to be reinforced, and again urge EU institutions and member states to investigate the CIA operations in depth.
MEPs are “highly disappointed” by the Commission’s refusal to respond in substance to the recommendations made by Parliament in its September 2012 resolution on the follow-up to the work of its Temporary Committee on the CIA’s alleged use of European countries for the transportation and illegal detention of prisoners. These recommendations are reiterated in this year’s resolution. For example, MEPs again urge the Commission to investigate whether EU rules were breached by collaboration with the CIA programme.”
and Resolution, adopted 10 October 2013: Alleged transportation and illegal detention of prisoners in European countries by the CIA (link)
POSTED 13-9-13: ITALY-CIA-RENDITION: Ex-CIA chief seeks Italy pardon for Egypt rendition (BBC News, link) and Full text of Robert Seldon Lady’s letter (pdf)
POSTED 5-9-13: ITALY: CIA: US allowed Italian kidnap prosecution to shield higher-ups, ex-CIA officer says (McCatchly, link)
Posted 19-7-13: EU-CIA: Ex-CIA Milan chief held in Panama over cleric abduction (BBC News, link) : “A former CIA station chief convicted by an Italian court of kidnapping a terror suspect has been detained in Panama, Italian officials say. Robert Seldon Lady was sentenced to nine years in jail for his involvement in the abduction of the man, an Egyptian cleric, in Milan in 2003. The cleric, known as Abu Omar, was allegedly flown to Egypt and tortured. Lady was convicted in absentia with 22 other Americans for their role in his “extraordinary rendition” and CIA official held in Panama over Italian snatch case (link)
Posted 5-2-13: USA: CIA rendition: more than a quarter of countries ‘offered covert support’ (Guardian, link): “The full extent of the CIA’s extraordinary rendition programme has been laid bare with the publication of a report showing there is evidence that more than a quarter of the world’s governments covertly offered support.” See also: Globalizing Torture: CIA Secret Detention and Extraordinary Rendition and Full report (pdf)
Posted 12.11.12: UN ‘may use torture evidence to impose sanctions on terror suspects’ – United Nations’ special rapporteur on counter-terrorism questions integrity of security council’s enforcement regime (Guardian, link)
Posted 22.10.12: UK intelligence officers knew of CIA’s rendition plans within days of 9/11 – Meeting at British embassy in US raises questions about repeated denials by MI5 and MI6 of connivance in torture (Guardian, link)
Posted 20.9.12: EU-CIA: Italy upholds rendition convictions for 23 Americans – Ruling is world’s first judicial review of CIA practice of abducting terror suspects and transferring them to third countries (Guardian, link)
Posted 26.7.12: CIA-POLAND: European Court Seeks Answers from Poland on CIA “Black Site” Case: “The European Court of Human Rights has told Poland to provide it with information about a secret detention site that operated on its territory in 2002 and 2003, in response to an application filed by the Open Society Justice Initiative on behalf of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, a Saudi national now facing capital charges before a U.S. military commission at Guantanamo Bay. The court’s detailed enquiries include seeking any “agreement on setting up and running a secret CIA prison on Polish territory” and other documentation” Full-text of ECHR judgment (pdf)
Posted 10.7.12: EU-CIA: European Parliament: CIA flights: EU states must investigate secret detention sites in Europe (Press rlease, pdf), Working Document (pdf) and Draft Report (pdf)
Posted 3.5.12: EU-CIA: European Parliament: Draft Report on alleged transportation and illegal detention of prisoners in European countries by the CIA: follow-up of the European Parliament TDIP Committee report (pdf) to be considered by the LIBE Committee on 8 May: “Considers that Member States have so far not properly fulfilled their positive obligation under international law to investigate serious human rights violations connected with the CIA programme and afford full redress to victims; Believes that the failure of Member States to assume their responsibility to conduct inquiries that are fully compatible with their international obligations undermines mutual trust in fundamental rights protection, and thus becomes the responsibility of the EU as a whole.” and Working Document: on Alleged Transportation & illegal detention of prisoners in European countries by the CIA: follow up of the EP TDIP Committee report (pdf)
Posted 15.2.12: UK: How secret renditions shed light on MI6’s licence to kill and torture – Little-known clause lets secretary of state authorise UK’s spies to commit crimes abroad (Guardian, link) See Section 7 of the Intelligence Services Act 1994 (link)
Posted 14.2.12: CIA in Greenland: story about a polar whodunit (cafebabel, link): “What’s aboard the CIA aeroplanes that have been illegally flying over Greenland since 2001? That is what the Greenland government wants the Danish authorities to tell them. They, however, seem oddly reluctant to answer.”
Posted: 12.1.12: UK:TORTURE: Police to investigate MI6 over rendition and torture of Libyans – Criminal inquiry announced as DPP says there is not enough evidence to prosecute agents over Pakistan and Afghanistan allegations (Guardian, link)
Posted 12.12.11: CIA-ROMANIA: CIA ‘secret prison’ found in Romania – media reports (BBC News, link): “Former CIA operatives said the building was used to interrogate terrorism suspects, including Khaled Sheikh Mohammed…. The CIA operated a secret prison in the Romanian capital Bucharest where terrorism suspects were interrogated, an investigation by the Associated Press and German media has found.”
Posted 30 November 2011: GERMANY: UN Committee concerned at failure to investigate rendition and secret detention and the rendition of Khaled El-Masri: Committee against Torture: fifth periodic report of Germany: concluding observations (pdf) On 25 November, the UN Committee against Torture issued its concluding observations on the compliance of Germany with the international obligations under the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. The Committee expressed concern at the lack of implementation of the recommendations of the 2009 Parliamentary Inquiry on extraordinary renditions and secret detention complicity. The Committee also expressed at the failure to investigate and provide a remedy for the rendition of Khaled El-Masri. See also: Denmark: Review of US rendition flights over Greenland “toothless (AI, press statement, link) and Finland must further investigate USA rendition flights (AI statement, link)
28 October 2011: Lithuania faces legal action over prisons set up for CIA rendition programme – Lawyers acting for detained militant Abu Zubaydah have begun proceedings in the European court of human rights (Guardian, link)
2 October 2011: Amnesty International: Unlock the truth in Lithuania: Investigate Secret Prisons Now (pdf):
“In the continuing absence o f any meaningful accountability in the USA, and increasingly disturbing signs that the same may happen in other European countries, the Lithuanian government should re-open its criminal investigation into both its own involvement in these operations, and that of the USA and its agents on Lithuanian territory, and conduct an independent, impartial, thorough and ef fective investigation that will serve as a model for accountability across the region.”
1 September 2011: How US firms profited from torture flightsCourt documents illustrate how US contracted out secret rendition transportation to a network of private companies
US agents operated illegally in Sweden (Radio Sweden, link): “US undercover agents carried out surveillance of suspected terrorists in Sweden, without the authorisation of Swedish authorities, the daily Svenska Dagbladet reports.”
As Poland’s Legacy of CIA Torture Erupts, Europe’s Human Rights Court Must Act (OSI, link)
15 May 2011: UK: Torture inquiry will ‘not cover US rendition’ – Campaigners condemn decision not to include ‘murky’ issue of detainee transfers in investigation as ‘only doing half the job’(Independent on Sunday, link): “An inquiry into Britain’s involvement in torture during the “war on terror” will not investigate whether UK forces handed over suspects to be transported to other countries for interrogation by the Americans – despite David Cameron’s assurance that it would probe all aspects of the controversy. The head of the Detainee Inquiry ordered by Mr Cameron has confirmed that he will not consider the issue of detainees transferred between forces fighting in Iraq and elsewhere, which has been identified by many critics as one of the murkiest elements of the “extraordinary rendition” saga.”” See also: The Detainee Inquiry (Foreign and Commonwealth Office, link); and Joint Submission the Detainee Inquiry by eight NGOs (pdf), which notes that: “Every effort must be made to seek and secure information regarding torture violations, including from other states and despite their unwillingness to cooperate”
12 May 2011: POLAND-USA: Poland faces torture charges: – Poland accused of complicity in torture by US intelligence operatives of Saudi national (European Voice, link)
Renditions: Italy/Morocco: Britel released from prison following pardon: On 18 April 2011, Abou Elkassim Britel’s wife Khadija Anna Lucia Pighizzini broke the long-awaited news that her husband, an “extraordinary rendition” victim who had Italian citizenship and was kidnapped in Pakistan in March 2002, was released from Kenitra prison on 14 April following a pardon granted by the King of Morocco, hopefully putting an end to the family’s ordeal.
For further news about the Britel case
Previous Statewatch coverage:
– Italy: Documents sent to European Parliament committee allege other renditions and details of Abu Omar cover-up and the Britel rendition
– The “Longhi file” – collection of documents on the Britel case
– English translation of letter to Italian authorities from Britel in prison (January 2007)
– US/Italy: Boeing subsidiary to face lawsuit for servicing CIA rendition flights
– Renditions: Italy / Morocco: Italian authorities drag their feet in Britel case
– Italy/Morocco: Renditions: Italian and European MPs set to request pardon for Abou Elkassim Britel
– Italy: Renditions: Britel announces hunger strike
European Parliament: More follow-up needed to secret rendition pracitces says report (Press release, pdf): “A landmark investigation by the European Parliament in 2007 on the use of European airspace for secret CIA rendition flights has not been properly followed up. That’s the finding of Amnesty International report by Julia Hall and a related report by former UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak. A workshop on human rights on Tuesday (25 January) debated what had been learned from the original report by ex- MEP Claudio Fava.”
Italy prevents trial of intelligence agents over Abu Omar rendition (AI, link)
WikiLeaks cables: Turkey let US use airbase for rendition flights -Turkey allowed use of Incirlik airbase as refuelling stop, US embassy cable reveals, after Turkish denials of involvement (Guardian, links) and Document
Leaked Cables Cast Light on Bungled CIA Kidnapping (Inter Press Service, link): “the documents reveal that U.S. officials, including the U.S. ambassador, William R. Timken Jr., sharply warned Germany in 2007 not to enforce arrest warrants for Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officers involved in a bungled operation in which an innocent German citizen with the same name as a suspected militant was mistakenly kidnapped and held for months in Afghanistan.”
POLAND: CIA detainee gets victim status
Warsaw Appellate Prosecutor granted victim status to Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, a Saudi alleged terror suspect. This enables his claim to demonstrate that he was mistreated by the CIA. Al-Nashiri says he was transported by “Guantanamo taxi” to Poland in December 2002 where he was to be held in a secret CIA site in northeast Poland. Representing al-Nashiri, Polish law office Pietrzak & Sidor in Warsaw demanded last September investigation in the case of possible abuse of power by Polish public officials in connection with the secret activities of the CIA and prosecution of persons responsible for al-Nashiri’s transfer and detention in Poland. Source: Terror suspect gets victim status in Polish probe (AP,link)
POLAND: Former Polish leaders could face charges over CIA prisons (euobserver, link) “Polish prosecutors are considering bringing charges of war crimes against the country’s former prime minister and former president over allegations of secret CIA prisons.”
Poland: Fresh evidence regarding CIA rendition flights: Warsaw-based Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR) provided fresh evidence of cooperation between the Polish Government and the CIA on renditions
EU: Amnesty International: Dangerous deals: Europe’s reliance on “diplomatic assurances” against torture (link)
European Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR): CIA ‘EXTRAORDINARY RENDITION’ FLIGHTS, TORTURE AND ACCOUNTABILITY: A EUROPEAN APPROACH (link)
EU-CIA: MEPs and AI reiterate call for action on CIA secret flights and renditions (pdf): “Amnesty International and MEPs Sarah Ludford (ALDE, UK), Ana Gomes (SD, PT), Raul Romeva (Greens, ES), Willy Meyer (GUE, ES) today called on European institutions and EU Member States to take further action after recent developments involving Europe’s role in the CIA rendition and secret prison programme.”
CIA RENDITION: Polish authorities deny allegations of FOIA campaigners: Poland’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs denied statement of the Warsaw-based Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights and the Open Society Justice Initiative providing fresh evidence of cooperation between the Polish Government and the CIA on Renditions). The Foreign Office spokesman described evidences presented by FOIA campaigners as ‘speculations’ and called for ‘restraint’ until the confidential investigation conducted by the National Prosecution Office was closed. The investigation was launched in August 2008 and, as a prosecutor in charge of the investigation pointed out, ‘it should not be expected to draw quickly near the end’. Since 2006 Polish government officials have consequently claimed that the allegations of their involvement in the secret CIA rendition programme were unfounded. This time such a tough stance is hardly reliable given that proves of at least six CIA rendition flights which landed in Poland in 2003 have come from official flight records made available by the Polish Air Navigation Services Agency (PANSA). Documents: Polish Air Navigation Services Agency (PANSA) flight logs; HFHR/OSJI Explanation of Rendition Flight Records released by the Polish Air Navigation Services Agency
UK-USA: Binyam Mohamed torture appeal lost by UK government (BBC News, link): “Binyam Mohamed has been involved in a lengthy legal battle The foreign secretary has lost an Appeal Court bid to stop the disclosure of secret information relating to the alleged torture of a UK resident.” and British Government attempts to change Court of Appeals judgment after losing Binyam Mohamed secrecy case (Reprieve, link): “In an extraordinary and disturbing development in the Binyam Mohamed case, it emerged that the British Government’s barrister wrote a note to one of the Court of Appeal judges in an attempt to manipulate the draft judgment.” Full text of court judgment (pdf) and Full text of censored paragraphs (pdf)
ITALY-CIA: Judge: Italian spies likely knew of CIA kidnap (link)
GERMANY-CIA: Extraordinary Rendition Plot: CIA Had Secret Plan to Kidnap German-Syrian Suspect in Hamburg (Spiegel Online, link) and Germany will probe CIA murder and rendition plots on its soil (New Europe, link)
28.1.10: UN: Human Rights Council: Joint study on global practices in relation to secret detention in the context of countering terrorism: Executive Summary (pdf) and Full-report (221 pages, pdf)
Lithuania hosted secret CIA prisons (BBC News, link), Lithuania: Discovery of CIA prisons should prompt further investigation (Amnesty International, link) and Panel: Lithuanian security approved CIA prisons (AP, link)
European Parliament: Question to the Council and the European Commission from the ALDE (Liberal group): New developments on CIA extraordinary renditions programme and secret prisons on EU soil (pdf)
LITHUANIA: Secret CIA prison revealed in Lithuania (euobserver, link) and Lithuania investigates facility that may have been CIA ‘black site’ (Washington Post, link)
CIA-ITALY: Rendition trial ends with Milan CIA chief given eight years (Guardian, link) Italian court convicts Robert Lady and 23 others in absentia – First prosecution for US abduction of suspects to torture states and EXCLUSIVE: Convicted CIA Spy Says “We Broke the Law” (ABC News, link)
No Justice for Canadian Rendition Victim Maher Arar: Court Refuses to Hold US Officials Accountable for Complicity in Torture Abroad (link) See Statewatch’s Observatory: The use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners and Documents
CIA-FLIGHTS-SHANNON: Shannonwatch website (link)
1 November 2009: UK-USA-CIA: Jet named in torture flight report is met by SAS at British airport (Mail Online, link): “A US plane that featured in a European Parliament report into the ‘extraordinary rendition’ of terror suspects was met by two SAS helicopters in a secret operation at one of Britain’s biggest airports. The Gulfstream jet landed at Birmingham International Airport on Friday, October 2, having flown in from an undisclosed location, and was seen by a member of staff being met minutes later by the Special Forces regiment aircraft. Records show that the jet is owned by a subsidiary of L-3 Communications, a multi-billion-dollar defence corporation based in New York, whose clients include several American government departments, among them the Department of Homeland Security.”
ITALY-CIA: Italy seeks jail for US spies in rendition trial (Reuters, link): “An Italian prosecutor called on Wednesday for 26 Americans, all but one believed to be members of the CIA, to be jailed for between 10 and 13 years each for the kidnapping of a terrorism suspect in 2003. Public Prosecutor Armando Spataro also asked a Milan court to sentence four Italians, including the former head of Italy’s Sismi secret service, to up to 13 years in prison for the abduction of Muslim cleric Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr.”
Portugal/CIA flights: In-depth report: Investigation “buries” Portuguese role in Guantánamo flights: On 6 July 2009, Socialist party MEP Ana Gomes criticised the investigation into flights to Guantánamo and rendition flights that passed through Portugal, in response to the case being shelved on 29 May 2009 because “no unlawful practices of a criminal nature” were carried out in the “national territory”. Gomes claimed that the investigation appeared to have the “political objective of burying the issue of Portugal’s role in the CIA flights” and filed a complaint requesting that judicial investigations continue and new verifications which had “inexplicably” not yet taken place be conducted into the CIA flights to Guantánamo.
UK: Report by the parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights: Allegations of UK Complicity in Torture (140 pages, pdf):
“Complicity in torture is a direct breach of the UK’s international human rights obligations. In our view, complicity in torture exists where a state:
– asks a foreign intelligence service known to use torture to detain and question an individual
– provides information to a foreign intelligence service known to use torture, enabling that intelligence service to apprehend an individual
– gives questions to a foreign intelligence service to put to a detainee who has been, is being or is likely to be tortured
– sends interrogators to question a detainee who is known to have been tortured by those detaining and interrogating him
– has intelligence personnel present at an interview with a detainee in a place where he is being, or might have been tortured
– systematically receives information known or thought likely to have been obtained from detainees subjected to torture.”
See: MPs and peers call for inquiry into torture (Guardian, link)
UK-TORTURE: How UK’s torture policy was traced back up political ladder• MI5 officer’s testimony led to police investigation – Report shows Blair knew of interrogation guidelines (Guardian, link) and Tony Blair knew of secret policy on terror interrogationsLetter reveals former PM was aware of guidance to UK agents (link). See too: Breaking the rules on tortureThe details of the government’s post-9/11 torture policy are shocking. A full investigation must be carried out (Guardian, link) by Clive Stafford Smith, Reprieve. Backround: Intelligence and Security Committee: The Handling of Detainees by UK Intelligence Personnel in Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay and Iraq (2005, pdf)
SWEDEN-CIA FLIGHTS: Sweden spied on CIA ‘terror flights’: report (The Local, link)
POLAND-CIA: New Evidence of Torture Prison in Poland (Spiegel Online, link) and Uncovering the Veil Over ‘CIA Prison’ (Interpress, link) “An official investigation shows that it is more and more likely that a CIA prison existed in Poland at the height of the “war on terror”.”
USA: Government Cannot Claim State Secrets To Deny Torture Victims Day In Court (ACLU, link) NEW YORK – A federal appeals court today ruled that a landmark American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit against Boeing subsidiary Jeppesen DataPlan Inc. for its role in the Bush administration’s unlawful extraordinary rendition program can go forward.
CIA-USA: CIA torture exemption ‘illegal’ (BBC News, link): “US President Barack Obama’s decision not to prosecute CIA agents who used torture tactics is a violation of international law, a UN expert says. The UN special rapporteur on torture, Manfred Nowak, says the US is bound under the UN Convention against Torture to prosecute those who engage in it.” Abuse of Power: The Bush Administration’s Secret Legal Memos (link to ACLU), Obama exempts CIA ‘torture’ staff (BBC News, link) and ACLU statement
CIA: RENDITION: After repeated denials: Polish media uncover evidence of CIA prison (euobserver, link): “Journalists from Polish TV station TVP and daily newspaper Rzeczpospolita say they have obtained new evidence that Poland ran a secret CIA prison used for extra-judicial extradition of terrorism suspects.”
ITALY-CIA: Judges deal blow to CIA ‘kidnap’ trial (Guardian, link, 12.3.09): “A trial in which 25 CIA agents are accused of kidnapping a terrorism suspect ran into serious difficulties last night when Italy’s constitutional court upheld key objections raised by the Italian government.”
EP-CIA: 19 February: European Parliament plenary session: Extraordinary rendtiion: EU Member States also responsible say MEPs (Press release, pdf): Resolution adopted with minor amendments by 334 votes in favour, 247 against and 86 abstentions. Resolution tabled by the ALDE (Liberal group), PSE (Socialist group) Verts (Green group and GUE (United Left): On the Alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners (pdf)
UK-CIA: MI5 fed questions to CIA for interrogation (Guardian, link) and Letter from Attorney-General to Chair of Joint Human Rights Committee (pdf). See also: Whitehall devised torture policy for terror detainees – MI5 interrogations in Pakistan agreed by lawyers and government (Guardian, link)
EP-CIA: Resolution tabled by the ALDE (Liberal group): On the Alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners (pdf)
USA-TORTURE: Senate Armed Services Committee Inquiry into the treatment of detainees in US Custody (pdf)
10 December 2008: Renditions/Italy: Interpretation of “state secret” leads to suspension of Abu Omar trial
4 December 2008: Renditions/Spain: Damning evidence surfaces of Aznar government collusion in Guantánamo flights
European Parliament-CIA: Question to the Commission by the ALDE group (Liberal) (pdf)
USA: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU): Documents Reveal U.S. Knowingly Transfers Detainees To Countries That Torture (link) The documents obtained by the ACLU and Columbia Law School Human Rights Clinic (link)
UK: Mohamed Raissi falsely imprisoned (Press release, pdf) and Full-text of Court Judgment (pdf):
“Today the Court of Appeal delivered its judgment confirming that Mohamed Raissi was falsely imprisoned by officers of the Metropolitan Police when they arrested and detained him at Paddington Green Police Station on 21 September 2001.
Mohamed Raissi is the brother of Lotfi Raissi who was wrongly accused of training the 9/11 hijackers. The Court of Appeal confirmed in February this year that Lotfi was “completely exonerated” in a strongly worded judgement that was critical of the part played by the Crown Prosecution Service and the Metropolitan Police in the failed attempt to extradite him.”
PORTUGAL-CIA FLIGHTS: Jornal de Notícias, Portugal, 9.10.08. Secret CIA flights: Along with other European countries, Portugal granted fly-over rights in the past for CIA planes carrying presumed Islamic terrorists. Portuguese Foreign Minister Luís Amado explained yesterday that if Portugal’s government has not made a statement on the matter, it was to avoid prejudicing EU Commission President José Manuel Barroso, who was Portuguese prime minister at the time. Jornal de Notícias critices this position: “Luís Amado is entirely right, Barroso should be spared inconvenience. He is an important man in the EU, and we are always proud when one of our emigrants is successful. … As citizens, however, we have the right to know whether our government was aware at least of this one flight between Guantánamo and Cairo with a stop-over at the Portuguese military base [on the Azores Islands]. … We have the right to know if the government authorised these flights or not, and if so under what conditions.” See also: REPRIEVE submission to Portuguese Inquiry into rendition, 2 April 2008 (pdf)
SWEDEN: Ahmed Agiza “rendered” by US agents from Sweden – although still in prison in Egypt – to get compensation. Ahmed Agiza, one of the two Egyptians who was “rendered” from Bromma airport by US agents, with the assistance by the Swedish secret service (security police) to Egypt, and there tortured and sentenced to 25 years (later changed to 15 years) prison, is to get approximately 330,000 euro in damages from the Swedish state. He is still in prison, and had demanded 35.000.000 Swedish crowns (about 4.000.000 euro) in damages, but now the Chancellor of Justice has come to an agreement with his lawyer to accept 330.000 euro.
The decision to allow the rendition was taken by Anna Lindh (at the time Minister for Foreign Affairs, later assassinated) and Thomas Bodstram (Minister of Justice) and led to Sweden being criticised by the UN Committee against torture (pdf). The head of the Security Service (SS) at the time, Klaes Bergenstrand (who was involved in the Leander case, where he together with Hans Corell produced statements that later forced the Government to give a public apology and Leander appr 45.000 € in tax free damages) died a couple of years ago. Background: 1. Sweden: Expulsions carried out by US agents, men tortured in Egypt; 2. Full-transcript of “The broken promise”, TV4, Monday 17 May 2004: Transcript (pdf); 3. Ambassador’s report: Report (in Swedish, 1.32 MB) which includes the following: TV4:s translation of Embassy report 1, classified part on Page 2: 23 January 2002
UK: MI5 criticised for role in case of torture, rendition and secrecy (Guardian, link)
UK-USA-RENDITION: Reprieve Press Release: As New Evidence Emerges that ‘War on Terror’ Prisoners were Held on Diego Garcia, Reprieve Demands Immediate Action from the British Government (pdf)
USA: RENDITION-TORTURE-US ASSURANCES: Report from the UK House of Commons foreign Affairs Committee: Human Rights Annual Report 2007 (pdf). It includes the following Conclusions:
“We conclude that, given the clear differences in definition, the UK can no longer rely on US assurances that it does not use torture, and we recommend that the
Government does not rely on such assurances in the future.”
“We conclude that it is extremely important that the veracity of allegations that the Government has “outsourced” interrogation techniques involving the torture of British nationals by Pakistani author authorities should be ities investigated.”
“We conclude that the Government has a moral and legal obligation to ensure that flights that enter UK airspace or land at UK airports are not pa part of the “rendition
rt circuit”, even if they do not have a detainee on board during the time they are in UK territory. We recommend that the Government should immediately raise questions about such flights with the US authorities in order to ascertain the full scale of the rendition problem, and inform the Committee of the replies it rece receives in its response ives to this Report.”
Council of Europe: New book: CIA above the law? Secret detentions and unlawful inter-state transfers of detainees in Europe (300 pages, link to ordering page, hard-copy 23 euro, pdf 8 euro)
MASRI-UN-MACEDONIA: The UN Committee against Torture (CAT) and the Human Rights Committee (HRC) have advised the Macedonia government to undertake a new and thorough investigation into the abduction and ill-treatment of Mr Khaled El-Masri when held by CIA agents in secret detention:
– HRC report (pdf)
– CAT report, 21 May 2008 (pdf)
– CAT report, 20 May 2008 (pdf)
EU countries obstructing investigations into CIA renditions, report says (euobserver, link) “The “most important” of the CIA’s secret detention prisons, or ‘black sites’, in the years immediately following the 11 September attacks was situated in Szymany, some 160km north of Warsaw, according to officers with the US intelligence service. In a weekend article in the New York Times newspaper, unnamed CIA officers tell of one of the presumed dozens of sites, hitherto vehemently denied by the Polish government as having been located within the country.”
CIA-RENDITION: Rights groups demand investigation of CIA’s Extraordinary Rendition Program: Lawsuits against Germany, US and Macedonia seek justice for Khaled El Masri (pdf)
“The European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR), Berlin, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and the Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJI), both based in New York, met today in Berlin with lawyers from Germany, Macedonia and the United Kingdom to discuss the latest developments in the CIA rendition case of German citizen Khaled El Masri.
ECCHR filed today a lawsuit against the German Government at the Berlin administration court for its failure to demand the extradition of 13 CIA agents suspected of having illegally “rendered” Mr. El Masri from Macedonia to a US prison in Kabul, Afghanistan.”
EU capitals ignore Brussels’ questions about rendition flights (euobserver, link)
Italy: Abu Omar trial to go ahead as government is accused of “disloyalty”
USA-UK: Homeland Security’s Chertoff, Britain’s Interior Minister Discuss Travel Security Issues (US Mission in the EU, link) Mr Chertoff was asked about reported US demands that it will require passenger details for all flights from the EU over-flying the USA. His response is interesting in the context of the difficulties faced by the European Parliament and the Council of Europe requesting information from EU governments on over-flying CIA flights: “Under the Chicago Convention, which I think goes back almost 50 years, anybody who wants to come into the airspace of a country has to submit to the rules and regulations of the country whose airspace they’re entering, whether it’s to land or to overfly. We generally require, and will require, under a program called Secure Flight: name, passport number, and maybe one or two other items of information from the manifest of anybody who is going to overfly the United States – and that’s pursuant to this international arrangement.
UK-RENDITION FLIGHTS: Reprieve report: Enforced disappearance, illegal interstate transfer and other human rights abuses involving the UK Overseas Territories (pdf) UK apology over rendition flights (BBC, link) “David Miliband has admitted two US “extraordinary rendition” flights landed on UK territory in 2002. In a statement to MPs the foreign secretary said in both cases, US planes stopped on the UK dependent territory of Diego Garcia to refuel.”
RENDITIONS- Background: Portugal: Over 700 prisoners flown to Guantánamo through Portuguese airspace
REPRIEVE: The “Journey of death” – Over 700 prisoners illegally rendered to Guantanamo with the help of Portugal (pdf) “Reprieve can now conclusively show that the Portuguese territory and airspace has been used to transfer over 700 prisoners to torture and illegal imprisonment in Guantanamo Bay.”
Interview with the Wife of Abou Elkassim Britel (Cageprisoners, link)
23 January 2008: CoE-TERRORIST LISTS: PACE demands review of UN and EU blacklisting procedures for terrorist suspects, which ‘violate human rights’ (press release, link). See below for Marty report and recommendations.US-CIA: Detention sites (press release) Full-text of report (link, pdf)
Italy: Renditions: Britel announces hunger strike
11 December 2007: CIA RENDITION-IRISH HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION report: “Extraordinary rendition” inspection and monitoring regime must be established as a matter of urgency: Diplomatic assurances not enough says Irish Human Rights Commission (Press release, 11 December 2007, pdf). The full text of the IHRC Report (20 MB, link)
“The report concludes that diplomatic assurances received from the US Government are not sufficient for Ireland to satisfy its human rights obligations with regard to the issue of ‘extraordinary rendition’ flights passing through Irish territory.
The Commission recommends that an effective inspection regime be put in place to ensure that no foreign aircraft which might be suspected of involvement in the illegal practice of ‘extraordinary rendition’ may land and refuel in Ireland. An effective inspection regime will ensure that no prisoners are transited through the State en route to a situation of torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.”
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Procedures for blacklisting individuals suspected of terrorist links are unworthy of the UN Security Council and EU (12 November 2007, full-text of report, pdf) says PACE. The Legal Affairs Committee of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), which today approved a report by Dick Marty (Switzerland, ALDE). These procedures, which are “unworthy” of the UN and EU, must urgently be overhauled to make them fairer. Earlier report by Marty: UN Security Council black lists (March 2007, pdf)
Claims of secret CIA jail for terror suspects on British island to be investigated – Legal charity urges action on Diego Garcia claims · Prisoners may have been held in ships off coast (Guardian, link)
Council of Europe’s Anti-Torture Committee denounces secret detention: “Strasbourg, 14.09.2007 – In its 17th General Report published today, the CPT denounces secret detention, an illegal practice that has been resorted to in particular in the context of the fight against terrorism. Secret detention amounts in itself to ill-treatment and – due to the removal of fundamental safeguards which it entails – inevitably heightens the risk of resort to other forms of ill-treatment. Responding to reports that certain secret detention facilities were located in European countries, the CPT invites anyone who is in possession of information concerning such facilities to bring it to the attention of the Committee.
The CPT also comments on the related issue of extra-judicial transfers from one country to another, so-called “renditions”. The Committee is particularly concerned by the practice of rendition for the purposes of detention and interrogation outside the normal criminal justice system. “Operations of this kind inevitably involve a risk of ill-treatment for the person concerned that no ‘assurances’ can ever fully remove; it follows that the authorities of Parties (to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture) should never offer assistance in the context of such operations”. (CoE, press release)
Full-text of General Report (pdf)
August 2007: SCOTLAND-RENDITION: Report from Reprieve: Scottish involvement in extraordinary rendition (pdf)
Dick Marty submission to the US Supreme Court where he presents argumnet concerning the kidnapping of German citizen Khaled El-Masri by the CIA: Marty submission (pdf)
European Parliament inquiry (TDIP) on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners – documents and reports – and follow-up
25 July 2007: UK-USA RENDITION: Damning report from the parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee: UK agencies and Rendition (pdf) Committee press release (pdf) Government’s response to the report (pdf)
– in the case of Bisher al-Rawi and Jamil el-Banna where UK agencies provided evidence to the USA with the caveat “speicifcally prohibiting any action being taken – this was disregarded by the USA and Bisher al-Rawi and Jamil el-Banna triggered their arrest and “Rendition to Detention”. Moreover, the Security Service failed to tell Ministers about their relationship with Bisher al-Rawi and that it: “took *** years, and a court case, to bring it to their attention”
– the SIS (MI6) and Security Service (MI5) were “slow” to appreciate the “change in US rendition policy”: “the Agencies should have detected the emerging pattern of renditions sooner and used greater caution in working with the U.S. at an earlier stage.”
– “in fighting international terrorism it is clear that the U.S. will take whatever action it deems is necessary, within U.S. law, to protect its national security.
Although the U.S. may take note of UK protests and concerns, it does not appear materially to affect their strategy”
– the Committee had difficulties in a number of areas getting information: GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters, which runs – with NSA – a global communications surveillance system) passed intelligence to the US National Security Agency (NSA) which could have passed it to the CIA. The Committee simply had to accept that the GCHQ-NSA agreement that this required “explicit permission” actually worked. Similarly “General Aviation Reports” on flight plans “appears to be systematically flawed” so complete data on flights was not available.
– the Committee recommends that despite “caveats and assurances” any future requests which could lead to rendition should be referred to Ministers for approval.
CoE: CIA secret detentions in Europe: PACE urges oversight of military and foreign intelligence services (CoE, link)
Council of Europe: Clandestine CIA operations authorised through NATO including those in Poland and Romania: Secret detentions and illegal transfers of detainees involving Council of Europe member states: Second report (link to press release). Secret detentions and illegal transfers of detainees involving CoE members: second report by Dick Marty (full-text, pdf) and – Disguised CIA flights to Poland (link to graph); – The “secure zone” for CIA transfers and secret detentions in Romania (link); – Flight logs related to the secret “homeward rendition” of Khaled El-Masri in May 2004 (pdf); – The investigation into secret detentions in Europe: a chronology (link)
US-DISAPPEARED-DETAINEES: Leading Human Rights Groups Name 39 CIA “Disappeared” Detainees & Three Groups File Lawsuit Seeking Information about “Ghost” Detention (press release) Briefing: Off the record: US responsibility for enforced disappearances in the “war on terror”, full-text with names (pdf)
In the most comprehensive accounting to date, six leading human rights organisations today published a briefing paper revealing the names and details of 39 people who are believed to have been held in secret US custody and whose current whereabouts remain unknown.
The list – drafted by Amnesty International, Cageprisoners, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at New York University School of Law, Human Rights Watch, and Reprieve – provides new names of missing detainees, new information about those known to be disappeared, and names relatives of suspects who were themselves detained in secret prisons, including children as young as seven.
US: Firm to be sued over ‘torture flights’ (Guardian, link)
Poland: UN Committee against torture – report on Poland (pdf)
EP-USA-CIA: Press release from the European Parliament on the delegation to the USA (pdf)
15.4.07: Renditions: Italy / Morocco: Italian authorities drag their feet in Britel case
ITALY-CIA-RENDITION: Americans and Italians are indicted in CIA kidnapping case (International Herald Tribune, link) MILAN, Italy: An Italian judge on Friday indicted 26 Americans and five Italians for what will be the first criminal trial over the CIA’s extraordinary rendition program. The judge set a trial date for June 8. Prosecutors allege that five Italian intelligence officials worked with the Americans – almost all CIA agents – to abduct terror suspect Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr from a Milan street on Feb. 17, 2003.
UPDATE: EP: The European Parliament has adopted (14 February 2007) a highly critical report on CIA renditions and detentions and on the activities of a number of EU governments including the UK, Austria, Italy, Poland and Portugal. The report: “gives detailed evidence of investigations of illegal rendition or CIA flight cases involving Germany, Sweden, Spain, Ireland, Greece, Cyprus, Denmark, Turkey, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Bosnia and Romania.” Full-text of the European Parliament Resolution adopted on 14 February 2007 on CIA rendition and detention (pdf) Press release on the CIA rendition debate and amendments agreed (pdf). Excellent summary in Working Document no 9 of the key evidence (eg: cases and flights) gathered on Italy, UK, Germany, Sweden, Austria, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Greece, Macedonia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Romania and Poland to back up the Resolution above: Evidence gathered on key EU states – CIA rendition and detention (pdf) This should be read in conjunction with: Working Document no 7 (extraordinary renditions) and Working Document no 8: Companies working for the CIA and stop-overs in the EU. Tony Bunyan, Statewatch editor, comments: “The European Parliament’s committee of inquiry has done a great public service in gathering evidence to show not just the extent of CIA renditions through and abductions in the EU but also the collusion – by “turning a blind eye” – of EU governments. This have been achieved with little or no help from the other EU institutions (European Commission and the Council of the European Union).”
USA, UK, Germany, Spain and Italy have refused to sign up to the UN Convention on banning disappearences and secret detention. Fifty-seven countries joined at the treaty signing in Paris on 6 February 2007. The Covention was adopted by the general assembly on 20 December 2006 and becomes operational when a minimum of 20 states have ratified it. The International Convention for the Protection of All Persons and Enforced Disappearance places an “absolute ban” on on secret detentions, provides for tracing the whereabouts of the “disappeared” and for the right of reparation. France led the initiative for the Convention and its officials estimated that 51,000 people have been disappeared by governments in over 90 countires since 1980. International Convention for the Rptection of All Persons and Enforced Disappearance – full-text (pdf) UN press release (pdf) US refuses to sign UN ban on renditions and secret detention (World Socialist Website, link)
Italy: Renditions: Abu Omar freed in Egypt: Rendition victim Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr, aka Abu Omar, was released on 11 February 2007 from Tora high security prison in the outskirts of Cairo. He was kidnapped on 17 February 2003 in Milan, in a case that has resulted in arrest warrants being issued against 13 CIA officers and charges being brought against Nicolò Pollari, the head of the Italian military secret service (SISMI), and other high-level SISMI officials. Abu Omar’s Egyptian lawyer noted that the depression that he had experienced in prison had led to three suicide attempts, and his wife, Nabila, expressed her happiness while noting that “He is happy but tired… the prison and torture have deeply marked him. They have changed him”. (Repubblica, 12.2.2007).
Portugal: Renditions: Judicial investigation into CIA flights begins
GERMANY-CIA RENDITION: A German court in Munich has issued arrest warrants for 13 CIA agents involved in the kidnapping and rendition of Khaled al-Masri who was abducted in 2003 in Macedonia, flown to a secret prison in Afghanistan and tortured: Speigel Online (link) and BBC News (link).
ITALY-CIA: Italian judge issues arrest warrants for 13 CIA agents involved in the kidnapping and rendition of Abu Omar to Egypt where he was tortured: Abu Omar: Evidence as presented to the courts (pdf, 210 pages) See also Statewatch’s Observatory on CIA renditions and detention (documents) and CIA team wanted over Milan ‘kidnap’ (Guardian, link)
European Parliament inquiry into CIA rendition and detention: Inquiry report as adopted by the Committee on Civil Liberties (pdf). The report now goes to the plenary session. Press release on committee report
January 2007: EU-CIA-RENDITION: Deep in Le Carré country, the remote Polish airport at heart of CIA flights row – Former director tells how planes were met by vehicles from nearby military base(Guardian, link) Confirmation that Szymany airport was used extensively for CIA rendition flights.
EU-CIA Inquiry: Furious exchange of letters between Mr Solana (Council of the European Union) and the European Parliament’s Inquiry chair (French) and Statewatch translation (English, pdf)
Report in Unita newspaper: Secret CIA flights, lo and behold, the secret papers (pdf)
Sweden: UN Human Rights Committee finds that Sweden broke the international prohibition against torture. The case concerned the rendition of two Egyptians from Sweden 2001 by undercover US and Egyptian agents. The UN Committee also states that the treatment of the two men on Swedish soil (Bromma Airport in Sweden) in connection with the rendition was a breach of the ban on torture and inhuman treatment: Full text of: UN Human Rights Committee Decision, 6 November 2006
Latest documents added include:
Correspondence between the Irish Human Rights Commission and the Irish government (4 documents): Documents submitted – full-text
Draft report of the year-long inquiry (pdf)
Two substantive working documents of inquiry: On extraordinary rendition (Working documents no 7, including details of cases considered) and On the companies linked to the CIA, aircraft used by the CIA and the European countries in which CIA aircraft have made stopovers (Working document no 8, 64 pages) See for full background and documentation: Statewatch’s Observatory on CIA rendition
ABC News on those detained and sbjected to “enhanced” interrogation techniques
The “de longhi” file on the Britel case (37 documents plus 2 notes) Explanatory analysis: Italy: Documents sent to European Parliament committee on renditions allege other renditions and details of Abu Omar cover-up and the Britel rendition
News:
EU-CIA-Inquiry: Former Guantanamo detainee meets MEPs investigating CIA renditions (European Parliament press release). “When Murat Kurnaz – a German resident of Turkish origin – travelled to Pakistan in late 2001 to “find himself and deepen his faith”, he told MEPs on Wednesday, he was arrested by the Pakistani police. “They caught me and sold me to the Americans for 3,000 or 5,000 dollars,” he said. Mr Kurnaz was transferred to a prison in Afghanistan and later flown to Guantanamo, where he remained until August this year when he was released without charge.
Italy: SISMI (Defence Ministry) Pollari leaves, Bruno Branciforte appointed (link)
CIA-Rendition: European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission) “Extraordinary rendition – a European Perspective” speech by Olivier Dutheillet de Lamothe (Substitute member, France) (Cardozo School of Law, 25 September 2006 – “Bauer Lecture”)
Italy: Documents sent to European Parliament committee on renditions allege other renditions and details of Abu Omar cover-up and the Britel rendition
Portugal: Evidence of illegal CIA rendition flights surfacing
Portugal: Renditions continue: Algerian prisoner abducted and deported
Italy: Renditions: Judge notifies defendants of the state of play in investigations into Abu Omar rendition: High-level SISMI and CIA officials involved
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Interim report: Text report as adopted by the Committee of inquiry: Interim report
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u003cpu003ePOSTED 26.2.20: u003ca href=u0022https://reprieve.org.uk/press/scottish-government-seeks-westminster-support-in-rendition-investigation/u0022u003eScottish Government to seek Westminster support in rendition investigationu003c/au003e (Reprieve, link):u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu0022In a reversal of its previous position, the Scottish Government now says it will seek the UK government’s support in obtaining the full US Senate torture report, in order to establish what role Scottish airports played in CIA rendition flights. So far, only the redacted 525 page Executive Summary of the 6,700 page report has been released.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eA spokesperson for justice secretary Humza Yousaf confirmed the move following a letter from MSPs, published in the Scotsman. The cross party group wrote: “We are deeply concerned that without concerted action by the Scottish and Westminster governments, Police Scotland’s investigation will fail to get to the truth.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eSee: u003ca href=u0022https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/msps-warn-sturgeon-of-deep-concern-over-police-rendition-investigation-1-5094414u0022u003eMSPs warn Sturgeon of ‘deep concern’ over police rendition investigationu003c/au003e (The Scotsman, link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED 12.8.19: u003ca href=u0022https://www.therenditionproject.org.uk/u0022u003eThe Rendition Project: Researching the globalisation of rendition and secret detentionu003c/au003e (link):u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu0022The Rendition Project is a collaborative research initiative run by Prof Ruth Blakeley at the University of Sheffield (and previously, the University of Kent) and Dr Sam Raphael at the University of Westminster. The Rendition Project is at the forefront of efforts to investigate and understand the use of rendition, secret detention and torture by the CIA and its allies in the u0022war on terroru0022. Through this website users can access:u003c/pu003ernu003culu003ernu003cliu003eThe most comprehensive account to date of the fate and whereabouts of each of those detained and tortured within the programmeu003c/liu003ernu003cliu003eThe world’s largest public database of rendition flights by CIA aircraftu003c/liu003ernu003cliu003eDetailed analysis of more than 60 renditions of individuals to secret detention and tortureu003c/liu003ernu003cliu003eMaterial on the complex web of companies which helped operate a network of rendition aircraft and secret prisonsu003c/liu003ernu003c/ulu003ernu003cpu003eOur major report, CIA Torture Unredacted, published in July 2019, presents the combined findings from a four-year joint investigation by The Rendition Project and The Bureau of Investigative Journalism. It is, without doubt, the most detailed account of the CIA torture programme ever published. The report can be accessed for free on this site, and is supported by other material contained here.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED 30.4.19: u003ca href=u0022https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/24/uk-public-money-fighting-libya-rendition-case-abdel-hakim-belhaj-fatima-boudcharu0022u003eRendition: UK spent £11m of public money fighting Libya rendition caseu003c/au003e (Guardian, link):u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu0022Figures show vast sums spent resisting apology demands over rendition of Libyan dissidents. The government spent more than £11m of public funds resisting demands for an apology, compensation and prosecutions over MI6’s 2004 rendition of the Libyan dissident Abdel Hakim Belhaj and his wife, Fatima Boudchar.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eThe colossal sum involved has been revealed for the first time through a freedom of information request that exposes the vast amounts ministers and official were prepared to pay out at a time when legal aid has been severely restricted.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED 1.4.19: UK-USA: u003ca href=u0022https://www.theguardian.com/law/2019/mar/31/police-investigating-role-of-uk-officers-in-torture-of-al-qaida-suspectu0022u003ePolice investigating role of UK officers in torture of al-Qaida suspectu003c/au003e (The Guardian, link):u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu0022Metropolitan police detectives have launched an investigation into allegations that MI5 and MI6 officers involved in the interrogation under torture of an al-Qaida suspect committed serious criminal offences.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eScotland Yard has confirmed that a senior investigating officer, who is familiar with other rendition cases, has begun examining the role of UK intelligence officials during the questioning of Abu Zubaydah at CIA so-called ‘black sites’.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED 18.3.19: u003ca href=u0022https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/revealed-british-army-deployed-interrogators-abu-ghraib-despite-abuse-concernsu0022u003eREVEALED: British Army deployed interrogators to Abu Ghraib despite abuse concernsu003c/au003e (Middle East Eye, link):u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu0022Britain’s defence ministry covertly deployed a team of interrogators to Iraq’s notorious Abu Ghraib prison at the height of the scandal over the torture and humiliation of inmates, a parliamentary oversight body has found.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eThe operation remained hidden for years until documentary evidence was discovered during an investigation into Britain’s involvement in the CIA’s rendition programme and the mistreatment of detainees. u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED 23.1.19: u003ca href=u0022https://www.alabuisir.com/survivors-of-the-war-on-terror/u0022u003eSurvivors of the War on Terror by Ala Busiru003c/au003e (link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePortraits and stories of people imprisoned in Northen Ireland and in Guantanamo and other prisons during the so-called u0022war on terroru0022.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED 28.6.18: UK: u003ca href=u0022https://www.statewatch.org/news/2018/jul/uk-torture-isc-report.htmu0022u003eTrue scale of UK role in torture and rendition after 9/11 revealed – Two damning reports reveal British intelligence’s treatment of terrorism suspectsu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu0022British intelligence agencies were involved in the torture and kidnap of terrorism suspects after 9/11, according to two reports by the parliamentary intelligence and security committee.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eThe reports published on Thursday amount to one of the most damning indictments of UK intelligence, revealing links to torture and rendition were much more widespread than previously reported.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eWhile there was no evidence of officers directly carrying out physical mistreatment of detainees, the reports say the overseas agency MI6 and the domestic service MI5 were involved in hundreds of torture cases and scores of rendition cases.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED 13.6.18: USA: u003ca href=u0022http://amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/guantanamo/article212610644.htmlu0022u003eGitmo commanders make pitch for new prison with hospice-care wing for ex-CIA captivesu003c/au003e (Miami Herald, link):u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu0022GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba – The U.S. military’s mission at Guantánamo is shifting to permanent detention for al-Qaida and other war-on-terror detainees, commanders told reporters this week in a rare public pitch for Congress to fund a new $69 million, wheelchair-accessible prison — complete with a hospice-care cellblock — for the five accused 9/11 plotters and 10 other captives who were in some instances tortured in secret overseas CIA prisons.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu0022Picture in your mind elderly detainees, brothers taking care of one another. That is the humane way ahead,u0022 said prison spokeswoman Navy Cmdr. Anne Leanos.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eGuantánamo detention center leaders said Tuesday that they are shifting their mission because President Donald Trump’s January executive order canceled President Barack Obama’s mandate to close the prison. During the Obama administration, the prison camp made few building improvements, u0022putting a Band-Aidu0022 on structural problems, said prison operations commander Rear Adm. John Ring.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED 31.5.18: ECHR: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/news/2018/may/coe-cia-rendition.htmu0022u003eCourt: Lithuania and Romania complicity in CIA secret rendition led to multiple human rights violationsu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu0022Multiple human rights violations by authorities in Lithuania and Romania resulted from the countries’ involvement with the United States Central Intelligence Agency’s secret rendition of suspected terrorists.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED 23.5.18: u003ca href=u0022https://onesmallwindow.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/gina-haspel-is-only-the-start-of-the-conversation-on-cia-torture/u0022u003eGina Haspel Is Only The Start of the Conversation on CIA Tortureu003c/au003e (one small window, link):u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu0022In 2002, as part of the CIA’s extraordinary rendition programme, agent Gina Haspel ran a secret CIA torture prison in Thailand; torture methods at the site included waterboarding, which she oversaw. In 2005, she ordered the destruction of tapes of prisoners being tortured. Rather than face prosecution for crimes against humanity, in February 2017 Donald Trump appointed her deputy director of the CIA.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eAt a confirmation hearing for her new position as CIA chief in May 2018, Haspel was unapologetic and evasive over questions by the US Senate on torture. Unsurprisingly, her appointment has been controversial. The media has tried to play down her torturer credentials by focusing on her role as the first female CIA director as being some sort of victory for women.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eThe CIA has a long, solid relationship with torture and human experimentation. Under its latest incarnation in the so-called “war on terror”, prosecutions have been few and far between. Haspel is not the only person to profit from CIA torture: in 2017, private contractor psychologist James Mitchell and a colleague managed to end a court case brought by survivors, through an out-of-court settlement, for their design of the torture programme. Mitchell and Bruce Jessen were paid over $80 million to design “enhanced interrogation techniques”. At the very same time, Mitchell was making even more money on the book tour circuit promoting his actions.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED 18.5.18: u003ca href=u0022http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-senate-confirms-haspel-cia-director-spite-links-torture-programme-1829253485u0022u003eUS Senate confirms Haspel as CIA director despite links to torture programmeu003c/au003e (Middle East Eye, link):u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu0022The US Senate confirmed Gina Haspel on Thursday to be director of the CIA, ending a bruising confirmation fight centred on her ties to the spy agency’s past use of torture.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eHaspel, who will be the first woman to lead the CIA, is a 33-year veteran at the agency and currently serving as its acting director. The tally was 54-45 in her favour in the 100-member chamber, where a simple majority was required for confirmation.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eHaspel was approved in spite of stiff opposition stemming from her links to the CIA’s use of harsh interrogation methods, including waterboarding, a type of simulated drowning widely considered to be torture, in the years after the 9/11 attacks.(…)mplemented as a matter of urgency.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED 11.5.18: UK: u003ca href=u0022https://www.statewatch.org/news/2018/may/uk-rendition-apology.htmu0022u003eBritish Government apologises to rendition victimsu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eThe British Government has today apologised to Abdul-Hakim Belhaj and Fatima Boudchar for the UK’s role in their 2004 abduction, torture, and rendition to Libya.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eThe apology, delivered today in Parliament by the Attorney General Jeremy Wright, comes in a letter from Prime Minister Theresa May to the family. It follows a mediation with the Government and a personal meeting between the Attorney General and the couple, in which they described their ordeal to him.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED 13.4.18: UK-LIBYA: u003ca href=u0022http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/belhaj-case-uk-ordered-hand-over-file-libyan-torture-1186166276u0022u003eBelhaj case: UK ordered to hand over file on Libyan tortureu003c/au003e (MEE, link):u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu0022The British government has been ordered to hand over a top secret Metropolitan Police file that recommended charges against a senior MI6 officer for his role in the alleged illegal rendition and torture of opponents of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eThe High Court in London made the order on Thursday after lawyers for torture victims, including Libyan dissident Abdel Hakim Belhaj and his wife Fatima Boudchar, challenged a decision not to release a 400-page report which called for Sir Mark Allen of MI6 to be charged with misconduct in private office.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eGovernment lawyers have been resisting its release in the ongoing legal claim by Belhaj and his wife who claim there were unlawfully “rendered” from Thailand to Libya in March 2004.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED 4.4.18: MACEDONIA-USA: u003ca href=u0022https://www.statewatch.org/news/2018/apr/macedonia-rendition-apology.htmu0022u003eMacedonia apologises for role in CIA’s secret rendition programmeu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eThe Macedonian government has expressed u0022sincere apologies and unreserved regretsu0022 for its role in the abduction and torture of German citizen Khaled el-Masri as part of the CIA’s u0022renditionu0022 programme.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED 9.6.17: USA: u003ca href=u0022https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/06/08/tort-j08.htmlu0022u003eCongressional Republicans seek to obliterate record of CIA tortureu003c/au003e (World Socialist Web Site, link):u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu0022It was reported last week that the Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture is being “retrieved” from executive agencies in the Trump administration. Congressional Republicans have demanded the confiscation of all copies of the report in order to cover up and, if possible, erase entirely the record of the investigation into the agency’s torture program.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eA heavily redacted executive summary of the report was released to the public in December of 2014, but the full 6,700-page “Committee Study of the Central Intelligence Agency’s Detention and Interrogation Program” remains secret. Only a limited number of copies were made, which were distributed to a handful of federal executive agencies. Since 2015, when the US Senate passed into the hands of the Republican Party, the new committee Chairman Richard Burr has led efforts to suppress the report, declaring that the report should become a “footnote to history.”u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eIn a statement released June 2, Burr declared, “I have directed my staff to retrieve copies of the congressional study that remain with the executive branch agencies and, as the committee does with all classified and compartmented information, will enact the necessary measures to protect the sensitive sources and methods contained within the report.”u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eAnd see: u003ca href=u0022http://www.reprieve.org/trump-buries-senate-torture-report-reprieve-comment/u0022u003eTrump buries Senate torture report: Reprieve commentu003c/au003e (Reprieve US, link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED 8.6.17: USA-POLAND-GERMANY: u003ca href=u0022https://www.statewatch.org/cia/news/2017/jun/us-poland-rendition-case.htmu0022u003eUS officials targeted in push for justice and accountability on rendition and tortureu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eReprieve US and the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights are pursuing new legal cases seeking accountability and justice for torture carried out as part of the USA’s u0022extraordinary renditionu0022 programme.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED 5.4.17: UK: MI6, rendition, and cover-ups of cover-ups: in some respects u0022Guantanámo is a marked improvementu0022 on the British justice systemu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu0022It… came as a salutary surprise to watch recent proceedings in courtroom 72 at the Royal Courts of Justice, where the UK government applied, for the first time in a renditions case, for a secret hearing (euphemistically referred to as a Closed Material Proceeding or CMP) under the Justice and Security Act 2013. The British judge has just granted the government’s application for this CMP.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eThis is a case where – for more than a decade – ministers have been misled by MI6, and have in turn misled parliament and the people. It is a case of great significance. If such a cover-up were attempted in Guntown (a real place in north-eastern Mississippi) it would be laughed out of court. The US military would have no more success on the Guantánamo Naval Base.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eOpen justice has been a casualty in the post-9/11 world. Rights are being eroded at the margins, and those who care about British justice need to look around themselves.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eSee: u003ca href=u0022https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/comment-and-opinion/secrets-and-lies/5060418.articleu0022u003eSecrets and liesu003c/au003e (The Law Society Gazette, link) by Clive Stafford-Smith.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eAnd see: UK: u003ca href=u0022http://www.reprieve.org.uk/press/high-court-rules-blair-era-rendition-case-can-heard-secret/u0022u003eHigh Court rules Blair-era rendition case can be heard in secretu003c/au003e (Reprieve, link):u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu0022The High Court has today ruled that a Blair-era renditions case should be heard in secret, following a request from the government under the controversial Justice and Security Act.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED 5.3.17: UK: u003ca href=u0022http://www.reprieve.org.uk/press/illegal-rendition-cover-continues-government-seeks-secret-hearing-first-time-victims-case/u0022u003eIllegal rendition cover up continues: Government seeks secret hearing for first time in victims’ caseu003c/au003e (Reprieve, link):u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu0022The Government is asking the High Court to use secret proceedings in a case brought by victims of a UK-US rendition during the ‘War on Terror’. This is the first time such powers are set to be used in a rendition victims’ case, and it is being sought so the Government may avoid embarrassing revelations on how parliament and the public continue to be misled as to what happened.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eAt a hearing next Tuesday (7th), lawyers for the Government will argue that the case of two men who were rendered to Afghanistan in 2004 should be heard in secret.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eThe men, Amanatullah Ali and Yunus Rahmatullah, are challenging the Foreign Office and the Ministry of Defence over the UK’s involvement in their rendition.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED 20.2.17: u003ca href=u0022http://www.reprieve.org.uk/press/uk-govt-spends-%C2%BE-million-torture-cover-attempt/u0022u003eUK Govt spends £¾ million on torture cover-up attemptu003c/au003e (Reprieve, link):u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu0022The British Government has spent £744,000 in its attempts to ensure a case involving the kidnap and torture of a Libyan dissident and his pregnant wife is never heard in court, documents obtained by Reprieve show – even though the victims have offered to drop the claim in return for an apology.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eAnd see: u003ca href=u0022https://www.statewatch.org/cia/%20MI6%20chief%92s%20role%20in%20abduction%20of%20Gaddafi%20foe%20Belhaj%20set%20to%20be%20revealed%20u0022u003eMI6 chief’s role in abduction of Gaddafi foe Belhaj set to be revealedu003c/au003e (The Guardian, link):u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu0022Britain’s role in the seizure and alleged torture of a Libyan opponent of the former dictator Muammar Gaddafi looks set to be exposed after a court decision that will set alarm bells ringing in the intelligence services.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED 9.1.17: SCOTLAND: RENDITION: u003ca href=u0022http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/cops-slammed-over-scottish-airports-9587106u0022u003eCops slammed over Scottish airports CIA torture flights probe as campaigners demand updateu003c/au003e (Daily Record, link):u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu0022Police Scotland have been condemned for “incredible” delays in their probe into the use of Scots airports for CIA torture flights.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eMore than three years into their investigation, they have refused to reveal what progress has been made.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eCampaigners say there is an urgent need to know what part Scotland played in rendition – where US prisoners were sent to be tortured overseas in the wake of 9/11 – ahead of Donald Trump’s presidency.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eIt is feared Trump, who has advocated “a lot worse than waterboarding”, may reinstate rendition in the US war on terror.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED 7.11.16: USA-PAKISTAN: u003ca href=u0022https://onesmallwindow.wordpress.com/2016/11/06/saving-prisoner-650-dr-aafia-siddiqui/u0022u003eSaving Prisoner 650: Dr Aafia Siddiquiu003c/au003e (one small window, link):u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu0022Women and children are also prisoners of the US-led “war on terror”. In March 2003, Pakistani neuroscientist Dr Aafia Siddiqui and her three young children “disappeared” in Karachi, on their way to the airport to travel to the capital city Islamabad.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eThe Pakistani government said she had been arrested. She was not seen again until July 2008. It is widely believed that she had been “rendered” by the Pakistani authorities to the US military and was held by the US at its military prison in Bagram, Afghanistan, along with her children, where she was tortured. The US denies this.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eUpon discovery, she was detained in Ghazni, Afghanistan. Conflicting stories exist as to what happened when the US military came to interview her on 18 July 2008; nonetheless she and possibly US military personnel were injured. She was hospitalised and shortly thereafter charged with attempted murder and assault of US nationals and military personnel.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eShe was taken to the US, and following a two-week trial in 2010 which she refused to take part in, considering it a sham, she was convicted of all the charges against her and sentenced to 86 years in prison. She is currently being held at the Federal Medical Center, Carswell in Fort Worth, Texas, a facility for female prisoners with special medical and mental health needs. An appeal was filed but Dr Siddiqui withdrew it in October 2014. Her family claims she was pressurised into dropping it.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e…I recently put some questions to her older sister neurologist Dr Fowzia Siddiqui about the current situation.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED 11.9.16: UK: u003ca href=u0022https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/11/rendition-victims-mi6-officer-judicial-review-mark-allen-abdel-hakim-belhaju0022u003eRendition victims challenge decision not to prosecute MI6 officeru003c/au003e (The Guardian, link):u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu0022Lawyers representing a Libyan husband and wife who were kidnapped and flown to one of Muammar Gaddafi’s prisons are seeking to overturn a decision that there was insufficient evidence to prosecute a former MI6 officer for his alleged role.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eMark Allen, the head of counter-terrorism at the agency at the time of the so-called rendition operations, had set out his role in a letter to the Gaddafi government that came to light during the 2011 Libyan revolution.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eHowever the Crown Prosecution Service decided earlier this year that Allen – now Sir Mark – should face no criminal charges, a ruling that the victims said reflected poorly on British justice.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eLawyers for the couple are now seeking a judicial review of the CPS decision, which they have denounced as a “see no evil, hear no evil” ruling that has put the government and its intelligence agencies above the rule of law.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED 31.8.16: USA: u003ca href=u0022https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/strategic-costs-tortureu0022u003eThe Strategic Costs of Torture: How “Enhanced Interrogation” Hurt Americau003c/au003e (Foreign Affairs, link):u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu0022Despite their disagreements, all these perspectives share one key assumption: that whether the torture was good or bad depends on whether or not it “worked”—that is, whether it produced lifesaving results. Leaving aside the very real human and legal consequences of torture, a truly comprehensive assessment would also explore the policy’s broader implications, including how it shaped the trajectory of the so-called war on terror, altered the relationship between the United States and its allies, and affected Washington’s pursuit of other key goals, such as the promotion of democracy and human rights abroad. To assess the overall effect of torture on U.S. national security, one should consider not only its supposed tactical benefits but also its strategic impact.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eOur team of researchers at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School has begun the first such review, and we’ve found that Washington’s use of torture greatly damaged national security. It incited extremism in the Middle East, hindered cooperation with U.S. allies, exposed American officials to legal repercussions, undermined U.S. diplomacy, and offered a convenient justification for other governments to commit human rights abuses. The takeaway is clear: reinstating torture would be a costly mistake.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED 22.8.16: UK: u003ca href=u0022http://www.reprieve.org.uk/press/government-secrecy-in-renditions-prosecution-challenged/u0022u003eGovernment secrecy in renditions prosecution challengedu003c/au003e (Reprieve, link):u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu0022The UK government’s refusal to answer questions about political interference in a decision not to bring charges over British complicity in renditions has been challenged by international human rights group Reprieve.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eThe Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced in June 2016 that it would not bring any charges in Operation Lydd, a police investigation into the UK Government’s role in the 2004 kidnap and rendition to torture of two families, including a pregnant woman and children aged 6 to 12.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eThis was despite finding that a senior British intelligence official was involved in the operation and had – to a limited extent – sought political approval for it. The CPS took two years to consider the original police investigation which produced a 28,000 page file.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eNow Britain’s Information Commissioner will review the government’s refusal of a freedom of information request about possible political interference in the CPS investigation. Reprieve asked if the Cabinet Office contacted the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) about Operation Lydd. The Cabinet Office, which coordinates intelligence, refused to confirm or deny if it had discussed Operation Lydd with the CPS.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED 5.8.16: UK: u003ca href=u0022https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/aug/05/cps-upholds-decision-not-to-charge-over-mi6-role-in-libyans-renditionu0022u003eCPS upholds decision not to charge over MI6 role in Libyans’ rendition – Families’ lawyers claim ‘stitch-up’ after failure to overturn decision not to bring charges over abduction of dissidentsu003c/au003e (Guardian, link):u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu0022rosecutors have rejected an attempt to overturn their decision not to charge anyone over the involvement of the British intelligence agency MI6 in the kidnapping of two Libyan dissidents in a joint operation with the CIA.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eLawyers for the two families accused prosecutors of a “complete stitch-up” after failing to quash the decision not to bring any charges over the abduction of the dissidents and their families, including a pregnant woman and children.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED 25.7.16: BELGIUM: Former Guantanamo prisoners convicted in u0022rather peculiaru0022 caseu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu0022Two former Guantánamo prisoners were convicted in Belgium by the Brussels Criminal Court on Monday, July 18 2016, one on terrorism-related charges…u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eThe case involved nine defendants, three of whom were charged with terrorism-related offences. One of the three was acquitted in full. [Abbar] Huwari was sentenced to 12 years in prison for running a terrorist group. One other person was sentenced for membership of a terrorist organization. Other sentences, including [Moussa] Zemmouri’s for conspiracy, related to the thwarted burglary only.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eHuwari’s name only emerged when the case went to trial in June 2016; he became the main suspect. In a country where there is a constant threat of terrorism the case has surprisingly attracted little attention. From the few details made public, the case is rather peculiar.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eSee: u003ca href=u0022https://onesmallwindow.wordpress.com/2016/07/22/former-guantanamo-prisoners-convicted-in-belgium/u0022u003eFormer Guantánamo Prisoners Convicted in Belgiumu003c/au003e (one small window, link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED 4.7.16: u003ca href=u0022http://statewatch.org/news/2016/jul/echr-rendition.htmu0022u003eRendition: ECHR hearings continue; CIA officer could be imprisoned in Italyu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eLast week the European Court of Human Rights held confidential hearings on two cases concerning the CIA’s rendition programme, Al Nashiri v Romana and Abu Zubaydah v Lithuania. Both men are currently imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay. An ECHR news item said: u0022Both cases concern the alleged “rendition” of the applicants, suspected of terrorist acts, to CIA secret detention sites, where, according to their submissions, illegal interrogation methods amounting to torture were used.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED 1.7.16: LITHUANIA: u003ca href=u0022http://statewatch.org/news/2016/jul/lt-rendition-case.htmu0022u003eLithuanian court prevents secret detention and rendition victim from participating in investigation into CIA secret prisons in Lithuaniau003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eVilnius Regional Court has issued its final rejection of REDRESS’ application for victim status for Mustafa al-Hawsawi in a pre-trial criminal investigation into CIA secret prisons (also known as black sites) in Lithuania. This status would have allowed Mr. al-Hawsawi to participate in the ongoing investigation, including to request access to pre-trial investigation material and to make requests to expand the investigation’s scope.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED 30.6.16: u003ca href=u0022https://www.neweurope.eu/article/lawyer-cia-gave-romania-millions-host-secret-prisons/u0022u003eLawyer: CIA gave Romania millions to host secret prisonsu003c/au003e (New Europe, link):u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu0022The CIA paid Romania “millions of dollars” to host secret prisons, a rights lawyer said Wednesday as the European Court of Human Rights heard accusations that Romania allowed the agency to torture terrorism suspects in a secret renditions program under President George W. Bush.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eAmrit Singh told the court on the opening day of the case that CIA prisons were in Romania from 2003-2005 with the government’s “acquiescence and connivance,” something authorities have denied.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eRomanian government representative Catrinel Brumar countered that it takes more than “hints and speculation to establish the state’s responsibilities.” She said an investigation was ongoing.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eThe court said it would rule in a few months on whether Romania knowingly allowed CIA secret prisons where torture occurred, and whether it failed to prevent the torture of Singh’s client.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED: 28.4.16: USA: u003ca href=u0022https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/04/27/dispatches-opening-justice-cia-tortureu0022u003eAn Opening for Justice for CIA Tortureu003c/au003e (HRW, link):u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu0022The United States government just opened the door a crack to justice for the torture of scores of men in CIA custody under its infamous detention and interrogation program. For the first time, the Justice Department didn’t effectively block a lawsuit by detainees held and tortured by the CIA by invoking, as it had done in previous similar lawsuits, the “state secrets privilege.”u003cbr /u003eus coveru003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eThe privilege requires a court to give great deference to a government claim that litigating a case would risk revealing state secrets that would jeopardize national security….u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED: 12.4.16: PORTUGAL- USA RENDITION:u003ca href=u0022https://neurope.eu/article/ex-cia-agent-loses-extradition-appeal-portugal/u0022u003e Ex-CIA agent loses extradition appeal in Portugal u003c/au003e(New Europe, link):u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu0022Portugal’s supreme court has rejected a former CIA operative’s appeal against extradition to Italy to serve a six-year sentence for her part in an “extraordinary rendition” programme.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eSabrina De Sousa’s only remaining recourse to avoid being sent to Italy would be to appeal to Portugal’s Constitutional Court, arguing her extradition order is unconstitutional. De Sousa was among 26 Americans convicted in absentia in the case, which also implicated Italy’s secret services and has proven embarrassing to successive Italian governments.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eDe Sousa, who was working in Italy under diplomatic cover, faces prison for her role in the 2003 kidnapping in Milan of Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr, a terror suspect who was under surveillance by Italian law enforcement at the time.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED: 29.2.16: Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly: u003ca href=u0022http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/News/News-View-EN.asp?newsid=6040u0026amp;lang=2u0026amp;cat=15u0022u003eAs ten-year torture inquiry ends, Council of Europe states give final responses on CIA ‘secret prisonsu003c/au003e’ (link):u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu0022Pedro Agramunt, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), has welcomed a third and final round of responses from the governments of Council of Europe member States to questions on their possible involvement in illegal CIA detentions in Europe or “rendition flights” through European airspace in the years after the 9/11 terrorist attack.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eSeven states – Austria, Denmark, Germany, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and the UK – provided additional information to the inquiry, prior to its closure earlier this month by Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland, information which is made public today. The inquiry was begun in 2005 by Mr Jagland’s predecessor, using powers under the European Convention on Human Rights, which explicitly prohibits torture.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu003ca href=u0022http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/News/News-View-en.asp?newsid=5722u0026amp;lang=2u0022u003eTimeline: the Council of Europe’s investigation into CIA secret prisons in Europeu003c/au003e (link) and u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/coe-cia-rendition-3rd-round-responses.pdfu0022u003eThird round of responsesu003c/au003e (Pdf) also:u003ca href=u0022http://www.coe.int/t/E/Com/Files/Events/2006-CIA/annexes2/annexes2.aspu0022u003e 2nd round responses by countryu003c/au003e (link) and u003ca href=u0022http://www.coe.int/T/E/Com/Files/Events/2006-cia/annexes.aspu0022u003e1st round responsesu003c/au003e (link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED: 24.2.16: European Court of Human Rights: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/echr-AFFAIRE20NASR20ET20GHALI20c.20ITALIE-press-rel.pdfu0022u003eThe CIA’s abduction and extrajudicial transfer to Egypt of the imam Abu Omar infringed the applicants’ rights under the Conventionu003c/au003e (Press release, 23.2.16, pdf):u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu0022In today’s Chamber judgment1 in the case of Nasr and Ghali v. Italy (application no. 44883/09) the European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously, that there had been:– with regard to Mr Nasru003cbr /u003e:u003cbr /u003e- violation of Article 3 (prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment) of the European Convention on Human Rights,u003cbr /u003e- a violation of Article 5 (right to liberty and security) of the European Convention, u003cbr /u003e- a violation of Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) and a violation of Article 13 (right to an effective remedy) read in conjunction with Articles 3, 5 and 8u003cbr /u003e– with regard to Ms Ghali:u003cbr /u003e- violation of Article 3 (prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment),u003cbr /u003e- violation of Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) and u003cbr /u003e- violation of Article 13 (right to an effective remedy) read in conjunction with Articles 3 and 8u003cbr /u003eu003cbr /u003eThe case concerned an instance of extrajudicial transfer (or “extraordinary rendition”), namely the abduction by CIA agents, with the cooperation of Italian officials, of the Egyptian imam Abu Omar, who had been granted political asylum in Italy, and his subsequent transfer to Egypt, where he was held in secret for several months.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eSee: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/AFFAIRE20NASR20ET20GHALI20c.20ITALIE.pdfu0022u003eJudgmentu003c/au003e (pdf)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED: 24.12.15 u003ca href=u0022http://www.thelocal.it/20151224/italy-grants-ex-cia-spies-partial-pardonu0022u003eItaly grants ex-CIA spies partial pardonu003c/au003e (The Local.it, link):u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu0022Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella on Wednesday reduced the sentences of two former CIA agents, including a station chief, over the kidnapping and extraordinary rendition of an Egyptian imam in 2003…. The CIA’s former station chief in Milan, Bob Seldon Lady, was convicted in absentia along with 22 other agents in 2009 by Italian authorities, over the kidnapping of Osama Mustafa Hassan Nasr, better known as Abu Omar. The cleric was taken to the Aviano US air base in northeast Italy, flown to a US base in Germany, and on to Cairo, where he says he was tortured.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED: 3.9.15: u003ca href=u0022https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2015/09/02/legal-case-demands-details-about-how-cia-used-windowless-warehouse-in-lithuania-as-secret-prison/u0022u003eLegal case demands details about how CIA used windowless warehouse in Lithuania as secret prisonu003c/au003e (BIJ, link): u0022Now, lawyers for Mustafa al-Hawsawi – one of five men facing a military trial in Guantánamo Bay for allegedly planning the 9/11 attacks – have filed a case with Lithuanian prosecutors to demand more clarity about what went on in the site.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED 20.7.15: u003ca href=u0022https://wikileaks.org/nsa-germany/?nocacheu0022u003eNSA Helped CIA Outmanoeuvre Europe on Tortureu003c/au003e (Wikileaks, link) and see:u003ca href=u0022https://wikileaks.org/nsa-germany/intercepts/u0022u003eNSA Intercepts German Foreign Minister Steinmeier After Meeting US Secretary of State Rice Over CIA Renditionsu003c/au003e (link) also u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/wikileaks-us-intercepts-foreign-minister-on-cia-renditions.pdfu0022u003eDocument-1u003c/au003e (pdf): u0022Steinmeier described the mood during his talks with U.S. officials as very good, but feared that the most difficult part was still ahead. He seemed relieved that he had not received any definitive response from the U.S. Secretary of State regarding press u003cbr /u003ereports of CIA flights through Germany to secret prisons in eastern Europe allegedly used for interrogating terrorism suspects.u0022 And: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/wikileaks-nsa-helped-cia-outmanoeuvre-europe-on-torture.pdfu0022u003eCIA u0026amp; Tortureu003c/au003e *pdf)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED 1.6.15: ECHR: Italy : u003ca href=u0022http://www.humanrightseurope.org/2015/06/italy-court-set-for-cia-terror-abduction-human-rights-complaint/u0022u003eCourt set for CIA terror abduction human rights complaintu003c/au003e (CoE, link):u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eThe European Court’s chamber hearing in case Nasr and Ghali v. Italy (no. u003ca href=u0022http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/sites/fra/pages/search.aspx?i=001-113123u0022u003e44883/09u003c/au003e) will take place on 23 June.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu0022The application concerns a case of “extraordinary rendition”, that is to say the abduction by CIA agents, with the cooperation of Italian nationals, of an Egyptian imam (Abu Omar), who holds refugee status, and his transfer to Egypt, followed by his secret detention there for several months. The applicants, Osama Mustafa Hassn Nasr, alias Abu Omar, and Nabila Ghali, are a married couple. They are both Egyptian nationals who were born in 1963 and currently live in Alexandria (Egypt).u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED 19.5.15: The Bureau of Investigative Journalists and the Rendition Project map: u003ca href=u0022http://labs.thebureauinvestigates.com/the-119-cia-detainees-what-we-know/u0022u003eThe 119 CIA Detaineesu003c/au003e (link): u0022The Bureau of Investigative Journalism and the Rendition Project compiled this information from the US Senate intelligence committee’s summary report on CIA detention and torture, from documents relating to military detention in Bagram and Guantanamo Bay, and from media and NGO reports.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED: 28.4.15: u003ca href=u0022http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/04/romania-president-admits-allowing-cia-site-150427140351035.htmlu0022u003eFormer Romania president admits allowing CIA site – Ion Iliescu said he approved so-called CIA ‘black sites’ but would have refused had he known their purposeu003c/au003e.(Aljazeera, link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED: 18.2.15: u003ca href=u0022https://euobserver.com/justice/127697u0022u003eEuropean court confirms Poland’s complicity in CIA renditionu003c/au003e (euobserver, link) and see:u003ca href=u0022http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2015/02/17/polands-complicity-in-cia-torture-programme-confirmed-as-european-court-rejects-warsaws-appeal/u0022u003ePoland’s complicity in CIA torture programme confirmed as European Court rejects Warsaw’s appealu003c/au003e (BIJ, link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED 19.1.15: u003ca href=u0022http://free-group.eu/2015/01/19/the-us-senate-reveals-the-truth-on-renditions-and-torture-now-its-europes-turn/u0022u003eThe US Senate reveals the truth on renditions and torture, now it’s Europe’s turnu003c/au003e (ASFJ, link) by Armando Spataro is the Prosecutor of the Republic in Turin, an expert in internal and international terrorism.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED: 18.1.15: CIA IN EU: u003ca href=u0022http://www.reprieve.org.uk/press/new-evidence-shows-cia-held-prisoners-in-lithuania/u0022u003eNew evidence shows CIA held prisoners in Lithuaniau003c/au003e (Reprieve, link): u0022New analysis and previously unpublished documents released by legal charity Reprieve show that the CIA held prisoners in Lithuania in 2005 and 2006, contrary to official denials.u0022 See:u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/cia-lthuania-reprieve-dossier-briefing.pdfu0022u003e Reprieve Briefingu003c/au003e (pdf) and u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/cia-reprieve-lithuania-evidence-dossier.pdfu0022u003eDossieru003c/au003e (pdf)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED: 15.9.14: UK-RENDITION:: Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC): u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/uk-isc-rendition-inquiry-evidence-call.pdfu0022u003eFurther Inquiry into the role of the UK Government and Security and Intelligence Agencies in relation to detainee treatment and rendition: Call for Evidenceu003c/au003e (pdf) See also: Sir Peter Gibson: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/uk-report-detainee-inquiry-rendition-dec-2013.pdfu0022u003eReport of the Detainee Inquiryu003c/au003e (19 December, pdf)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED 29.8.14: USA: RENDITION: u003ca href=u0022http://www.reprieve.org.uk/press/2014_08_29_PUB_CIA_rendition_victims_Senate_report/u0022u003eTen CIA rendition victims urge Obama to name them in Senate torture reportu003c/au003e (Reprieve, link): u0022Ten victims of CIA rendition and torture have signed an open letter to President Obama asking him to declassify the upcoming Senate report into the program. Two of the signatories – Abdel-Hakim Belhadj and Sami al-Saadi – were rendered with their entire families, including a pregnant woman and four children between the ages of six and twelve.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED: 3.8.14: USA: CIA-TORTURE: u003ca href=u0022http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/01/obama-cia-torture-some-folks-brennan-spying/printu0022u003eObama admits CIA ‘tortured some folks’ but stands by Brennan over spying: President says US ‘crossed a line’ after 9/11 attacks – Obama supports CIA director under fire over Senate reportu003c/au003e (Guardian, link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED 29.7.14: CoE: CIA RENDITION: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/coe-cia-renditions-chronolgy.pdfu0022u003eThe Council of Europe’s investigation into illegal transfers and secret detentions in Europe: a chronologyu003c/au003e (pdf)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED 24.7.14: CIA-POLAND: European Court of Human Rights: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/echr-poland-cia.pdfu0022u003eSecret rendition and detention by the CIA in Poland of two men suspected of terrorist actsu003c/au003e (Press release, pdf):u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu0022The cases Al Nashiri v. Poland (application no. 28761/11) and Husayn (Abu Zubaydah) v. Poland (no. 7511/13) concerned allegations of torture, ill-treatment and secret detention of two men suspected of terrorist acts. The applicants allege that they were held at a CIA “black site” in Poland. In today’s Chamber judgments, which are not final, the European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously: in both cases, that Poland had failed to comply with its obligation under Article 38 of the European Convention on Human Rights (obligation to furnish all necessary facilities for the effective conduct of an investigation);u003cbr /u003eu003cbr /u003ein both cases, that there had been:u003cbr /u003e- a violation of Article 3 (prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment) of the Convention, in both its substantive and procedural aspects;u003cbr /u003e- a violation of Article 5 (right to liberty and security);u003cbr /u003e- a violation of Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life);u003cbr /u003e- a violation of Article 13 (right to an effective remedy); and,u003cbr /u003e- a violation of Article 6 § 1 (right to a fair trial).u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eSee: Judgments: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/echr-cia-poland-al-nashiri.pdfu0022u003eNashiriu003c/au003e (pdf) and u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/echr-cia-poland-husayn.pdfu0022u003eHusaynu003c/au003e (pdf) Also: u003ca href=u0022http://www.euractiv.com/sections/global-europe/cia-ran-secret-torture-jail-poland-rules-eu-court-human-rights-303696u0022u003eCIA ran secret torture jail in Poland, rules EU Court of Human Rightsu003c/au003e (euractiv, link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED: 10.7.14: UK: u003ca href=u0022http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/09/files-uk-role-cia-rendition-destroyed-diego-garcia-water-damageu0022u003eCIA-RENDITION: Files on UK role in CIA rendition accidentally destroyed, says minister – Rights groups say claim that records of Diego Garcia flights are missing due to water damage ‘smacks of cover-up’u003c/au003e (Guardian, link): u0022The British government’s problems with missing files deepened dramatically when the Foreign Office claimed documents on the UK’s role in the CIA’s global abduction operation had been destroyed accidentally when they became soaked with water.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED: 13-4-14: UPDATED: USA-CIA-UK: u003ca href=u0022http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/13/cia-black-site-diego-garcia-uk-role/printu0022u003eUK urged to admit that CIA used island as secret ‘black site’ prison – Human rights group representing Gaddafi opponent rendered to Libya via Diego Garcia says Britain must ‘come clean’ over roleu003c/au003e (The Observer, link) u003ca href=u0022http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/4/9/senate-cia-torture.htmlu0022u003eRevealed: Senate report contains new details on CIA black sitesu003c/au003e (aljazeera, link): u0022The Senate report, according to Al Jazeera’s sources, says that the CIA detained some high-value suspects on Diego Garcia, an Indian Ocean island controlled by the United Kingdom and leased to the United States. The classified CIA documents say the black site arrangement at Diego Garcia was made with the “full cooperation” of the British government. That would confirm long-standing claims by human rights investigators and journalists, whose allegations – based on flight logs and unnamed government sources – have routinely been denied by the CIA.u0022 And see: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-cia-techniques-reverse-engineered.pdfu0022u003eDocumentu003c/au003e (pdf)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED: 7-4-14: UK-CIA: TORTURE: u003ca href=u0022http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/tony-blair/10747166/Tony-Blair-knew-all-about-CIA-secret-kidnap-programme.htmlu0022u003eTony Blair ‘knew all about CIA secret kidnap programme’ – Former British PM was ‘fully briefed’ on CIA’s interrogation programme after Sept 11 attacksu003c/au003e (The Daily Telegraph, link):u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu0022 Tony Blair knew in detail about the CIA’s secret kidnap and interrogation programme after the September 11 attacks and was kept informed “every step of the way” by MI6, a security source has told The Telegraph. Mr Blair, the then prime minister, and Jack Straw, his foreign secretary, were fully briefed on CIA activities and were shown now infamous Bush administration legal opinions that declared “enhanced interrogation” techniques such as waterboarding and stress positions to be legal, the source said.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eSee also: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/uk-ngo-torture-inquiry-isc-letter.pdfu0022u003eNGO Letter calling for independent inquiryu003c/au003e (pdf)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED 27-1-14: POLAND-CIA: u003ca href=u0022http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/the-hidden-history-of-the-cias-prison-in-poland/2014/01/23/b77f6ea2-7c6f-11e3-95c6-0a7aa80874bc_print.htmlu0022u003eThe hidden history of the CIA’s prison in Polandu003c/au003e (Washington Post, link):u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu0022On a cold day in early 2003, two senior CIA officers arrived at the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw to pick up a pair of large cardboard boxes. Inside were bundles of cash totaling $15 million that had been flown from Germany via diplomatic pouch.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eThe men put the boxes in a van and weaved through the Polish capital until coming to the headquarters of Polish intelligence. They were met by Col. u0026amp;SHY;Andrzej Derlatka, deputy chief of the intelligence service, and two of his associates.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eThe Americans and Poles then sealed an agreement that over the previous weeks had allowed the CIA the use of a secret prison — a remote villa in the Polish lake district — to interrogate al-Qaeda suspects.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED 1-11-13: EU-CIA: u003ca href=u0022http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/10/30/uk-poland-cia-prisons-idUKBRE99T17820131030u0022u003ePoland asks court to hear CIA jails case in privateu003c/au003e (Reuters, link): u0022Poland’s government has asked the European Court of Human Rights to exclude the media and the public from a court hearing on whether Poland hosted a secret CIA prison on its territory. The request for a private hearing was criticised by a Polish human rights group, which accuses the state of trying to conceal its involvement in the CIA’s u0022extraordinary renditionu0022 programme behind a veil of secrecy.u0022 See: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/cia-echr-al-nashri-poland.pdfu0022u003eApplication no. 28761/11 Abd Al Rahim Hussayn Muhammad AL NASHIRI against Poland lodged on 6 May 2011 STATEMENT OF FACTSu003c/au003e (pdf) and u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/cia-echr-husayn-poland.pdfu0022u003eApplication no. 7511/13 Zayn Al-Abidin Muhammad HUSAYN (ABU ZUBAYDAH) against Poland lodged on 28 January 2013 STATEMENT OF FACTSu003c/au003e (pdf)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED 13-10-13: EU-CIA: European Parliament: Press release: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ep-prel-cia-impunity.pdfu0022u003eUS-led CIA rendition and secret detention programmes: impunity must endu003c/au003e (pdf): u0022The climate of impunity surrounding EU member states’ complicity in the CIA’s secret u0022renditionu0022 and detention programmes has allowed violations of fundamental rights to continue unchecked, as revealed by mass surveillance programmes run by the US and some EU member states, said the European Parliament on Thursday. MEPs want Parliament’s right to investigate such violations in the EU to be reinforced, and again urge EU institutions and member states to investigate the CIA operations in depth.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eMEPs are u0022highly disappointedu0022 by the Commission’s refusal to respond in substance to the recommendations made by Parliament in its September 2012 resolution on the follow-up to the work of its Temporary Committee on the CIA’s alleged use of European countries for the transportation and illegal detention of prisoners. These recommendations are reiterated in this year’s resolution. For example, MEPs again urge the Commission to investigate whether EU rules were breached by collaboration with the CIA programme.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eand Resolution, adopted 10 October 2013: u003ca href=u0022http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fTEXT%2bTA%2bP7-TA-2013-0418%2b0%2bDOC%2bXML%2bV0%2f%2fENu0026amp;language=ENu0022u003eAlleged transportation and illegal detention of prisoners in European countries by the CIAu003c/au003e (link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED 13-9-13: ITALY-CIA-RENDITION: u003ca href=u0022http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24074784?print=trueu0022u003eEx-CIA chief seeks Italy pardon for Egypt renditionu003c/au003e (BBC News, link) and u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/cia-italy-robert-seldon-lady.pdfu0022u003eFull text of Robert Seldon Lady’s letteru003c/au003e (pdf)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOSTED 5-9-13: ITALY: CIA: u003ca href=u0022http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/07/27/197823/us-allowed-italian-kidnap-prosecution.html#.Uih9-FP1KZFu0022u003eUS allowed Italian kidnap prosecution to shield higher-ups, ex-CIA officer saysu003c/au003e (McCatchly, link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePosted 19-7-13: EU-CIA: u003ca href=u0022http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23367401?print=trueu0022u003eEx-CIA Milan chief held in Panama over cleric abductionu003c/au003e (BBC News, link) : u0022A former CIA station chief convicted by an Italian court of kidnapping a terror suspect has been detained in Panama, Italian officials say. Robert Seldon Lady was sentenced to nine years in jail for his involvement in the abduction of the man, an Egyptian cleric, in Milan in 2003. The cleric, known as Abu Omar, was allegedly flown to Egypt and tortured. Lady was convicted in absentia with 22 other Americans for their role in his u0022extraordinary renditionu0022 and u003ca href=u0022http://www.gazzettadelsud.it/news/english/54721/CIA-official-held-in-Panama-over-Italian-snatch-case.htmlu0022u003eCIA official held in Panama over Italian snatch caseu003c/au003e (link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePosted 5-2-13: USA: u003ca href=u0022http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/05/cia-rendition-countries-covert-supportu0022u003eCIA rendition: more than a quarter of countries ‘offered covert support’u003c/au003e (Guardian, link): u0022The full extent of the CIA’s extraordinary rendition programme has been laid bare with the publication of a report showing there is evidence that more than a quarter of the world’s governments covertly offered support.u0022 See also: u003ca href=u0022http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/reports/globalizing-torture-cia-secret-detention-and-extraordinary-renditionu0022u003eGlobalizing Torture: CIA Secret Detention and Extraordinary Renditionu003c/au003e and u003ca href=u0022http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/sites/default/files/globalizing-torture-20120205.pdfu0022u003eFull reportu003c/au003e (pdf)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePosted 12.11.12: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/news/UN%20%27may%20use%20torture%20evidence%20to%20impose%20sanctions%20on%20terror%20suspects%27United%20Nations%27%20special%20rapporteur%20on%20counter-terrorism%20questions%20integrity%20of%20security%20council%27s%20enforcement%20regimeu0022u003eUN ‘may use torture evidence to impose sanctions on terror suspects’ – United Nations’ special rapporteur on counter-terrorism questions integrity of security council’s enforcement regimeu003c/au003e (Guardian, link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePosted 22.10.12: u003ca href=u0022http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/22/british-cia-rendition-9-11/printu0022u003eUK intelligence officers knew of CIA’s rendition plans within days of 9/11 – Meeting at British embassy in US raises questions about repeated denials by MI5 and MI6 of connivance in tortureu003c/au003e (Guardian, link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePosted 20.9.12: EU-CIA: u003ca href=u0022http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/sep/20/italy-rendition-convictions-americans/printu0022u003eItaly upholds rendition convictions for 23 Americans – Ruling is world’s first judicial review of CIA practice of abducting terror suspects and transferring them to third countriesu003c/au003e (Guardian, link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePosted 26.7.12: CIA-POLAND: European Court Seeks Answers from Poland on CIA “Black Site” Case: u0022The European Court of Human Rights has told Poland to provide it with information about a secret detention site that operated on its territory in 2002 and 2003, in response to an application filed by the Open Society Justice Initiative on behalf of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, a Saudi national now facing capital charges before a U.S. military commission at Guantanamo Bay. The court’s detailed enquiries include seeking any “agreement on setting up and running a secret CIA prison on Polish territory” and other documentationu0022 u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/echr-osi-al-nashiri-v-poland.pdfu0022u003eFull-text of ECHR judgmentu003c/au003e (pdf)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePosted 10.7.12: EU-CIA: European Parliament: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ep-cia-flights-prel.pdfu0022u003eCIA flights: EU states must investigate secret detention sites in Europeu003c/au003e (Press rlease, pdf), u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ep-cia-flights-working-doc.pdfu0022u003eWorking Documentu003c/au003e (pdf) and u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ep-cia-flights-draft-report.pdfu0022u003eDraft Reportu003c/au003e (pdf)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePosted 3.5.12: EU-CIA: European Parliament: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ep-cia-draft-report-12.pdfu0022u003eDraft Report on alleged transportation and illegal detention of prisoners in European countries by the CIA: follow-up of the European Parliament TDIP Committee reportu003c/au003e (pdf) to be considered by the LIBE Committee on 8 May: u0022Considers that Member States have so far not properly fulfilled their positive obligation under international law to investigate serious human rights violations connected with the CIA programme and afford full redress to victims; Believes that the failure of Member States to assume their responsibility to conduct inquiries that are fully compatible with their international obligations undermines mutual trust in fundamental rights protection, and thus becomes the responsibility of the EU as a whole.u0022 and u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ep-cia-working-document.pdfu0022u003eWorking Document: on Alleged Transportation u0026amp; illegal detention of prisoners in European countries by the CIA: follow up of the EP TDIP Committee reportu003c/au003e (pdf)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePosted 15.2.12: UK: u003ca href=u0022http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/feb/14/mi6-licence-to-kill-and-torture/printu0022u003eHow secret renditions shed light on MI6’s licence to kill and torture – Little-known clause lets secretary of state authorise UK’s spies to commit crimes abroadu003c/au003e (Guardian, link) See u003ca href=u0022http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/13/section/7u0022u003eSection 7 of the Intelligence Services Act 1994u003c/au003e (link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePosted 14.2.12: u003ca href=u0022http://www.cafebabel.co.uk/article/40105/cia-greenland-denmark-faroe-islands-arctic.html?utm_campaign=Acta%2C+megaupload+and+kopimism%2C+Maastricht+treaty+turns+20u0026amp;utm_medium=mailu0026amp;utm_source=newsletter_100u0022u003eCIA in Greenland: story about a polar whodunitu003c/au003e (cafebabel, link): u0022What’s aboard the CIA aeroplanes that have been illegally flying over Greenland since 2001? That is what the Greenland government wants the Danish authorities to tell them. They, however, seem oddly reluctant to answer.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePosted: 12.1.12: UK:TORTURE: u003ca href=u0022http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/12/libya-rendition-torture-abduction-mi6/printu0022u003ePolice to investigate MI6 over rendition and torture of Libyans – Criminal inquiry announced as DPP says there is not enough evidence to prosecute agents over Pakistan and Afghanistan allegationsu003c/au003e (Guardian, link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePosted 12.12.11: CIA-ROMANIA: u003ca href=u0022http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16093106u0022u003eCIA ‘secret prison’ found in Romania – media reportsu003c/au003e (BBC News, link): u0022Former CIA operatives said the building was used to interrogate terrorism suspects, including Khaled Sheikh Mohammed…. The CIA operated a secret prison in the Romanian capital Bucharest where terrorism suspects were interrogated, an investigation by the Associated Press and German media has found.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePosted 30 November 2011: GERMANY: UN Committee concerned at failure to investigate rendition and secret detention and the rendition of Khaled El-Masri: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/committee-against20torture-germany.pdfu0022u003eCommittee against Torture: fifth periodic report of Germany: concluding observationsu003c/au003e (pdf) On 25 November, the UN Committee against Torture issued its concluding observations on the compliance of Germany with the international obligations under the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. The Committee expressed concern at the lack of implementation of the recommendations of the 2009 Parliamentary Inquiry on extraordinary renditions and secret detention complicity. The Committee also expressed at the failure to investigate and provide a remedy for the rendition of Khaled El-Masri. See also: Denmark: u003ca href=u0022http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/denmark-review-us-rendition-flights-over-greenland-%E2%80%9Ctoothless%E2%80%9D-2011-11-08u0022u003eReview of US rendition flights over Greenland “toothlessu003c/au003e (AI, press statement, link) and u003ca href=u0022http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/finland-must-further-investigate-usa-rendition-flights-2011-11-01u0022u003eFinland must further investigate USA rendition flightsu003c/au003e (AI statement, link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e28 October 2011: u003ca href=u0022http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/27/lithuania-cia-rendition-prisons-european-court/printu0022u003eLithuania faces legal action over prisons set up for CIA rendition programme – Lawyers acting for detained militant Abu Zubaydah have begun proceedings in the European court of human rightsu003c/au003e (Guardian, link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e2 October 2011: Amnesty International: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ai-lithuania-report.pdfu0022u003eUnlock the truth in Lithuania: Investigate Secret Prisons Nowu003c/au003e (pdf):u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu0022In the continuing absence o f any meaningful accountability in the USA, and increasingly disturbing signs that the same may happen in other European countries, the Lithuanian government should re-open its criminal investigation into both its own involvement in these operations, and that of the USA and its agents on Lithuanian territory, and conduct an independent, impartial, thorough and ef fective investigation that will serve as a model for accountability across the region.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e1 September 2011: u003ca href=u0022http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/31/us-firms-torture-flights-rendition/printu0022u003eHow US firms profited from torture flightsCourt documents illustrate how US contracted out secret rendition transportation to a network of private companiesu003c/au003eu003ca href=u0022http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2054u0026amp;artikel=4518128u0022u003eu003cbr /u003eu003cbr /u003eUS agents operated illegally in Swedenu003c/au003e (Radio Sweden, link): u0022US undercover agents carried out surveillance of suspected terrorists in Sweden, without the authorisation of Swedish authorities, the daily Svenska Dagbladet reports.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu003ca href=u0022http://blog.soros.org/2011/05/as-polands-legacy-of-cia-torture-erupts-europes-human-rights-court-must-act/u0022u003eAs Poland’s Legacy of CIA Torture Erupts, Europe’s Human Rights Court Must Act u003c/au003e(OSI, link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e15 May 2011: UK: u003ca href=u0022http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/torture-inquiry-will-not-cover-us-rendition-2284400.htmlu0022u003eTorture inquiry will ‘not cover US rendition’ – Campaigners condemn decision not to include ‘murky’ issue of detainee transfers in investigation as ‘only doing half the job’u003c/au003e(Independent on Sunday, link): u0022An inquiry into Britain’s involvement in torture during the u0022war on terroru0022 will not investigate whether UK forces handed over suspects to be transported to other countries for interrogation by the Americans – despite David Cameron’s assurance that it would probe all aspects of the controversy. The head of the Detainee Inquiry ordered by Mr Cameron has confirmed that he will not consider the issue of detainees transferred between forces fighting in Iraq and elsewhere, which has been identified by many critics as one of the murkiest elements of the u0022extraordinary renditionu0022 saga.u0022u0022 See also: Tu003ca href=u0022http://fcohrdreport.readandcomment.com/human-rights-in-safeguarding-britains-national-security/countering-terrorism/the-detainee-inquiry/u0022u003ehe Detainee Inquiryu003c/au003e (Foreign and Commonwealth Office, link); and u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/uk-detainee-inquiry.pdfu0022u003eJoint Submission the Detainee Inquiry by eight NGOsu003c/au003e (pdf), which notes that: u0022Every effort must be made to seek and secure information regarding torture violations, including from other states and despite their unwillingness to cooperateu0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e12 May 2011: POLAND-USA: u003ca href=u0022http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/imported/poland-faces-torture-charges/71030.aspx?bPrint=1u0022u003ePoland faces torture charges: – Poland accused of complicity in torture by US intelligence operatives of Saudi nationalu003c/au003e (European Voice, link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eRenditions: Italy/Morocco: Britel released from prison following pardon: On 18 April 2011, Abou Elkassim Britel’s wife Khadija Anna Lucia Pighizzini broke the long-awaited news that her husband, an u0022extraordinary renditionu0022 victim who had Italian citizenship and was kidnapped in Pakistan in March 2002, was released from Kenitra prison on 14 April following a pardon granted by the King of Morocco, hopefully putting an end to the family’s ordeal.u003cbr /u003eu003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/%20and%20http:/kassimlibero.splinder.com/u0022u003eFor further news about the Britel caseu003c/au003e u003cbr /u003eu003cbr /u003ePrevious Statewatch coverage: u003cbr /u003e- Italy: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/nov/01italy-abu-omar-britel.htmu0022u003eDocuments sent to European Parliament committee allege other renditions and details of Abu Omar cover-up and the Britel renditionu003c/au003e u003cbr /u003e- u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/de-longhi-britel.htmu0022u003eThe u0022Longhi fileu0022 – collection of documents on the Britel caseu003c/au003e u003cbr /u003e- u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/letter-Britel.pdfu0022u003eEnglish translation of letter to Italian authorities from Britel in prison (January 2007)u003c/au003e u003cbr /u003e- US/Italy: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/news/2007/jun/04rendition-boeing.htmu0022u003eBoeing subsidiary to face lawsuit for servicing CIA rendition flightsu003c/au003e u003cbr /u003e- Renditions: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/news/2007/apr/05britel.htmu0022u003eItaly / Morocco: Italian authorities drag their feet in Britel caseu003c/au003e u003cbr /u003e- Italy/Morocco: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/news/2007/jan/10britel.htmu0022u003eRenditions: Italian and European MPs set to request pardon for Abou Elkassim Britelu003c/au003e u003cbr /u003e- Italy: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/news/2007/nov/08iyaly-britel.htmu0022u003eRenditions: Britel announces hunger strikeu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eEuropean Parliament: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ep-rendition-inquiry-follow-up-prel.pdfu0022u003eMore follow-up needed to secret rendition pracitces says reportu003c/au003e (Press release, pdf): u0022A landmark investigation by the European Parliament in 2007 on the use of European airspace for secret CIA rendition flights has not been properly followed up. That’s the finding of Amnesty International report by Julia Hall and a related report by former UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak. A workshop on human rights on Tuesday (25 January) debated what had been learned from the original report by ex- MEP Claudio Fava.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu003ca href=u0022http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/italy-prevents-trial-intelligence-agents-rendition-abu-omar-2010-12-16u0022u003eItaly prevents trial of intelligence agents over Abu Omar renditionu003c/au003e (AI, link)u003cbr /u003eu003cbr /u003eWikiLeaks cables: u003ca href=u0022http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/17/wikileaks-cables-turkey-rendition-flights/printu0022u003eTurkey let US use airbase for rendition flights -Turkey allowed use of Incirlik airbase as refuelling stop, US embassy cable reveals, after Turkish denials of involvement u003c/au003e(Guardian, links) and u003ca href=u0022http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/us-embassy-cables-documents/67175u0022u003eDocumentu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu003ca href=u0022http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=53702u0022u003eWikileaks: US pressured Spain over CIA rendition and Guantánamo tortureLeaked cables show Spanish officials and prosecutors shared information about investigations into US human rights abusesu003c/au003e (Guardian., link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu003ca href=u0022http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=53702u0022u003eLeaked Cables Cast Light on Bungled CIA Kidnappingu003c/au003e (Inter Press Service, link): u0022the documents reveal that U.S. officials, including the U.S. ambassador, William R. Timken Jr., sharply warned Germany in 2007 not to enforce arrest warrants for Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officers involved in a bungled operation in which an innocent German citizen with the same name as a suspected militant was mistakenly kidnapped and held for months in Afghanistan.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOLAND: CIA detainee gets victim statusu003cbr /u003eu003cbr /u003eWarsaw Appellate Prosecutor granted victim status to Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, a Saudi alleged terror suspect. This enables his claim to demonstrate that he was mistreated by the CIA. Al-Nashiri says he was transported by u0022Guantanamo taxiu0022 to Poland in December 2002 where he was to be held in a secret CIA site in northeast Poland. Representing al-Nashiri, Polish law office Pietrzak u0026amp; Sidor in Warsaw demanded last September investigation in the case of possible abuse of power by Polish public officials in connection with the secret activities of the CIA and prosecution of persons responsible for al-Nashiri’s transfer and detention in Poland. Source: u003ca href=u0022http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_POLAND_CIA_PRISON?SITE=APu0026amp;SECTION=HOMEu0026amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULTu0026amp;CTIME=2010-10-27-03-04-00u0022u003eTerror suspect gets victim status in Polish probeu003c/au003e (AP,link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOLAND: u003ca href=u0022http://euobserver.com/24/30585?print=1u0022u003eFormer Polish leaders could face charges over CIA prisonsu003c/au003e (euobserver, link) u0022Polish prosecutors are considering bringing charges of war crimes against the country’s former prime minister and former president over allegations of secret CIA prisons.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePoland: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/news/2010/jul/08poland-cia.htmu0022u003eFresh evidence regarding CIA rendition flightsu003c/au003e: Warsaw-based Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR) provided fresh evidence of cooperation between the Polish Government and the CIA on renditionsu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eEU: Amnesty International: u003ca href=u0022http://www.amnesty.org.uk/uploads/documents/doc_20299.pdfu0022u003eDangerous deals: Europe’s reliance on u0022diplomatic assurancesu0022 against tortureu003c/au003e (link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eEuropean Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR): u003ca href=u0022http://ecchr.eu/ecchr-publications/articles/publications.html?file=tl_files/Dokumente/ECCHR_Rendition_SecondEdition_online.pdfu0022u003eCIA ‘EXTRAORDINARY RENDITION’ FLIGHTS, TORTURE AND ACCOUNTABILITY: A EUROPEAN APPROACHu003c/au003e (link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eEU-CIA:u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/eu-cia-call-for-action.pdfu0022u003e MEPs and AI reiterate call for action on CIA secret flights and renditionsu003c/au003e (pdf): u0022Amnesty International and MEPs Sarah Ludford (ALDE, UK), Ana Gomes (SD, PT), Raul Romeva (Greens, ES), Willy Meyer (GUE, ES) today called on European institutions and EU Member States to take further action after recent developments involving Europe’s role in the CIA rendition and secret prison programme.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eCIA RENDITION: Polish authorities deny allegations of FOIA campaigners: Poland’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs denied statement of the Warsaw-based Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights and the Open Society Justice Initiative providing u003ca href=u0022http://www.soros.org/initiatives/justice/focus/foi/news/poland-rendition-20100222u0022u003efresh evidenceu003c/au003e of cooperation between the Polish Government and the CIA on Renditions). The Foreign Office spokesman described evidences presented by FOIA campaigners as ‘speculations’ and called for ‘restraint’ until the confidential investigation conducted by the National Prosecution Office was closed. The investigation was launched in August 2008 and, as a prosecutor in charge of the investigation pointed out, ‘it should not be expected to draw quickly near the end’. Since 2006 Polish government officials have consequently claimed that the allegations of their involvement in the secret CIA rendition programme were unfounded. This time such a tough stance is hardly reliable given that proves of at least six CIA rendition flights which landed in Poland in 2003 have come from official flight records made available by the Polish Air Navigation Services Agency (PANSA). Documents: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/poland-cia-flight-records.pdfu0022u003ePolish Air Navigation Services Agency (PANSA) flight logsu003c/au003e; HFHR/OSJI u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/poland-cia-flight-records-explanantion.pdfu0022u003eExplanation of Rendition Flight Records released by the Polish Air Navigation Services Agencyu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu003ca href=u0022http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/22/poland-cia-rendition-flights/printu0022u003ePoland admits role in CIA rendition programme – Warsaw air control service confirms that at least six CIA flights landed at disused military air base in northern Poland in 2003u003c/au003e (Guardian, link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eUK-USA: u003ca href=u0022http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8507852.stmu0022u003eBinyam Mohamed torture appeal lost by UK governmentu003c/au003e (BBC News, link): u0022Binyam Mohamed has been involved in a lengthy legal battle The foreign secretary has lost an Appeal Court bid to stop the disclosure of secret information relating to the alleged torture of a UK resident.u0022 and u003ca href=u0022http://www.reprieve.org.uk/2010_02_10binyam_secrecyu0022u003eBritish Government attempts to change Court of Appeals judgment after losing Binyam Mohamed secrecy caseu003c/au003e (Reprieve, link): u0022In an extraordinary and disturbing development in the Binyam Mohamed case, it emerged that the British Government’s barrister wrote a note to one of the Court of Appeal judges in an attempt to manipulate the draft judgment.u0022 u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/uk-usa-binyam-mohamed-judgment-10-2-01.pdfu0022u003eFull text of court judgmentu003c/au003e (pdf) and u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/uk-usa-binyam-mohamed-judgment-redacted-paras.pdfu0022u003eFull text of censored paragraphsu003c/au003e (pdf)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eITALY-CIA: u003ca href=u0022http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/international/index.ssf?/base/international-24/1265045005274520.xmlu0026amp;storylist=internationalu0022u003eJudge: Italian spies likely knew of CIA kidnapu003c/au003e (link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eGERMANY-CIA: u003ca href=u0022http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0%2C1518%2C671198%2C00.html#ref=nlintu0022u003eExtraordinary Rendition Plot: CIA Had Secret Plan to Kidnap German-Syrian Suspect in Hamburgu003c/au003e (Spiegel Online, link) and u003ca href=u0022http://www.neurope.eu/articles/Germany-will-probe-CIA-murder-and-rendition-plots-on-its-soil/98507.phpu0022u003eGermany will probe CIA murder and rendition plots on its soilu003c/au003e (New Europe, link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e28.1.10: UN: Human Rights Council: Joint study on global practices in relation to secret detention in the context of countering terrorism: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/un-joint-study-secret-detention-summary.pdfu0022u003eExecutive Summaryu003c/au003e (pdf) and u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/un-joint-study-secret-detention-report.pdfu0022u003eFull-reportu003c/au003e (221 pages, pdf)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu003ca href=u0022http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8426028.stmu0022u003eLithuania hosted secret CIA prisonsu003c/au003e (BBC News, link), u003ca href=u0022http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=18555u0022u003eLithuania: Discovery of CIA prisons should prompt further investigationu003c/au003e (Amnesty International, link) and u003ca href=u0022http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ingvQqn5r-QON-EWHpJw860_8vlwD9COGA3O1u0022u003ePanel: Lithuanian security approved CIA prisonsu003c/au003e (AP, link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eEuropean Parliament: Question to the Council and the European Commission from the ALDE (Liberal group): u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ep-cia-rendition-question-to-council-com-alde.pdfu0022u003eNew developments on CIA extraordinary renditions programme and secret prisons on EU soilu003c/au003e (pdf)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eLITHUANIA: u003ca href=u0022http://euobserver.com/13/29029u0022u003eSecret CIA prison revealed in Lithuaniau003c/au003e (euobserver, link) and u003ca href=u0022http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/18/AR2009111803994.htmlu0022u003eLithuania investigates facility that may have been CIA ‘black site’u003c/au003e (Washington Post, link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eCIA-ITALY: u003ca href=u0022http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/04/cia-guilty-rendition-abu-omar/printu0022u003eRendition trial ends with Milan CIA chief given eight yearsu003c/au003e (Guardian, link) Italian court convicts Robert Lady and 23 others in absentia – First prosecution for US abduction of suspects to torture states and u003ca href=u0022http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/exclusive-convicted-cia-spy-broke-law/story?id=8995107u0022u003eEXCLUSIVE: Convicted CIA Spy Says u0022We Broke the Lawu0022u003c/au003e (ABC News, link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu003ca href=u0022http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2009/11/02-8u0022u003eNo Justice for Canadian Rendition Victim Maher Arar: Court Refuses to Hold US Officials Accountable for Complicity in Torture Abroadu003c/au003e (link) See Statewatch’s Observatory: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/rendition/rendition.htmlu0022u003eThe use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisonersu003c/au003e and u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents.htmu0022u003eDocumentsu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eCIA-FLIGHTS-SHANNON: u003ca href=u0022http://www.shannonwatch.org/u0022u003eShannonwatch websiteu003c/au003e (link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e1 November 2009: UK-USA-CIA: u003ca href=u0022http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/article-1224386/Jet-named-torture-flight-report-met-SAS-British-airport.htmlu0022u003eJet named in torture flight report is met by SAS at British airportu003c/au003e (Mail Online, link): u0022A US plane that featured in a European Parliament report into the ‘extraordinary rendition’ of terror suspects was met by two SAS helicopters in a secret operation at one of Britain’s biggest airports. The Gulfstream jet landed at Birmingham International Airport on Friday, October 2, having flown in from an undisclosed location, and was seen by a member of staff being met minutes later by the Special Forces regiment aircraft. Records show that the jet is owned by a subsidiary of L-3 Communications, a multi-billion-dollar defence corporation based in New York, whose clients include several American government departments, among them the Department of Homeland Security.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eITALY-CIA: u003ca href=u0022http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSLU339479u0022u003eItaly seeks jail for US spies in rendition trialu003c/au003e (Reuters, link): u0022An Italian prosecutor called on Wednesday for 26 Americans, all but one believed to be members of the CIA, to be jailed for between 10 and 13 years each for the kidnapping of a terrorism suspect in 2003. Public Prosecutor Armando Spataro also asked a Milan court to sentence four Italians, including the former head of Italy’s Sismi secret service, to up to 13 years in prison for the abduction of Muslim cleric Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePortugal/CIA flights: In-depth report: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/news/2009/aug/02portugal-gomes-cia.htmu0022u003eInvestigation u0022buriesu0022 Portuguese role in Guantánamo flightsu003c/au003e: On 6 July 2009, Socialist party MEP Ana Gomes criticised the investigation into flights to Guantánamo and rendition flights that passed through Portugal, in response to the case being shelved on 29 May 2009 because u0022no unlawful practices of a criminal natureu0022 were carried out in the u0022national territoryu0022. Gomes claimed that the investigation appeared to have the u0022political objective of burying the issue of Portugal’s role in the CIA flightsu0022 and filed a complaint requesting that judicial investigations continue and new verifications which had u0022inexplicablyu0022 not yet taken place be conducted into the CIA flights to Guantánamo.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eUK: Report by the parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/uk-jhrc-torture-report.pdfu0022u003eAllegations of UK Complicity in Tortureu003c/au003e (140 pages, pdf):u003cbr /u003eu003cbr /u003eu0022Complicity in torture is a direct breach of the UK’s international human rights obligations. In our view, complicity in torture exists where a state:u003cbr /u003e- asks a foreign intelligence service known to use torture to detain and question an individualu003cbr /u003e- provides information to a foreign intelligence service known to use torture, enabling that intelligence service to apprehend an individualu003cbr /u003e- gives questions to a foreign intelligence service to put to a detainee who has been, is being or is likely to be torturedu003cbr /u003e- sends interrogators to question a detainee who is known to have been tortured by those detaining and interrogating himu003cbr /u003e- has intelligence personnel present at an interview with a detainee in a place where he is being, or might have been torturedu003cbr /u003e- systematically receives information known or thought likely to have been obtained from detainees subjected to torture.u0022u003cbr /u003eSee: u003ca href=u0022http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/aug/04/mps-government-inquiry-torture-complicity/printu0022u003eMPs and peers call for inquiry into tortureu003c/au003e (Guardian, link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eUK-TORTURE: u003ca href=u0022http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/jun/18/mi5-terrorism-torture-policy-blair/printu0022u003eHow UK’s torture policy was traced back up political ladder• MI5 officer’s testimony led to police investigation – Report shows Blair knew of interrogation guidelinesu003c/au003e (Guardian, link) and Tony Blair knew of secret policy on terror interrogationsLetter reveals former PM was aware of guidance to UK agents (link). See too: u003ca href=u0022http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/jun/19/torture-policy-investigation/printu0022u003eBreaking the rules on tortureThe details of the government’s post-9/11 torture policy are shocking. A full investigation must be carried outu003c/au003e (Guardian, link) by Clive Stafford Smith, Reprieve. Backround: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/uk-mi5-toture-intel-cttee-rep.pdfu0022u003eIntelligence and Security Committee: The Handling of Detainees by UK Intelligence Personnel in Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay and Iraqu003c/au003e (2005, pdf)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eSWEDEN-CIA FLIGHTS: u003ca href=u0022http://www.thelocal.se/19050/20090424/u0022u003eSweden spied on CIA ‘terror flights’: reportu003c/au003e (The Local, link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePOLAND-CIA: u003ca href=u0022http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0%2C1518%2C621450%2C00.htmlu0022u003eNew Evidence of Torture Prison in Polandu003c/au003e (Spiegel Online, link) and u003ca href=u0022http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=46659u0022u003eUncovering the Veil Over ‘CIA Prison’u003c/au003e (Interpress, link) u0022An official investigation shows that it is more and more likely that a CIA prison existed in Poland at the height of the u0022war on terroru0022.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eUSA: u003ca href=u0022http://www.aclu.org/safefree/rendition/39489prs20090428.htmlu0022u003eGovernment Cannot Claim State Secrets To Deny Torture Victims Day In Courtu003c/au003e (ACLU, link) NEW YORK – A federal appeals court today ruled that a landmark American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit against Boeing subsidiary Jeppesen DataPlan Inc. for its role in the Bush administration’s unlawful extraordinary rendition program can go forward.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eCIA-USA: u003ca href=u0022http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8006597.stmu0022u003eCIA torture exemption ‘illegal’u003c/au003e (BBC News, link): u0022US President Barack Obama’s decision not to prosecute CIA agents who used torture tactics is a violation of international law, a UN expert says. The UN special rapporteur on torture, Manfred Nowak, says the US is bound under the UN Convention against Torture to prosecute those who engage in it.u0022 u003ca href=u0022http://www.aclu.org/safefree/general/olc_memos.htmlu0022u003eAbuse of Power: The Bush Administration’s Secret Legal Memosu003c/au003e (link to ACLU), u003ca href=u0022http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8003537.stmu0022u003eObama exempts CIA ‘torture’ staffu003c/au003e (BBC News, link) and u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/news/2009/apr/02usa-torture-memos-aclu.htmu0022u003eACLU statementu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eCIA: RENDITION: After repeated denials: u003ca href=u0022http://euobserver.com/9/27946u0022u003ePolish media uncover evidence of CIA prisonu003c/au003e (euobserver, link): u0022Journalists from Polish TV station TVP and daily newspaper Rzeczpospolita say they have obtained new evidence that Poland ran a secret CIA prison used for extra-judicial extradition of terrorism suspects.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eITALY-CIA: u003ca href=u0022http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/12/cia-kidnaps-terrorism-suspect-trial/printu0022u003eJudges deal blow to CIA ‘kidnap’ trialu003c/au003e (Guardian, link, 12.3.09): u0022A trial in which 25 CIA agents are accused of kidnapping a terrorism suspect ran into serious difficulties last night when Italy’s constitutional court upheld key objections raised by the Italian government.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eEP-CIA: 19 February: European Parliament plenary session: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/ep-cia-resolution.pdfu0022u003eExtraordinary rendtiion: EU Member States also responsible say MEPsu003c/au003e (Press release, pdf): Resolution adopted with minor amendments by 334 votes in favour, 247 against and 86 abstentions. Resolution tabled by the ALDE (Liberal group), PSE (Socialist group) Verts (Green group and GUE (United Left): u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/ep-res-alleged-use-of-eu-cia.pdfu0022u003eOn the Alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisonersu003c/au003e (pdf)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eUK-CIA: u003ca href=u0022http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/feb/18/binyam-mohamed-mi5-detention/printu0022u003eMI5 fed questions to CIA for interrogationu003c/au003e (Guardian, link) and u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/uk-ag-letter-to-jhrc-binyam-case.pdfu0022u003eLetter from Attorney-General to Chair of Joint Human Rights Committeeu003c/au003e (pdf). See also: u003ca href=u0022http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/16/pakistan-torture-mi5-agent-binyam/printu0022u003eWhitehall devised torture policy for terror detainees – MI5 interrogations in Pakistan agreed by lawyers and governmentu003c/au003e (Guardian, link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eEP-CIA: Resolution tabled by the ALDE (Liberal group): u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/ep-alde-res-alleged-use-of-eu-cia.pdfu0022u003eOn the Alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisonersu003c/au003e (pdf)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eUSA-TORTURE: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-detainees-torture.pdfu0022u003eSenate Armed Services Committee Inquiry into the treatment of detainees in US Custodyu003c/au003e (pdf)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e10 December 2008: Renditions/Italy: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/news/2008/dec/08italy-abu-omar-trial.htmu0022u003eInterpretation of u0022state secretu0022 leads to suspension of Abu Omar trialu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e4 December 2008: Renditions/Spain: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/news/2008/dec/04spain-rendition.htmu0022u003eDamning evidence surfaces of Aznar government collusion in Guantánamo flightsu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eEuropean Parliament-CIA: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ep-alde-question-cia-com.pdfu0022u003eQuestion to the Commission by the ALDE groupu003c/au003e (Liberal) (pdf)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eUSA: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU): u003ca href=u0022http://www.aclu.org/safefree/torture/37805prs20081118.htmlu0022u003eDocuments Reveal U.S. Knowingly Transfers Detainees To Countries That Tortureu003c/au003e (link) u003ca href=u0022http://www.aclu.org/safefree/torture/37794res20081118.htmlu0022u003eThe documents obtained by the ACLU and Columbia Law School Human Rights Clinicu003c/au003e (link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eUK: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/uk-raissi-prel.pdfu0022u003eMohamed Raissi falsely imprisonedu003c/au003e (Press release, pdf) and u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/uk-raissi-judgment.pdfu0022u003eFull-text of Court Judgmentu003c/au003e (pdf):u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu0022Today the Court of Appeal delivered its judgment confirming that Mohamed Raissi was falsely imprisoned by officers of the Metropolitan Police when they arrested and detained him at Paddington Green Police Station on 21 September 2001. u003cbr /u003eMohamed Raissi is the brother of Lotfi Raissi who was wrongly accused of training the 9/11 hijackers. The Court of Appeal confirmed in February this year that Lotfi was “completely exonerated” in a strongly worded judgement that was critical of the part played by the Crown Prosecution Service and the Metropolitan Police in the failed attempt to extradite him.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePORTUGAL-CIA FLIGHTS: Jornal de Notícias, Portugal, 9.10.08. Secret CIA flights: Along with other European countries, Portugal granted fly-over rights in the past for CIA planes carrying presumed Islamic terrorists. Portuguese Foreign Minister Luís Amado explained yesterday that if Portugal’s government has not made a statement on the matter, it was to avoid prejudicing EU Commission President José Manuel Barroso, who was Portuguese prime minister at the time. Jornal de Notícias critices this position: u0022Luís Amado is entirely right, Barroso should be spared inconvenience. He is an important man in the EU, and we are always proud when one of our emigrants is successful. … As citizens, however, we have the right to know whether our government was aware at least of this one flight between Guantánamo and Cairo with a stop-over at the Portuguese military base [on the Azores Islands]. … We have the right to know if the government authorised these flights or not, and if so under what conditions.u0022 See also: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/eu-cia-portugal-reprieve.pdfu0022u003eREPRIEVE submission to Portuguese Inquiry into rendition, 2 April 2008u003c/au003e (pdf)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eSWEDEN: Ahmed Agiza u0022renderedu0022 by US agents from Sweden – although still in prison in Egypt – to get compensation. Ahmed Agiza, one of the two Egyptians who was u0022renderedu0022 from Bromma airport by US agents, with the assistance by the Swedish secret service (security police) to Egypt, and there tortured and sentenced to 25 years (later changed to 15 years) prison, is to get approximately 330,000 euro in damages from the Swedish state. He is still in prison, and had demanded 35.000.000 Swedish crowns (about 4.000.000 euro) in damages, but now the Chancellor of Justice has come to an agreement with his lawyer to accept 330.000 euro.u003cbr /u003eu003cbr /u003eThe decision to allow the rendition was taken by Anna Lindh (at the time Minister for Foreign Affairs, later assassinated) and Thomas Bodstram (Minister of Justice) and led to Sweden being criticised by the u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/sweden-UN-decision-M-Alzery.pdfu0022u003eUN Committee against tortureu003c/au003e (pdf). The head of the Security Service (SS) at the time, Klaes Bergenstrand (who was involved in the Leander case, where he together with Hans Corell produced statements that later forced the Government to give a public apology and Leander appr 45.000 € in tax free damages) died a couple of years ago. Background: 1. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/news/2004/may/12sweden.htmu0022u003eSweden: Expulsions carried out by US agents, men tortured in Egyptu003c/au003e; 2. Full-transcript of u0022The broken promiseu0022, TV4, Monday 17 May 2004: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Sweden.pdfu0022u003eTranscript u003c/au003e(pdf); 3. Ambassador’s report: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Ambassadrapport.pdfu0022u003eReportu003c/au003e (in Swedish, 1.32 MB) which includes the following: TV4:s translation of Embassy report 1, classified part on Page 2: 23 January 2002u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eUK: MI5 criticised for role in case of torture, rendition and secrecy (Guardian, link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eUK-USA-RENDITION: Reprieve Press Release: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/uk-usa-reprieve-rendition.pdfu0022u003eAs New Evidence Emerges that ‘War on Terror’ Prisoners were Held on Diego Garcia, Reprieve Demands Immediate Action from the British Governmentu003c/au003e (pdf)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eUSA: RENDITION-TORTURE-US ASSURANCES: Report from the UK House of Commons foreign Affairs Committee: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/uk-hr-fac-cia.pdfu0022u003eHuman Rights Annual Report 2007u003c/au003e (pdf). It includes the following Conclusions:u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu0022We conclude that, given the clear differences in definition, the UK can no longer rely on US assurances that it does not use torture, and we recommend that theu003cbr /u003eGovernment does not rely on such assurances in the future.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu0022We conclude that it is extremely important that the veracity of allegations that the Government has “outsourced” interrogation techniques involving the torture of British nationals by Pakistani author authorities should be ities investigated.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu0022We conclude that the Government has a moral and legal obligation to ensure that flights that enter UK airspace or land at UK airports are not pa part of the “renditionu003cbr /u003ert circuit”, even if they do not have a detainee on board during the time they are in UK territory. We recommend that the Government should immediately raise questions about such flights with the US authorities in order to ascertain the full scale of the rendition problem, and inform the Committee of the replies it rece receives in its response ives to this Report.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eCouncil of Europe: New book: u003ca href=u0022http://book.coe.int/EN/ficheouvrage.php?PAGEID=36u0026amp;lang=ENu0026amp;produit_aliasid=2323u0022u003eCIA above the law? Secret detentions and unlawful inter-state transfers of detainees in Europeu003c/au003e (300 pages, link to ordering page, hard-copy 23 euro, pdf 8 euro)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eMASRI-UN-MACEDONIA: The UN Committee against Torture (CAT) and the Human Rights Committee (HRC) have advised the Macedonia government to undertake a new and thorough investigation into the abduction and ill-treatment of Mr Khaled El-Masri when held by CIA agents in secret detention:u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e- u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/un-hrc-masri-macedonia.pdfu0022u003eHRC reportu003c/au003e (pdf)u003cbr /u003e- u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/un-cat-masri-macedonia-may-2008.pdfu0022u003eCAT report, 21 May 2008u003c/au003e (pdf)u003cbr /u003e- u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/un-cat-masri-macedonia-2-may-2008.pdfu0022u003eCAT report, 20 May 2008u003c/au003e (pdf)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu003ca href=u0022http://euobserver.com/9/26389u0022u003eEU countries obstructing investigations into CIA renditions, report saysu003c/au003e (euobserver, link) u0022The u0022most importantu0022 of the CIA’s secret detention prisons, or ‘black sites’, in the years immediately following the 11 September attacks was situated in Szymany, some 160km north of Warsaw, according to officers with the US intelligence service. In a weekend article in the New York Times newspaper, unnamed CIA officers tell of one of the presumed dozens of sites, hitherto vehemently denied by the Polish government as having been located within the country.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eCIA-RENDITION: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/masri-rendition-ecchr.pdfu0022u003eRights groups demand investigation of CIA’s Extraordinary Rendition Program: Lawsuits against Germany, US and Macedonia seek justice for Khaled El Masriu003c/au003e (pdf)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu0022The European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR), Berlin, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and the Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJI), both based in New York, met today in Berlin with lawyers from Germany, Macedonia and the United Kingdom to discuss the latest developments in the CIA rendition case of German citizen Khaled El Masri.u003cbr /u003eu003cbr /u003eECCHR filed today a lawsuit against the German Government at the Berlin administration court for its failure to demand the extradition of 13 CIA agents suspected of having illegally “rendered” Mr. El Masri from Macedonia to a US prison in Kabul, Afghanistan.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu003ca href=u0022http://euobserver.com/9/25851/?print=1u0022u003eEU capitals ignore Brussels’ questions about rendition flightsu003c/au003e (euobserver, link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eItaly: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/news/2008/mar/06italy-abu-omar.htmu0022u003eAbu Omar trial to go ahead as government is accused of u0022disloyaltyu0022u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eUSA-UK: u003ca href=u0022http://useu.usmission.gov/Dossiers/Data_Privacy/Feb1108_Chertoff_Smith.aspu0022u003eHomeland Security’s Chertoff, Britain’s Interior Minister Discuss Travel Security Issuesu003c/au003e (US Mission in the EU, link) Mr Chertoff was asked about reported US demands that it will require passenger details for all flights from the EU over-flying the USA. His response is interesting in the context of the difficulties faced by the European Parliament and the Council of Europe requesting information from EU governments on over-flying CIA flights: u0022Under the Chicago Convention, which I think goes back almost 50 years, anybody who wants to come into the airspace of a country has to submit to the rules and regulations of the country whose airspace they’re entering, whether it’s to land or to overfly. We generally require, and will require, under a program called Secure Flight: name, passport number, and maybe one or two other items of information from the manifest of anybody who is going to overfly the United States – and that’s pursuant to this international arrangement.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eUK-RENDITION FLIGHTS: Reprieve report: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/uk-usa-reprieve-submission-FASC.pdfu0022u003eEnforced disappearance, illegal interstate transfer and other human rights abuses involving the UK Overseas Territoriesu003c/au003e (pdf) u003ca href=u0022http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7256587.stmu0022u003eUK apology over rendition flightsu003c/au003e (BBC, link) u0022David Miliband has admitted two US u0022extraordinary renditionu0022 flights landed on UK territory in 2002. In a statement to MPs the foreign secretary said in both cases, US planes stopped on the UK dependent territory of Diego Garcia to refuel.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eRENDITIONS- Background: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/news/2008/feb/02reprieve-rendition-portugal.htmu0022u003ePortugal: Over 700 prisoners flown to Guantánamo through Portuguese airspaceu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eREPRIEVE: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/reprieve-journey-of-death-guantanamo-portugal.pdfu0022u003eThe “Journey of death” – Over 700 prisoners illegally rendered to Guantanamo with the help of Portugalu003c/au003e (pdf) u0022Reprieve can now conclusively show that the Portuguese territory and airspace has been used to transfer over 700 prisoners to torture and illegal imprisonment in Guantanamo Bay.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu003ca href=u0022http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=22991u0022u003eInterview with the Wife of Abou Elkassim Britelu003c/au003e (Cageprisoners, link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e23 January 2008: CoE-TERRORIST LISTS: u003ca href=u0022https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?id=1237597u0026amp;Site=DCu0026amp;BackColorInternet=F5CA75u0026amp;BackColorIntranet=F5CA75u0026amp;BackColorLogged=A9BACEu0022u003ePACE demands review of UN and EU blacklisting procedures for terrorist suspects, which ‘violate human rights’u003c/au003e (press release, link). See below for Marty report and recommendations.US-CIA: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/cia-detention-sites.pdfu0022u003eDetention sitesu003c/au003e (press release) u003ca href=u0022http://www.chrgj.org/projects/docs/survivingthedarkness.pdf%20u0022u003eFull-text of reportu003c/au003e (link, pdf)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eItaly: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/news/2007/nov/08iyaly-britel.htmu0022u003eRenditions: Britel announces hunger strikeu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e11 December 2007: CIA RENDITION-IRISH HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION report: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ihrc-rendition-report-prel.pdfu0022u003eu0022Extraordinary renditionu0022 inspection and monitoring regime must be established as a matter of urgency: Diplomatic assurances not enough says Irish Human Rights Commissionu003c/au003e (Press release, 11 December 2007, pdf). u003ca href=u0022http://www.ihrc.ie/_fileupload/publications/IHRC_Rendition_Report.pdfu0022u003eThe full text of the IHRC Reportu003c/au003e (20 MB, link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu0022The report concludes that diplomatic assurances received from the US Government are not sufficient for Ireland to satisfy its human rights obligations with regard to the issue of ‘extraordinary rendition’ flights passing through Irish territory.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eThe Commission recommends that an effective inspection regime be put in place to ensure that no foreign aircraft which might be suspected of involvement in the illegal practice of ‘extraordinary rendition’ may land and refuel in Ireland. An effective inspection regime will ensure that no prisoners are transited through the State en route to a situation of torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eCOUNCIL OF EUROPE: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/coe-marty-terr-list.pdfu0022u003eProcedures for blacklisting individuals suspected of terrorist links are unworthy of the UN Security Council and EUu003c/au003e (12 November 2007, full-text of report, pdf) says PACE. The Legal Affairs Committee of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), which today approved a report by Dick Marty (Switzerland, ALDE). These procedures, which are u0022unworthyu0022 of the UN and EU, must urgently be overhauled to make them fairer. Earlier report by Marty: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/coe-marty-terr-lists-march-07.pdfu0022u003eUN Security Council black listsu003c/au003e (March 2007, pdf)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu003ca href=u0022http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0%2C%2C331014323-117700%2C00.htmlu0022u003eClaims of secret CIA jail for terror suspects on British island to be investigatedu003c/au003e – Legal charity urges action on Diego Garcia claims · Prisoners may have been held in ships off coast (Guardian, link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eCouncil of Europe’s Anti-Torture Committee denounces secret detention: u0022Strasbourg, 14.09.2007 – In its 17th General Report published today, the CPT denounces secret detention, an illegal practice that has been resorted to in particular in the context of the fight against terrorism. Secret detention amounts in itself to ill-treatment and – due to the removal of fundamental safeguards which it entails – inevitably heightens the risk of resort to other forms of ill-treatment. Responding to reports that certain secret detention facilities were located in European countries, the CPT invites anyone who is in possession of information concerning such facilities to bring it to the attention of the Committee.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eThe CPT also comments on the related issue of extra-judicial transfers from one country to another, so-called u0022renditionsu0022. The Committee is particularly concerned by the practice of rendition for the purposes of detention and interrogation outside the normal criminal justice system. u0022Operations of this kind inevitably involve a risk of ill-treatment for the person concerned that no ‘assurances’ can ever fully remove; it follows that the authorities of Parties (to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture) should never offer assistance in the context of such operationsu0022. (CoE, press release)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/coe-cpt-detention-report.pdfu0022u003eFull-text of General Reportu003c/au003e (pdf)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eAugust 2007: SCOTLAND-RENDITION: Report from Reprieve: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/scotland-reprieve-report-involvement.pdfu0022u003eScottish involvement in extraordinary renditionu003c/au003e (pdf)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eDick Marty submission to the US Supreme Court where he presents argumnet concerning the kidnapping of German citizen Khaled El-Masri by the CIA: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/eu-marty-usa.pdfu0022u003eMarty submissionu003c/au003e (pdf)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eEuropean Parliament inquiry (TDIP) on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners – documents and reports – and follow-up u003cbr /u003eu003cbr /u003e25 July 2007: UK-USA RENDITION: Damning report from the parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/uk-intel-sec-cttee-rendition.pdfu0022u003eUK agencies and Renditionu003c/au003e (pdf) u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/uk-intel-sec-cttee-rendition-prel.pdfu0022u003eCommittee press releaseu003c/au003e (pdf) u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/uk-intel-sec-cttee-rendition-gov-resp.pdfu0022u003eGovernment’s response to the reportu003c/au003e (pdf)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e- in the case of Bisher al-Rawi and Jamil el-Banna where UK agencies provided evidence to the USA with the caveat u0022speicifcally prohibiting any action being taken – this was disregarded by the USA and Bisher al-Rawi and Jamil el-Banna triggered their arrest and u0022Rendition to Detentionu0022. Moreover, the Security Service failed to tell Ministers about their relationship with Bisher al-Rawi and that it: u0022took *** years, and a court case, to bring it to their attentionu0022 u003cbr /u003eu003cbr /u003e- the SIS (MI6) and Security Service (MI5) were u0022slowu0022 to appreciate the u0022change in US rendition policyu0022: u0022the Agencies should have detected the emerging pattern of renditions sooner and used greater caution in working with the U.S. at an earlier stage.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e- u0022in fighting international terrorism it is clear that the U.S. will take whatever action it deems is necessary, within U.S. law, to protect its national security.u003cbr /u003eAlthough the U.S. may take note of UK protests and concerns, it does not appear materially to affect their strategyu0022u003cbr /u003eu003cbr /u003e- the Committee had difficulties in a number of areas getting information: GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters, which runs – with NSA – a global communications surveillance system) passed intelligence to the US National Security Agency (NSA) which could have passed it to the CIA. The Committee simply had to accept that the GCHQ-NSA agreement that this required u0022explicit permissionu0022 actually worked. Similarly u0022General Aviation Reportsu0022 on flight plans u0022appears to be systematically flawedu0022 so complete data on flights was not available. u003cbr /u003eu003cbr /u003e- the Committee recommends that despite u0022caveats and assurancesu0022 any future requests which could lead to rendition should be referred to Ministers for approval.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eCoE: u003ca href=u0022https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?Ref=PR453(2007)u0026amp;Language=lanEnglishu0026amp;Ver=originalu0026amp;BackColorInternet=F5CA75u0026amp;BackColorIntranet=F5CA75u0026amp;BackColorLogged=FDC864u0026amp;ShowBanner=nou0026amp;Target=_selfu0022u003eCIA secret detentions in Europe: PACE urges oversight of military and foreign intelligence servicesu003c/au003e (CoE, link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eCouncil of Europe: Clandestine CIA operations authorised through NATO including those in Poland and Romania: u003ca href=u0022http://assembly.coe.int/ASP/APFeaturesManager/defaultArtSiteView.asp?ID=684u0022u003eSecret detentions and illegal transfers of detainees involving Council of Europe member states: Second reportu003c/au003e (link to press release). u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/coe-rendition-second-marty-report.pdfu0022u003eSecret detentions and illegal transfers of detainees involving CoE members: second report by Dick Martyu003c/au003e (full-text, pdf) and – u003ca href=u0022http://assembly.coe.int/CommitteeDocs/2007/EMarty_20070608_Appendix-1_Low_Res.jpgu0022u003eDisguised CIA flights to Polandu003c/au003e (link to graph); – u003ca href=u0022http://assembly.coe.int/CommitteeDocs/2007/EMarty_20070608_Appendix-2_Low_res.jpgu0022u003eThe u0022secure zoneu0022 for CIA transfers and secret detentions in Romaniau003c/au003e (link); – u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/coe-rendition-masri.pdfu0022u003eFlight logs related to the secret u0022homeward renditionu0022 of Khaled El-Masri in May 2004u003c/au003e (pdf); – u003ca href=u0022http://assembly.coe.int/ASP/APFeaturesManager/defaultArtSiteView.asp?ID=362u0022u003eThe investigation into secret detentions in Europe: a chronologyu003c/au003e (link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eUS-DISAPPEARED-DETAINEES: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/us-disappeared-prel.pdfu0022u003eLeading Human Rights Groups Name 39 CIA “Disappeared” Detainees u0026amp; Three Groups File Lawsuit Seeking Information about “Ghost” Detentionu003c/au003e (press release) u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/us-disappeared.pdfu0022u003eBriefing: Off the record: US responsibility for enforced disappearances in the u0022war on terroru0022u003c/au003e, full-text with names (pdf)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eIn the most comprehensive accounting to date, six leading human rights organisations today published a briefing paper revealing the names and details of 39 people who are believed to have been held in secret US custody and whose current whereabouts remain unknown.u003cbr /u003eu003cbr /u003eThe list – drafted by Amnesty International, Cageprisoners, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at New York University School of Law, Human Rights Watch, and Reprieve – provides new names of missing detainees, new information about those known to be disappeared, and names relatives of suspects who were themselves detained in secret prisons, including children as young as seven.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eUS: u003ca href=u0022http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0%2C%2C329968101-108958%2C00.htmlu0022u003eFirm to be sued over ‘torture flights’ u003c/au003e(Guardian, link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePoland: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/un-cat-poland-may-2007.pdfu0022u003eUN Committee against torture – report on Polandu003c/au003e (pdf)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eEP-USA-CIA: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ep-cia-usa.pdfu0022u003ePress release from the European Parliament on the delegation to the USAu003c/au003e (pdf)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e15.4.07: Renditions: Italy / Morocco: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/news/2007/apr/05britel.htmu0022u003eItalian authorities drag their feet in Britel caseu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eITALY-CIA-RENDITION: u003ca href=u0022http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/16/europe/EU-GEN-Italy-CIA-Kidnap.phpu0022u003eAmericans and Italians are indicted in CIA kidnapping caseu003c/au003e (International Herald Tribune, link) MILAN, Italy: An Italian judge on Friday indicted 26 Americans and five Italians for what will be the first criminal trial over the CIA’s extraordinary rendition program. The judge set a trial date for June 8. Prosecutors allege that five Italian intelligence officials worked with the Americans – almost all CIA agents – to abduct terror suspect Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr from a Milan street on Feb. 17, 2003.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eUPDATE: EP: The European Parliament has adopted (14 February 2007) a highly critical report on CIA renditions and detentions and on the activities of a number of EU governments including the UK, Austria, Italy, Poland and Portugal. The report: u0022gives detailed evidence of investigations of illegal rendition or CIA flight cases involving Germany, Sweden, Spain, Ireland, Greece, Cyprus, Denmark, Turkey, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Bosnia and Romania.u0022 u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ep-resolution-on20rendition-and-detention.pdfu0022u003eFull-text of the European Parliament Resolution adopted on 14 February 2007 on CIA rendition and detentionu003c/au003e (pdf) u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ep-cia-report-prel.pdfu0022u003ePress release on the CIA rendition debate and amendments agreed u003c/au003e(pdf). Excellent summary in Working Document no 9 of the key evidence (eg: cases and flights) gathered on Italy, UK, Germany, Sweden, Austria, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Greece, Macedonia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Romania and Poland to back up the Resolution above: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ep-rendition-and-detention-wd-no-9.pdfu0022u003eEvidence gathered on key EU states – CIA rendition and detentionu003c/au003e (pdf) This should be read in conjunction with: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/working-doc-no-7-nov-06.pdfu0022u003eWorking Document no 7u003c/au003e (extraordinary renditions) and u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/working-doc-no-8-nov-06.pdfu0022u003eWorking Document no 8u003c/au003e: Companies working for the CIA and stop-overs in the EU. Tony Bunyan, Statewatch editor, comments: u0022The European Parliament’s committee of inquiry has done a great public service in gathering evidence to show not just the extent of CIA renditions through and abductions in the EU but also the collusion – by u0022turning a blind eyeu0022 – of EU governments. This have been achieved with little or no help from the other EU institutions (European Commission and the Council of the European Union).u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eUSA, UK, Germany, Spain and Italy have refused to sign up to the UN Convention on banning disappearences and secret detention. Fifty-seven countries joined at the treaty signing in Paris on 6 February 2007. The Covention was adopted by the general assembly on 20 December 2006 and becomes operational when a minimum of 20 states have ratified it. The International Convention for the Protection of All Persons and Enforced Disappearance places an u0022absolute banu0022 on on secret detentions, provides for tracing the whereabouts of the u0022disappearedu0022 and for the right of reparation. France led the initiative for the Convention and its officials estimated that 51,000 people have been disappeared by governments in over 90 countires since 1980. u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/un-disappearances-convention.pdfu0022u003eInternational Convention for the Rptection of All Persons and Enforced Disappearance – full-textu003c/au003e (pdf) u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/un-disappearances-prel.pdfu0022u003eUN press releaseu003c/au003e (pdf) u003ca href=u0022http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/feb2007/rend-f09_prn.shtmlu0022u003eUS refuses to sign UN ban on renditions and secret detentionu003c/au003e (World Socialist Website, link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eItaly: Renditions: Abu Omar freed in Egypt: Rendition victim Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr, aka Abu Omar, was released on 11 February 2007 from Tora high security prison in the outskirts of Cairo. He was kidnapped on 17 February 2003 in Milan, in a case that has resulted in arrest warrants being issued against 13 CIA officers and charges being brought against Nicolò Pollari, the head of the Italian military secret service (SISMI), and other high-level SISMI officials. Abu Omar’s Egyptian lawyer noted that the depression that he had experienced in prison had led to three suicide attempts, and his wife, Nabila, expressed her happiness while noting that u0022He is happy but tired… the prison and torture have deeply marked him. They have changed himu0022. (Repubblica, 12.2.2007).u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePortugal: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/news/2007/feb/03cia-portugal.htmu0022u003eRenditions: Judicial investigation into CIA flights beginsu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eGERMANY-CIA RENDITION: A German court in Munich has issued arrest warrants for 13 CIA agents involved in the kidnapping and rendition of Khaled al-Masri who was abducted in 2003 in Macedonia, flown to a secret prison in Afghanistan and tortured: u003ca href=u0022http://www.spiegel.de/international/0%2C1518%2C463385%2C00.htmlu0022u003eSpeigel Onlineu003c/au003e (link) and u003ca href=u0022http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6316369.stmu0022u003eBBC Newsu003c/au003e (link).u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eITALY-CIA: Italian judge issues arrest warrants for 13 CIA agents involved in the kidnapping and rendition of Abu Omar to Egypt where he was tortured: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/milan-tribunal-19-us-citizens-sought.pdfu0022u003eAbu Omar: Evidence as presented to the courtsu003c/au003e (pdf, 210 pages) See also u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents.htmu0022u003eStatewatch’s Observatory on CIA renditions and detentionu003c/au003e (documents) and u003ca href=u0022http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0%2C%2C5223978-111093%2C00.htmlu0022u003eCIA team wanted over Milan ‘kidnap’u003c/au003e (Guardian, link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eEuropean Parliament inquiry into CIA rendition and detention: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ep-cia-rendition-cttee-report.pdfu0022u003eInquiry report as adopted by the Committee on Civil Liberties u003c/au003e(pdf). The report now goes to the plenary session. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/news/2007/jan/09ep-cia-report.htmu0022u003ePress release on committee reportu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eJanuary 2007: EU-CIA-RENDITION: u003ca href=u0022http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0%2C%2C329675566-103690%2C00.htmlu0022u003eDeep in Le Carré country, the remote Polish airport at heart of CIA flights row – Former director tells how planes were met by vehicles from nearby military baseu003c/au003e(Guardian, link) Confirmation that Szymany airport was used extensively for CIA rendition flights.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePortugal: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/dec/01cia-portugal.htmu0022u003eCIA renditions: Authorities accused of not cooperating with EP committee as details surface of more Guántanamo flightsu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eEU-CIA Inquiry: Furious exchange of letters between u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/eu-ep-cia-solana-to-ep-letter-dec-06.pdfu0022u003eMr Solana (Council of the European Union)u003c/au003e and the u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/eu-ep-cia-borrell-council-letter-dec-06.pdfu0022u003eEuropean Parliament’s Inquiry chairu003c/au003e (French) and u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/coelho-letter-en.pdfu0022u003eStatewatch translationu003c/au003e (English, pdf)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/unit%E0-article-IT-FR-EN.pdfu0022u003eReport in Unita newspaper: Secret CIA flights, lo and behold, the secret papersu003c/au003e (pdf)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eSweden: UN Human Rights Committee finds that Sweden broke the international prohibition against torture. The case concerned the rendition of two Egyptians from Sweden 2001 by undercover US and Egyptian agents. The UN Committee also states that the treatment of the two men on Swedish soil (Bromma Airport in Sweden) in connection with the rendition was a breach of the ban on torture and inhuman treatment: Full text of: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/sweden-UN-decision-M-Alzery.pdfu0022u003eUN Human Rights Committee Decision, 6 November 2006u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eLatest documents added include:u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eCorrespondence between the Irish Human Rights Commission and the Irish government (4 documents): u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents.htmu0022u003eDocuments submitted – full-textu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/draft-final-report.pdfu0022u003eDraft report of the year-long inquiry u003c/au003e(pdf)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eTwo substantive working documents of inquiry: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/working-doc-no-7-nov-06.pdfu0022u003eOn extraordinary renditionu003c/au003e (Working documents no 7, including details of cases considered) and u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/working-doc-no-8-nov-06.pdfu0022u003eOn the companies linked to the CIA, aircraft used by the CIA and the European countries in which CIA aircraft have made stopoversu003c/au003e (Working document no 8, 64 pages) See for full background and documentation: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/rendition/rendition.htmlu0022u003eStatewatch’s Observatory on CIA renditionu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/14-detainees.pdfu0022u003eCNN: Fourteen al Qaeda prisoners in CIA custody have been transferred to the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for trial before a military tribunal: rundown of the 14 suspected operativesu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/abc-poland.pdfu0022u003eABC News on those detained and sbjected to u0022enhancedu0022 interrogation techniquesu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/reprieve-germany.pdfu0022u003eReport by Reprieve on Germanyu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/de-longhi-britel.htmu0022u003eThe u0022de longhiu0022 file on the Britel caseu003c/au003e (37 documents plus 2 notes) Explanatory analysis: Italy: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/nov/01italy-abu-omar-britel.htmu0022u003eDocuments sent to European Parliament committee on renditions allege other renditions and details of Abu Omar cover-up and the Britel renditionu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eNews:u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eEU-CIA-Inquiry: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/prel-kurnaz-22-11-2006.pdfu0022u003eFormer Guantanamo detainee meets MEPs investigating CIA renditionsu003c/au003e (European Parliament press release). u0022When Murat Kurnaz – a German resident of Turkish origin – travelled to Pakistan in late 2001 to u0022find himself and deepen his faithu0022, he told MEPs on Wednesday, he was arrested by the Pakistani police. u0022They caught me and sold me to the Americans for 3,000 or 5,000 dollars,u0022 he said. Mr Kurnaz was transferred to a prison in Afghanistan and later flown to Guantanamo, where he remained until August this year when he was released without charge.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eItaly: u003ca href=u0022http://www.repubblica.it/2006/11/sezioni/cronaca/sismi-mancini-7/nomine-servizi/nomine-servizi.htmlu0022u003eSISMI (Defence Ministry) Pollari leaves, Bruno Branciforte appointedu003c/au003e (link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eCIA-Rendition: European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission) u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/venice-commission-rendition-speech-1.pdfu0022u003e“Extraordinary rendition – a European Perspectiveu0022u003c/au003e speech by Olivier Dutheillet de Lamothe (Substitute member, France) (Cardozo School of Law, 25 September 2006 – u0022Bauer Lectureu0022)u003cbr /u003eu003cbr /u003eItaly: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/nov/01italy-abu-omar-britel.htmu0022u003eDocuments sent to European Parliament committee on renditions allege other renditions and details of Abu Omar cover-up and the Britel renditionu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003ePortugal: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/oct/04portugal-cia-gomes.htmu0022u003eEvidence of illegal CIA rendition flights surfacingu003c/au003eu003cbr /u003ePortugal: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/oct/06portugal-rendition.htmu0022u003eRenditions continue: Algerian prisoner abducted and deportedu003c/au003eu003cbr /u003eu003cbr /u003eItaly: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/oct/10italy-omar-case.htmu0022u003eRenditions: Judge notifies defendants of the state of play in investigations into Abu Omar rendition: High-level SISMI and CIA officials involvedu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eLatest agenda: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/agenda-28-11-06.pdfu0022u003e28 November 2006u003c/au003e and u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/agenda-30-11-06.pdfu0022u003e30 November 2006u003c/au003eu003cbr /u003eu003cbr /u003eu003ca href=u0022http://www.europarl.eu.int/activities/expert/committees/meetings.do?committee=2073u0026amp;language=ENu0022u003eCalendar of meetingsu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents.htmu0022u003eDocuments submitted – full-textu003c/au003e – 222 to dateu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eInterim report: Text report as adopted by the Committee of inquiry: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ep-cia-interim-report-english-final.pdfu0022u003eInterim reportu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu003ca rel=u0022noopeneru0022 href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/reports.htmu0022 target=u0022_blanku0022u003eReportsu003c/au003e from Council of Europe and NGOs – Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Redress, Cagedprisonersu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eAgendas 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u003cpu003eDocuments submitted to the European Parliament Inquiry on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners u003cbru003e u003cbru003e 224: Dick Marty submission to the US Supreme Court where he presents argumnet concerning the kidnapping of German citizen Khaled El-Masri by the CIA: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/eu-marty-usa.pdfu0022u003eMarty submissionu003c/au003e (pdf)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e223. Canada: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/arar-commission-report.pdfu0022u003eArar Commission reportu003c/au003e (346 pages, pdf) u003ca href=u0022http://www.ararcommission.ca/eng/Vol_I_English.pdfu0022u003eVol 1:Factual backgroundu003c/au003e (link) u003ca href=u0022http://www.ararcommission.ca/eng/Vol_II_English.pdfu0022u003eVol 2: Factual backgroundu003c/au003e (link) u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/news/2007/august/canada-maher-arar-comm-report.pdfu0022u003eUpdate: August 2007u003c/au003e (pdf)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e222. Portugal: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/gomes-letter-11-12-06.pdfu0022u003eLetter from Ana Gomes to Luís Amado, Lisbon, 11.12.2006u003c/au003e (in Portuguese, includes list of stopovers in Portugal)u003cbru003e u003cbru003e 221. Portugal: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/gomes-letter-11-12-06-fr.pdfu0022u003eFrench version of letteru003c/au003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e 220. Portugal: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/gomes-letter-to-cttee-18-12-06.pdfu0022u003eLetter from Ana Gomes to the European Parliament inquiry (TDIP) on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners, 18 December 2006u003c/au003e (in Portuguese and French).u003cbru003e u003cbru003e 219. Portugal: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/gomes-flight-details.pdfu0022u003eFlight detail list provided by NAVu003c/au003e (Navegaçao Aérea de Portugal)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e218. Ireland: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/ireland-minister-06-07-25.pdfu0022u003eReply by Minister of Foreign Affairs to the ICHR, 25 July 2006u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e217. Ireland: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/ireland-ihrc-06-05-24.pdfu0022u003eIrish Human Rights Commission to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, 24 May 2006u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e216. Ireland: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/ireland-miniser-06-04-04.pdfu0022u003eMinister for Foreign Affairs to the IHRC, 4 April 2006u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e215. Ireland: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/ireland-ihrc-05-12-21.pdfu0022u003eIrish Human Rights Commission to the goverment, December 2005u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e214. u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/working-doc-no-7-nov-06.pdfu0022u003eOn extraordinary renditionu003c/au003e (Working documents no 7, including details of cases considered)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e213. u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/working-doc-no-8-nov-06.pdfu0022u003eOn the companies linked to the CIA, aircraft used by the CIA and the European countries in which CIA aircraft have made stopoversu003c/au003e (Working document no 8, 64 pages)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e212. u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/14-detainees.pdfu0022u003eCNN: Fourteen al Qaeda prisoners in CIA custody have been transferred to the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for trial before a military tribunal: rundown of the 14 suspected operativesu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e211. u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/abc-poland.pdfu0022u003eABC News on those detained and sbjected to u0022enhancedu0022 interrogation techniquesu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e210. u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/reprieve-germany.pdfu0022u003eReport by Reprieve on Germanyu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e209. Sweden: u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/sweden-UN-decision-M-Alzery.pdfu0022u003eUN Human Rights Committee Decision, 6 November 2006u003c/au003e On the case concerning the rendition of two Egyptians from Sweden 2001 by undercover US and Egyptian agents. The UN Committee also states that the treatment of the two men on Swedish soil (Bromma Airport in Sweden) in connection with the rendition was a breach of the ban on torture and inhuman treatmentu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e208. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/de-longhi-britel.htmu0022u003eThe u0022de longhiu0022 file on the Britel caseu003c/au003e (37 documents plus 2 notes) Explanatory analysis: Italy: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/nov/01italy-abu-omar-britel.htmu0022u003eDocuments sent to European Parliament committee on renditions allege other renditions and details of Abu Omar cover-up and the Britel renditionu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e207. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/spataro-abu-omar.pdfu0022u003eSpataro report on Abu Omar renditionu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e206. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/spataro-14000-06.pdfu0022u003eReport on the Committee meeting 9-10 October 2006u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e205. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/eucia-berlin-13857-rev1-06.pdfu0022u003eReport on the Committee meeting on 2-3 October 2006u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e204. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/european-democratic-lawyers.pdf.pdfu0022u003eEuropean Democratic Lawyersu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e203. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/reports/notice-8-delu002du002dberlin.pdfu0022u003eNotice to members no 8: Subject: Report on the TDIP Committee Delegation to Berlinu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e202. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/october/spataro-avviso-di-conclusione-delle-indagini.pdfu0022u003eAbu Omar case submission by Milan courtu003c/au003e (Italian, pdfu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e201. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/behari-2006-10-10.pdfu0022u003eEvidence submitted by Masaad Omer Behariu003c/au003e (German., pdf) 10 October 2006u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e200. Portugal: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/oct/04portugal-cia-gomes.htmu0022u003eEvidence of illegal CIA rendition flights surfacingu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e199. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/bosnia-boumediene-part1-26-09-06.pdfu0022u003ePart I: Boumediene petition to the European Court of Human Rightsu003c/au003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e 198. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/bosnia-boumediene-part2-26-09-06.pdfu0022u003ePart II: Boumediene petition to the European Court of Human Rightsu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e197. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/RL33643.pdfu0022u003eUSA: CRS report on undisclosed US Detention Sites Overseas:nu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e196. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/-usa-nsct-2006.pdfu0022u003eUSA: National strategy for Combating Terrorismu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e195. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/us-high-value-detainee-program.pdfu0022u003eUSA: Office of the Director of National Intelligence: Summary of the high value terrorist detainee programmeu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e194. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/Library-COMKFOR-2004-006.pdfu0022u003eNote on COMKFOR rules for detention and arrest in Kosovou003c/au003e (24 pages)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e193. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/CRE-21%20march.pdfu0022u003eTranscript of oral evidence to the Committee on 21 March 2006 from journalists including Stephen Greyu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e192. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/gomes.pdfu0022u003ePortugal: Detailed evidence from Gomes MEPu003c/au003e (67 pages)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e191. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/notice-no-6.pdfu0022u003eNotice to members N° 6: Subject: Replies from the EU Counter-terrorism Co-ordinator, Mr. Gijs de Vries, to the questions put by Ms Ana María Gomes and Ms Cecilia Malmstrom during his intervention before of the TDIP committee on 20 April 2006u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e190. New report from the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe:u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/reports/coe-sg-14-jun-06.pdfu0022u003eSupplementary report by the Secretary General on people detained or removedu003c/au003e (pdf) u003ca href=u0022https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?id=1009913u0026amp;BackColorInternet=F5CA75u0026amp;BackColorIntranet=F5CA75u0026amp;BackColorLogged=A9BACEu0022u003eCoE press release: 14 June 2006u003c/au003e (link) u003ca href=u0022http://www.coe.int/t/E/Com/Files/Events/2006-CIA/annexes2/annexes2.aspu0022u003eAdditional information from CoE member statesu003c/au003e (link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e189. Notice no 5: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/report-on-visit-to-usa.pdfu0022u003eReport on the TDIP Committee Delegation to the United States of America (Washingtonu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e188. Amnesty International report: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/Partners_in_crime_14062006.pdfu0022u003ePartners in Crime: Europe’s role in US renditionsu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e187. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/june/ep-cia-inq-research-report-rapporteur.pdfu0022u003eContribution of the Rapporteur: Research on the planes used by the CIAu003c/au003e – highly detailed 72 page report (pdf)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e186. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/FAVA-report-12-06-06.pdfu0022u003ePress release: 13 June 2006u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e185. Notice no 2 to committee: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/macedonia-report.pdfu0022u003eReport of the TDIP Committee Delegation to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e184. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/working-doc-no-4-01-06-06.pdfu0022u003eWorking document no 4: Flightsu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e183. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/working-doc-no-3-01-06-06.pdfu0022u003eWorking document no 3: Victimsu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e182. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/craig-murray-testimony.pdfu0022u003eWorking document no 5: Testimony of Craig Murrayu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e181. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/chronology-of-the-facts-it.pdfu0022u003eWorking document no 2: Chronology of the factsu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e180. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/working-doc-no-1-prog.pdfu0022u003eWorking document no 1: Programme for committeeu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e179. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/proposed-amendements-to-interim-report.pdfu0022u003eProposed amendments to the Interim reportu003c/au003e (01.06.06)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e178. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/CFR-CDF-opinion3-2006.pdfu0022u003eOpinion of the EU Network of Independent Experts on Fundamental Rights on: The Human Rights Responsibilities of EU Member States in the conext of CIA activities in Europe (u0022Extraordinary renditionu0022)u0022u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e177. Press coverage: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/press-coverage-of-inquiry-18-05-06.pdfu0022u003e18.05.06u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e176. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/TDIP-Washington-17-05-06.pdfu0022u003e30 to 50 extraordinary renditions undertaken according to intelligence sourcesu003c/au003e, say MEPs. Press statement, 17 May 2006u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e175. Press coverage of trip to USA by the Committee: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/ep-CIA-news-10-05-06-1st-part.pdfu0022u003e10.05.06 – 1st partu003c/au003e u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/ep-CIA-news-10-05-06-2nd-part.pdfu0022u003e10.05.06 – 2nd partu003c/au003e u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/ep-CIA-news-11-05-06pdf.pdfu0022u003e11.05.06u003c/au003e u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/ep-CIA-news-12-05-06pdf.pdfu0022u003e12.05.06u003c/au003e u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/ep-CIA-news-15-05-06pdf.pdfu0022u003e15.05.06u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e174. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/ep-usa-transcript-from-CIA-briefing.pdfu0022u003eTranscript of press conference on 11 May 2006u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e173. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/TDIP-in-Washington-12-05-06.pdfu0022u003eMEPs say Washington visit shows CIA investigation must continueu003c/au003e – press statement 12 May 2006u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e172. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/macedonia-note-on-visit.pdfu0022u003eUnofficial Note on the visit to Macedoniau003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e171. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/sweden-parl-ombuds-expulsion-Egyptians.pdfu0022u003eDecision of the Swedish Parliamentary Ombudsman on the removal of two men to Egyptu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e170. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/TDIP-FYROM-conclusions-Nowak-Melin-04-05-06.pdfu0022u003ePress release: FYROM: u0022Contradictionsu0022 found in government’s version of El Masri caseu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e169. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/Steinmeier-r%E9ponse.pdfu0022u003eGermany: Der Bundesminister, 12 April 2006 – letter from Steinmeieru003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e168. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/Steinmeier_Annexe.pdfu0022u003eGermany: Report of the Federal government – from Steinmeieru003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e167. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/flight-logs-note-on-docs-from-eurocontrol.pdfu0022u003eFlight Logs on documents from Eurocontrolu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e166. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/solana-to-inquiry-02-05-06.pdfu0022u003eJavier Solana, EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy: European Parliament Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transportation and illegal detention of prisoners, Brussels, 2 May 2006u003c/au003e and comment by: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/alde-solana-comment.pdfu0022u003eALDE group: Responsibility gap: Citizen’s right to know truth on CIA renditionsu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e165. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/work-prog-07-02-06-proposals.pdfu0022u003eInquiry Committee Working Programme: Proposals from political groupsu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e164. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/Fly-logs-of-Skopje-airport-regarding-El-Masri.pdfu0022u003eMasri: fly-logs, Skopje airport, Macedoniau003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e163. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/fly-logs-of-Skopje-airport%85.pdfu0022u003eMasri: fly-logs, Skopie airport, Macedonia – explanation from lawyeru003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e162. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/excerpts-from-VREME-macedonia.pdfu0022u003eMasri: Excerpts from press articles published in 2005 and 2006 in the Macedonian daily VREME, all by Aleksandar Bozinovski (unofficial translation)u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e161. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/CIA-MI6-Interference-in-the-Balkans.pdfu0022u003eMasri: Article on the CIA in Macedoniau003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e160. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/khaled-el-Masri-press%20releases.pdfu0022u003eMasri: Press coverage (2.3 MB pdf)u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e159. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/khaled-el-Masri-complaint.pdfu0022u003eMasri: Case lodged in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia – Alexandria Division: The Complaintu003cbru003e u003c/au003eu003cbru003e Opens with the following statement:u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu0022December 31, 2003, Khaled El-Masri, a German citizen of Lebanese descent, was forcibly abducted while on holiday in Macedonia, detained incommunicado, handed over to United States agents, then beaten, drugged, and transported to a secret prison in Afghanistan, where he was subjected to inhumane conditions and coercive interrogation and was detained without charge or public disclosure for several months. Five months after his abduction, Mr. El-Masri was deposited at night, without explanation, on a hill in Albania.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e158. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/khaled-el-Masri.pdfu0022u003eMasri: Summary of the case from the lawyersu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e157. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/article-CIA-Belgique.pdfu0022u003eArticle from Le Soir on the CIA and Belgiumu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e156. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/letter-romania-perm-rep.pdfu0022u003eLetter to the Committee from the Permanent Representative of Romaniau003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e155. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/borrell-PM-romania.pdfu0022u003eLetter from Mr Borrell, the President of the European Parliament to the Prime Minister of Romaniau003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e154. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/wash-post-story-submitted.pdfu0022u003eArticle submitted to the Committee: White House Trains Efforts on Media Leaks – Sources, Reporters Could Be Prosecuted by Dan Eggen, Washington Post Staff Writer, Sunday, March 5, 2006u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e153. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/europol-director-letter-02-03-06.pdfu0022u003eLetter to the Committee from the Director of Europolu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e152. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/ai-speaking-notes-black-sites-23-02-06.pdfu0022u003eAmnesty international: presentation to the European parliament, 23 February 2006, check against deliveryu003cbru003e Rendition and Secret Detention in CIA u0022Black Sitesu0022u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e151. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/letter-Dick-Marty-27-02-06.pdfu0022u003eLetter to the Chair of the Committee from Dick Marty, Council of Europe, 27 February 2006u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e150. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/uk-hoc-foreign-aff-rep.pdfu0022u003eUK: House of Commons, Select Committee on Foreign Affairs reportu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e149. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/franco-frattini-letter-23-02-06.pdfu0022u003eLetter from Mr Frattini on EU transit facilities for USAu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e148. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/hrw-letter-CoE-09-01-06.pdfu0022u003eHuman Rights Watch letter to the Council of Europe, 09.01.06u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e147. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/ai-hrw-joint-statement.pdfu0022u003eCall for Action against the Use of Diplomatic Assurances in Transfers to Risk of Torture and Ill-Treatment: Joint Statement by Amnesty International, Association for the Prevention of Torture, Human Rights Watch, International Commission of Jurists, International Federation of Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture, International Federation for Human Rights, International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, and World Organisation Against Tortureu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e146. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/hrw-ghost-detainees-30-11-05.pdfu0022u003eU.S. Holding at Least Twenty-Six “Ghost Detainees”: List of Detainees Published by Human Rights Watch, 01.12.05u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e145. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/sweden0Violated-torture-ban-US-help.pdfu0022u003eSweden Violated Torture Ban with U.S. Help: U.N. Committee Rebukes Sweden for Sending Terror Suspect to Tortureu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e144. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/spataro-CV-1febr-2006.pdfu0022u003eCurriculum Vitae del dr. Armando SPATARO: Procuratore della Repubblica Aggiunto in Milanou003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e143. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/milan-documento-spatarol.pdfu0022u003eMilan court: Naming 23 US citizens wanted for questioningu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e142. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/milan-tribunal-3-us-citizens-sought-2.pdfu0022u003eMilan: Tribunale di Milano: Naming three US citizensu003c/au003e (245 pages)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e141. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/milan-tribunal-3-us-citizens-sought.pdfu0022u003eMilan: Tribunale di Milano: Sezione Giudice per le indagini preliminariu003c/au003e (226 pages)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e140. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/milan-tribunal-6-us-citizens-sought-en.pdfu0022u003eMilan: Repubblica Italiana Tribunale Ordinario di Milano – Section XI criminal court as Review Judge, re: six US citizens: re three US citizens linked to nineteen othersu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e139. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/milan-tribunal-6-us-citizens-sought.pdfu0022u003eMilan: Repubblica Italiana Tribunale Oordinario di Milano sezione XI penale in funzione di giudice del riesame, re: six US citizensu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e138. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/milan-tribunal-abu-omar.pdfu0022u003eMilan: Abu Omar – Tribunale Ordinario di Milanou003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e137. u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/milan-tribunal-19-us-citizens-sought.pdfu0022u003eMilan: Tribunale di Milano: Sezione Giudice per le indagini preliminari, re: nineteen US citizensu003c/au003e (210 pages)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e136. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/milan-tribunal-prima-0rdinanza.pdfu0022u003eMilan: Tribunale di Milano: Sezione Giudice per le indagini preliminari, re: nineteen US citizensu003c/au003e (231 pages)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e135. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/ai-prel-secret-flights.pdfu0022u003eAmnesty International Press Release, 5 December 2005: USA: 800 secret CIA flights into and out of Europeu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e134. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/ai-press-statement-yemen.pdfu0022u003eAmnesty International, Public Statement, 10 November 2005: Yemen: Amnesty International calls on President Saleh to end illegal detention of Yemenis u0022disappearedu0022 by the USAu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e132. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/AI-report-Yemen-Nov-05.pdfu0022u003eAmnesty’s Report on Yemen: 8 November 2005: Secret Detention in CIA u0022Black Sitesu0022u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e131. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/ai-renditions-detention-Q-%26-A.pdfu0022u003eAmnesty International: u0022Renditionu0022 and secret detention: A global system of human rights violations, Questions and Answers 1 January 2006u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e130. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/Statewatch-tony-bunyan-speech-inquiry.pdfu0022u003eTony Bunyan, Statewatch Director, speech to the European Parliament hearing in Brussels on 23 January 2006u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e129. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/Statewatch-uk-foreign-office-memo.pdfu0022u003eUK Foreign Office memorandumu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e128. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/Statewatch-eu-usa-removals.pdfu0022u003eEU-USA: Rendition and removing refugees raise the same issue: Censored document reveals increased transit facilities for the USA to use EU airports to move people around the world (Statewatch)u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e127. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/Statewatch-sweden-abuction.pdfu0022u003eSweden: Expulsions carried out by US agents, men tortured in Egypt (Statewatch)u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e126. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/Statewatch-sweden-abuction-5.pdfu0022u003eUpdate: Sweden: Expulsions carried out by US agents, men tortured in Egypt – second Swedish TV4 transcript with more details on the US abduction (Statewatch)u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e125. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/comparece-Moratinos-CO.pdfu0022u003eCongreso 24 de noviembre de 2005.—Núm. 425: Cortes Generales Diario de Sesiones del Congreso de los Diputados Comisiones, Año 2005 VIII Legislatura Núm. 425, Asuntos Exterioresu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e124. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/spain-G-Civil-palma.pdfu0022u003eSpain: Guardia Civil report on Palma de Mallorca airportu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e123. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/frattini-speech-24-01-06.pdfu0022u003eSofia, 24 January 2006: Statement by Vice-President Franco Frattini in regard to the information memorandum issued by Mr Marty on u0022alleged secret detentions in Council of Europe Member Statesu0022u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e122. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/romania-letter-PM-10-01-06.pdfu0022u003eRomania: Letter from the Prime Minister to the Committee, 10 January 2006u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e121. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/romania-letter-senate.pdfu0022u003eRomania: Letter from the Romanian Mission to the EU, 13 January 2006u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e120. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/romania-letter-parl-committee.pdfu0022u003eRomania: Letter from Senat Committee on defence, public order and national security, 12 January 2006u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e119. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/romania-report-on-camps.pdfu0022u003eRomania: Report on camps from OADO with letter from Romanian Presidentu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e118. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/scotland-letter-first-minister.pdfu0022u003eLetter plus evidence to the Scottish First Minister from SNP MPu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e117. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/greece-hum-rights-com-appeals.pdfu0022u003eGreece: National Commission for Human Rights: Two appeals. 20 December 2005u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e116. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/letter-greece-pakistani-men-Borrell.pdfu0022u003eGreece: Letter from MEP to President of the EP on the abduction and interrogation of Pakistani men, 13.01.06u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e115. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/letter-Greens-ALDE-Pre-TDIP.pdfu0022u003eLetter from Sarah Ludford, 1st Vice-President of the TDIP committee, Cem Özdemir, Vice-President of the TDIP committee, Kathalijne Buitenweg, Greens/ALE co-ordinator, Cecilia Malmström, ALDE co-ordinator expressing concernsu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e114. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/canada-maher-arar-fin-sub-to-Comm.pdfu0022u003eCanada: Maher Arar: Submissions to Commissioner O’Connor Commission of Inquiry into the Actions of Canadian Officials in relation to Maher Araru003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e113. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/maher-arar-fact-finder.pdfu0022u003eCanada: Maher Arar: Commission of inquiry into the actions of Canadian officials in relation to Maher Arar: Report of Professor Stephen J Toope: Fact finder, 14 October 2005u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e112. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/maher-arar-chronology.pdfu0022u003eCanada: Maher Arar: Maher Arar: Chronology of events: September 26, 2002 to October 5, 2003u003cbru003e u003c/au003eu003cbru003e 111. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/canada-maher-arar-06-06-05.pdfu0022u003eCanada: Maher Arar: Commission of Inquiry into the Actions of Canadian Officials in Relation to Maher Arar, 6 June 2005u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e110. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/canada-maher-arar-07-06-05.pdfu0022u003eCanada: Maher Arar: Commission of Inquiry into the Actions of Canadian Officials in Relation to Maher Arar, 7 June 2005u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e109. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/canada-maher-arar-08-06-05.pdfu0022u003eCanada: Maher Arar: Commission of Inquiry into the Actions of Canadian Officials in Relation to Maher Arar, 8 June 2005u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e108. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/canada-maher-arar-09-06-05.pdfu0022u003eCanada: Maher Arar: Commission of Inquiry into the Actions of Canadian Officials in Relation to Maher Arar, 9 June 2005u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e107. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/documents-list-23-03-06.pdfu0022u003eDocument list for the meeting of the Committee on: 23 March 2006u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e106. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/us-embassy-damascus-Arar%27s-release.pdfu0022u003eDocument from US Embassy in Damascus to Washingtonu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e105. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/letter-perm-rep-ireland.pdfu0022u003eIreland: Letter from Permanent Representative in Brusselsu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e104. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/BBC-report-20-03-06.pdfu0022u003eBBC: Monday, 20 March 2006: CIA renditions strain Europe goodwill, by Gordon Corera, BBC security correspondentu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e103. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/letter-perm-rep-spain-plus-evidence.pdfu0022u003eSpain: Letter from Permanent Representative in Brussels (with evidence)u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e102. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/amnesty-report-below-the-radar-05-04-06.pdfu0022u003eAmnesty International: USA – Below the radar: Secret flights to torture and ‘disappearance’ – report, 5 April 2006u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e101. u003cau003eGermany: Letter from Bundesminister, 20 April 2006u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e100. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/letter-roberts-usa.pdfu0022u003eUSA: Letter from Select Committee on Intelligence, US Senate, 25 April 2006u003c/au003e.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e99. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/alde-working-table-3.pdfu0022u003eALDE Working Table on alleged CIA flights/Secret prisons: draft, 30.03.2006u003c/au003e (25 pages)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e98. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/cyprus-perm-rep-letter.pdfu0022u003eCyprus: Letter from Permanent Representative in Brusselsu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e97. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/nota-x-conf-stampa.pdfu0022u003eClaudio Fava, relatore della Commissione d’inchiesta sulla Cia: u0022Le extraordinary renditions non furono episodi ma una pratica diffusa e condivisa anche da molti paesi europeiu0022u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e96. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/conections-cia-spain.pdfu0022u003eSpain: CIA connectionsu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e95. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/ascertain-flights.pdfu0022u003eNotes on flight logs in seventeen European countriesu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e94. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/flights-eurocontrol.pdfu0022u003eNotes on flight logs sent by Eurocontrol to the European Commissionu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e93. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/bbc-Amnesty-Northern-Ireland-Rendition.pdfu0022u003eNorthern Ireland: BBC story: Amnesty seeks NI rendition probeu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e92. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/amnesty-Irish-survey-on-rendition.pdfu0022u003eIreland: Amnesty International: u0022New research finds that 76% of Irish people think that planes linked to rendition should be checkedu0022u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e91. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/indymedia-arrests-US-planes-Shannon.pdfu0022u003eIndymedia reports: USAF Hercules crew lodge at Limerick hotel by Shannon Watch Wednesday, Jan 4 2006, 3:33pm and Emergency Landing at Shannon Airportu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e90. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/flight-logs-N226G.pdfu0022u003eFlight log: plane N226Gu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e89. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/flight-log-757-23A-N226G-02-04-06.pdfu0022u003eIreland: Flight log N226G: Shannon to USAu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e88. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/flight-logs-N85VM.pdfu0022u003eFlight logs plane N85VM: 2002-2006u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e87. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/flight-logs-N54PA.pdfu0022u003eFlight log: plane N54PA: 2005-2006u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e86. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/danish-CIA-flights.pdfu0022u003eDenmark: flight logs, 2001-2005u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e85. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/flight-logs-N475LC.pdfu0022u003eFlight logs: plane N475LC: 2006u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e84. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/flight-log-N313P.pdfu0022u003eFlight log: plane 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u003cpu003eEuropean Parliament Committee of Inquiry (TDIP)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eEuropean Parliament: Interim report on CIA alleged flights, rendition and secret prisons in the EU (pdf): u003cbru003e u003cbru003e Text of the Interim Report as adopted by the Committee of inquiry:u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ep-cia-interim-report-english-final.pdfu0022u003eInterim reportu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eDraft Interim report:u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/reports/ep-cia-interim-report-english.pdfu0022u003eEnglishu003c/au003eu003cbru003e u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/reports/ep-cia-interim-report-french.pdfu0022u003eFrenchu003c/au003eu003cbru003e u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/reports/ep-cia-interim-report-german.pdfu0022u003eGermanu003cbru003e u003c/au003eu003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/reports/ep-cia-interim-report-italian.pdfu0022u003eItalianu003c/au003eu003cbru003e u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/reports/ep-cia-interim-report-polish.pdfu0022u003ePolishu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eCouncil of Europeu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/coe-7-jun-06.pdfu0022u003eSummary of proceedings of the meeting of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe held in Paris on 7 June 2006u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/coe-april-06.pdfu0022u003eSummary of proceedings of the meeting of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe held on 11 April 2006 in Strasbourgu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eReport from the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe:u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/reports/coe-sg-14-jun-06.pdfu0022u003eSupplementary report by the Secretary General on people detained or removedu003c/au003e (pdf) u003ca href=u0022https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?id=1009913u0026amp;BackColorInternet=F5CA75u0026amp;BackColorIntranet=F5CA75u0026amp;BackColorLogged=A9BACEu0022u003eCoE press release: 14 June 2006u003c/au003e (link) u003ca href=u0022http://www.coe.int/t/E/Com/Files/Events/2006-CIA/annexes2/annexes2.aspu0022u003eAdditional information from CoE member statesu003c/au003e (link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/june/coe-em-rendition-7-6-06.pdfu0022u003e14 European countries colluded in CIA renditions, 7 accused of rights violationsu003c/au003e (COE report, 7 June 2006, pdf). The latest report by the Council of Europe on u0022Alleged secret detentions and unlawful inter-state transfers involving Council of Europe member statesu0022 has said that 7 countries – Sweden, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Britain, Italy, Macedonia, Germany and Turkey – could be held responsible for u0022violations of the rights of specific personsu0022 in connection with the CIA’s rendition programme. Spain, Cyprus, Ireland, Greece, Portugal, Romania and Poland are also accused of u0022collusionu0022 with the United States. Rapporteur Dick Marty said there were also corroborated facts to suggest that Romania and Poland were detainee drop-off points near to secret detention centres:u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu0022Even if proof, in the classical meaning of the term, is not as yet available, a number of coherent and converging elements indicate that such secret detention centres did indeed exist in Europeu0022.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eThe COE has produced a map showing stopover points, staging points, pick-up points and detainee transfer/drop off points (7 June 2006): u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/jun/01COEmap.htmu0022u003eGlobal ”spiders web” of secret detentions and unlawful u0022renditionsu0022u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu0022I am now in position to say that we no longer need to speak about “alleged” cases of renditionu0022, Terry Davis, Secretary-General Council of Europe (12 April 2006). u003ca href=u0022http://www.coe.int/T/E/Com/Files/PA-Sessions/April-2006/20060412_Speaking-notes_sg.aspu0022u003eText of press releaseu003c/au003e (link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eReport by the Secretary-General on report based on the official replies from all 46 member states. : u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/reports/coe-sec-gen-rep-28-02-06.pdfu0022u003eReportu003c/au003e (28 February 2006) plus: u003ca href=u0022http://www.coe.int/T/E/Com/Files/Events/2006-cia/annexes.aspu0022u003eAddendum to the reportu003c/au003e (responses from each member state, link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eCouncil of Europe: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/january/coe-interim-det.pdfu0022u003eRendition and camps:u003c/au003e According to Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly investigator Dick Marty it is highly likely that European governments were aware of ‘rendition’ affecting Europe: CoE Interim Report – full-text, 22.01.06 (pdf)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/reports/dick-marty-COE-report-22-11-05.pdfu0022u003eCommittee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights: Alleged secret detention centres in Council of Europe member states: Information Memorandum (revised) by Mr Dick Marty, Chairperson of the Committee, 22 November 2005u003c/au003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e Report from European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission) u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/march/ep-cia-inquiry/documents/opinion-venice-commission.pdfu0022u003eOpinion on the International legal obligations of Council of Europe Member States in respect of secret detention facilities and inter-state transport of prisonersu003c/au003e (adopted at the Plenary session on 17-18 March 2006, pdf)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eUKu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eUK: House of Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/february/uk-hoc-foreign-affairs-rep.pdfu0022u003eHuman Rights Annual Report 2005u003c/au003e (pdf) It includes the following conclusion: u0022We conclude that the Government has a duty to enquire into the allegations of extraordinary rendition and black sites under the Convention against Torture, and to make clear to the USA that any extraordinary rendition to states where suspects may be tortured is completely unacceptable.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eUK: 26 May 2006: Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights has issued highly critical comments on u0022extraordinary renditionu0022 in its report on UN Convention Against Torture (UNCAT): u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/uk-jchr-rendition.pdfu0022u003eJCHR extraordinary renditionu003c/au003e (pdf). The report concludes that: u0022we do not accept the Government’s view that… it has adequately demonstrated that it has satisfied the obligation under domestic and international human rights law to investigate credible allegations of renditions of suspects through the UK to face torture abroadu0022 and that:u003cbru003e u003cbru003e u0022Where there are credible allegations arising from previous records that a particular civil aircraft transiting UK airspace has been involved in renditions, and where the aircraft is travelling to or from a country known to practise torture or inhuman or degrading treatment, it should be required to land. Where such an aircraft lands at a UK airport for refuelling or similar purposes, it should be required to provide a full list of all those on board, both staff and passengers. On landing, it should be boarded and searched by the police, and the identity of all those on board verified. Wherever appropriate, a criminal investigation should be initiated.u0022u003cbru003e u003cbru003e NGOsu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eAmnesty International: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/july/ai-partners-in-crime.pdfu0022u003ePartners in crime: Europe’s role in US renditionsu003c/au003e (June 2006)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/jul/03italy-rendition-arrest.htmu0022u003eExtraordinary renditions: Military intelligence officials arrested for collusion in Abu Omar kidnappingu003c/au003e (Statewatch)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eUK: u0022u003ca href=u0022http://www.cageprisoners.com/downloads/FabricatingTerrorism_Report.pdfu0022u003eFabricating terrorism report: British complicity in renditions and tortureu003c/au003eu0022, Cageprisoners (March 2006)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eEU: u003ca href=u0022http://www.newstatesman.com/200601230005u0022u003eRendition: the cover-upu003c/au003e by Martin Bright (New Statesman, link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eEU-USA: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/Statewatch-eu-usa-removals.pdfu0022u003eRendition and removing refugees raise the same issueu003c/au003e: Censored document reveals increased transit facilities for the USA to use EU airports to move people around the world (Statewatch)u003cbru003e u003cbru003e EU-US: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/news/2005/december/chrgj_rendition.pdfu0022u003eTorture By Proxy, International and Domestic Law Applicable to Extraordinary Renditionsu003c/au003e (report by Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, New York University)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eAmnesty International: 5 April 2006: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/amnesty-report-below-the-radar-05-04-06.pdfu0022u003eUSA: Below the radar: Secret flights to torture and ‘disappearance’u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eHuman Rights Watch: April 2004: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/reports/hrw-empty-promises.pdfu0022u003e“Empty Promises:” Diplomatic Assurances No Safeguard against Tortureu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eHuman Rights Watch: April 2005: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/reports/hrw-still-at-risk.pdfu0022u003eStill at Risk: Diplomatic Assurances No Safeguard Against Tortureu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eCIA-Rendition: European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission) u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/venice-commission-rendition-speech-1.pdfu0022u003e“Extraordinary rendition – a European Perspectiveu0022u003c/au003e speech by Olivier Dutheillet de Lamothe (Substitute member, France) (Cardozo School of Law, 25 September 2006 – u0022Bauer Lectureu0022)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eLinksu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu003ca href=u0022http://www.redress.org/u0022u003eRedressu003c/au003e: seeking reparation for torture survivorsu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu003ca href=u0022http://web.amnesty.org/pages/stoptorture-050406-feature-engu0022u003eAmnesty Internationalu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu003ca href=u0022http://hrw.org/doc/?t=tortureu0022u003eHuman Rights Watch tortureu003c/au003e and u003ca href=u0022http://hrw.org/campaigns/torture/renditions.htmu0022u003eHRW Renditionu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu003ca href=u0022http://www.cageprisoners.com/index.phpu0022u003eCageprisonersu003c/au003eu003c/pu003e
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Documents submitted to the European Parliament inquiry
u003cpu003eDocuments submitted to the European Parliament Inquiry on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners u003cbr /u003eu003cbr /u003e224: Dick Marty submission to the US Supreme Court where he presents argument concerning the kidnapping of German citizen Khaled El-Masri by the CIA: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/news/2007/sep/eu-marty-usa.pdfu0022u003eMarty submissionu003c/au003e (pdf)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e223. Canada: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/arar-commission-report.pdfu0022u003eArar Commission reportu003c/au003e (346 pages, pdf) u003ca href=u0022http://www.ararcommission.ca/eng/Vol_I_English.pdfu0022u003eVol 1:Factual backgroundu003c/au003e (link) u003ca href=u0022http://www.ararcommission.ca/eng/Vol_II_English.pdfu0022u003eVol 2: Factual backgroundu003c/au003e (link) u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/news/2007/aug/canada-maher-arar-comm-report.pdfu0022u003eUpdate: August 2007u003c/au003e (pdf)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e222. Portugal: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/gomes-letter-11-12-06.pdfu0022u003eLetter from Ana Gomes to Luís Amado, Lisbon, 11.12.2006u003c/au003e (in Portuguese, includes list of stopovers in Portugal)u003cbr /u003eu003cbr /u003e221. Portugal: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/gomes-letter-11-12-06-fr.pdfu0022u003eFrench version of letteru003c/au003eu003cbr /u003eu003cbr /u003e220. Portugal: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/gomes-letter-to-cttee-18-12-06.pdfu0022u003eLetter from Ana Gomes to the European Parliament inquiry (TDIP) on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners, 18 December 2006u003c/au003e (in Portuguese and French).u003cbr /u003eu003cbr /u003e219. Portugal: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/gomes-flight-details.pdfu0022u003eFlight detail list provided by NAVu003c/au003e (Navegaçao Aérea de Portugal)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e218. Ireland: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/ireland-minister-06-07-25.pdfu0022u003eReply by Minister of Foreign Affairs to the ICHR, 25 July 2006u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e217. Ireland: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/ireland-ihrc-06-05-24.pdfu0022u003eIrish Human Rights Commission to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, 24 May 2006u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e216. Ireland: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/ireland-miniser-06-04-04.pdfu0022u003eMinister for Foreign Affairs to the IHRC, 4 April 2006u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e215. Ireland: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/ireland-ihrc-05-12-21.pdfu0022u003eIrish Human Rights Commission to the goverment, December 2005u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e214. u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/working-doc-no-7-nov-06.pdfu0022u003eOn extraordinary renditionu003c/au003e (Working documents no 7, including details of cases considered)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e213. u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/working-doc-no-8-nov-06.pdfu0022u003eOn the companies linked to the CIA, aircraft used by the CIA and the European countries in which CIA aircraft have made stopoversu003c/au003e (Working document no 8, 64 pages)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e212. u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/14-detainees.pdfu0022u003eCNN: Fourteen al Qaeda prisoners in CIA custody have been transferred to the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for trial before a military tribunal: rundown of the 14 suspected operativesu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e211. u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/abc-poland.pdfu0022u003eABC News on those detained and sbjected to u0022enhancedu0022 interrogation techniquesu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e210. u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/reprieve-germany.pdfu0022u003eReport by Reprieve on Germanyu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e209. Sweden: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/nov/sweden-UN-decision-M-Alzery.pdfu0022u003eUN Human Rights Committee Decision, 6 November 2006u003c/au003e On the case concerning the rendition of two Egyptians from Sweden 2001 by undercover US and Egyptian agents. The UN Committee also states that the treatment of the two men on Swedish soil (Bromma Airport in Sweden) in connection with the rendition was a breach of the ban on torture and inhuman treatmentu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e208. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/de-longhi-britel.htmu0022u003eThe u0022de longhiu0022 file on the Britel caseu003c/au003e (37 documents plus 2 notes) Explanatory analysis: Italy: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/nov/01italy-abu-omar-britel.htmu0022u003eDocuments sent to European Parliament committee on renditions allege other renditions and details of Abu Omar cover-up and the Britel renditionu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e207. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/spataro-abu-omar.pdfu0022u003eSpataro report on Abu Omar renditionu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e206. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/spataro-14000-06.pdfu0022u003eReport on the Committee meeting 9-10 October 2006u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e205. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/eucia-berlin-13857-rev1-06.pdfu0022u003eReport on the Committee meeting on 2-3 October 2006u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e204. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/european-democratic-lawyers.pdf.pdfu0022u003eEuropean Democratic Lawyersu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e203. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/reports/notice-8-delu002du002dberlin.pdfu0022u003eNotice to members no 8: Subject: Report on the TDIP Committee Delegation to Berlinu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e202. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/oct/spataro-avviso-di-conclusione-delle-indagini.pdfu0022u003eAbu Omar case submission by Milan courtu003c/au003e (Italian, pdfu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e201. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/behari-2006-10-10.pdfu0022u003eEvidence submitted by Masaad Omer Behariu003c/au003e (German., pdf) 10 October 2006u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e200. Portugal: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/oct/04portugal-cia-gomes.htmu0022u003eEvidence of illegal CIA rendition flights surfacingu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e199. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/bosnia-boumediene-part1-26-09-06.pdfu0022u003ePart I: Boumediene petition to the European Court of Human Rightsu003c/au003eu003cbr /u003eu003cbr /u003e198. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/bosnia-boumediene-part2-26-09-06.pdfu0022u003ePart II: Boumediene petition to the European Court of Human Rightsu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e197. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/RL33643.pdfu0022u003eUSA: CRS report on undisclosed US Detention Sites Overseas:nu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e196. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/-usa-nsct-2006.pdfu0022u003eUSA: National strategy for Combating Terrorismu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e195. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/us-high-value-detainee-program.pdfu0022u003eUSA: Office of the Director of National Intelligence: Summary of the high value terrorist detainee programmeu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e194. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/Library-COMKFOR-2004-006.pdfu0022u003eNote on COMKFOR rules for detention and arrest in Kosovou003c/au003e (24 pages)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e193. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/CRE-21%20march.pdfu0022u003eTranscript of oral evidence to the Committee on 21 March 2006 from journalists including Stephen Greyu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e192. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/gomes.pdfu0022u003ePortugal: Detailed evidence from Gomes MEPu003c/au003e (67 pages)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e191. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/notice-no-6.pdfu0022u003eNotice to members N° 6: Subject: Replies from the EU Counter-terrorism Co-ordinator, Mr. Gijs de Vries, to the questions put by Ms Ana María Gomes and Ms Cecilia Malmstrom during his intervention before of the TDIP committee on 20 April 2006u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e190. New report from the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe:u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/reports/coe-sg-14-jun-06.pdfu0022u003eSupplementary report by the Secretary General on people detained or removedu003c/au003e (pdf) u003ca href=u0022https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?id=1009913u0026amp;BackColorInternet=F5CA75u0026amp;BackColorIntranet=F5CA75u0026amp;BackColorLogged=A9BACEu0022u003eCoE press release: 14 June 2006u003c/au003e (link) u003ca href=u0022http://www.coe.int/t/E/Com/Files/Events/2006-CIA/annexes2/annexes2.aspu0022u003eAdditional information from CoE member statesu003c/au003e (link)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e189. Notice no 5: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/report-on-visit-to-usa.pdfu0022u003eReport on the TDIP Committee Delegation to the United States of America (Washingtonu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e188. Amnesty International report: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/Partners_in_crime_14062006.pdfu0022u003ePartners in Crime: Europe’s role in US renditionsu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e187. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/jun/ep-cia-inq-research-report-Rapporteur.pdfu0022u003eContribution of the Rapporteur: Research on the planes used by the CIAu003c/au003e – highly detailed 72 page report (pdf)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e186. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/FAVA-report-12-06-06.pdfu0022u003ePress release: 13 June 2006u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e185. Notice no 2 to committee: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/macedonia-report.pdfu0022u003eReport of the TDIP Committee Delegation to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e184. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/working-doc-no-4-01-06-06.pdfu0022u003eWorking document no 4: Flightsu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e183. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/working-doc-no-3-01-06-06.pdfu0022u003eWorking document no 3: Victimsu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e182. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/craig-murray-testimony.pdfu0022u003eWorking document no 5: Testimony of Craig Murrayu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e181. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/chronology-of-the-facts-it.pdfu0022u003eWorking document no 2: Chronology of the factsu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e180. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/working-doc-no-1-prog.pdfu0022u003eWorking document no 1: Programme for committeeu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e179. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/proposed-amendements-to-interim-report.pdfu0022u003eProposed amendments to the Interim reportu003c/au003e (01.06.06)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e178. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/CFR-CDF-opinion3-2006.pdfu0022u003eOpinion of the EU Network of Independent Experts on Fundamental Rights on: The Human Rights Responsibilities of EU Member States in the conext of CIA activities in Europe (u0022Extraordinary renditionu0022)u0022u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e177. Press coverage: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/press-coverage-of-inquiry-18-05-06.pdfu0022u003e18.05.06u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e176. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/TDIP-Washington-17-05-06.pdfu0022u003e30 to 50 extraordinary renditions undertaken according to intelligence sourcesu003c/au003e, say MEPs. Press statement, 17 May 2006u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e175. Press coverage of trip to USA by the Committee: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/ep-CIA-news-10-05-06-1st-part.pdfu0022u003e10.05.06 – 1st partu003c/au003e u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/ep-CIA-news-10-05-06-2nd-part.pdfu0022u003e10.05.06 – 2nd partu003c/au003e u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/ep-CIA-news-11-05-06pdf.pdfu0022u003e11.05.06u003c/au003e u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/ep-CIA-news-12-05-06pdf.pdfu0022u003e12.05.06u003c/au003e u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/ep-CIA-news-15-05-06pdf.pdfu0022u003e15.05.06u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e174. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/ep-usa-transcript-from-CIA-briefing.pdfu0022u003eTranscript of press conference on 11 May 2006u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e173. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/TDIP-in-Washington-12-05-06.pdfu0022u003eMEPs say Washington visit shows CIA investigation must continueu003c/au003e – press statement 12 May 2006u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e172. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/macedonia-note-on-visit.pdfu0022u003eUnofficial Note on the visit to Macedoniau003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e171. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/sweden-parl-ombuds-expulsion-Egyptians.pdfu0022u003eDecision of the Swedish Parliamentary Ombudsman on the removal of two men to Egyptu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e170. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/TDIP-FYROM-conclusions-Nowak-Melin-04-05-06.pdfu0022u003ePress release: FYROM: u0022Contradictionsu0022 found in government’s version of El Masri caseu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e169. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/Steinmeier-r%E9ponse.pdfu0022u003eGermany: Der Bundesminister, 12 April 2006 – letter from Steinmeieru003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e168. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/Steinmeier_Annexe.pdfu0022u003eGermany: Report of the Federal government – from Steinmeieru003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e167. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/flight-logs-note-on-docs-from-eurocontrol.pdfu0022u003eFlight Logs on documents from Eurocontrolu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e166. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/solana-to-inquiry-02-05-06.pdfu0022u003eJavier Solana, EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy: European Parliament Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transportation and illegal detention of prisoners, Brussels, 2 May 2006u003c/au003e and comment by: u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/alde-solana-comment.pdfu0022u003eALDE group: Responsibility gap: Citizen’s right to know truth on CIA renditionsu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e165. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/work-prog-07-02-06-proposals.pdfu0022u003eInquiry Committee Working Programme: Proposals from political groupsu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e164. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/Fly-logs-of-Skopje-airport-regarding-El-Masri.pdfu0022u003eMasri: fly-logs, Skopje airport, Macedoniau003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e163. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/fly-logs-of-Skopje-airport%85.pdfu0022u003eMasri: fly-logs, Skopie airport, Macedonia – explanation from lawyeru003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e162. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/excerpts-from-VREME-macedonia.pdfu0022u003eMasri: Excerpts from press articles published in 2005 and 2006 in the Macedonian daily VREME, all by Aleksandar Bozinovski (unofficial translation)u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e161. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/CIA-MI6-Interference-in-the-Balkans.pdfu0022u003eMasri: Article on the CIA in Macedoniau003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e160. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/khaled-el-Masri-press%20releases.pdfu0022u003eMasri: Press coverage (2.3 MB pdf)u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e159. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/khaled-el-Masri-complaint.pdfu0022u003eMasri: Case lodged in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia – Alexandria Division: The Complaintu003cbr /u003eu003c/au003eu003cbr /u003eOpens with the following statement:u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003eu0022December 31, 2003, Khaled El-Masri, a German citizen of Lebanese descent, was forcibly abducted while on holiday in Macedonia, detained incommunicado, handed over to United States agents, then beaten, drugged, and transported to a secret prison in Afghanistan, where he was subjected to inhumane conditions and coercive interrogation and was detained without charge or public disclosure for several months. Five months after his abduction, Mr. El-Masri was deposited at night, without explanation, on a hill in Albania.u0022u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e158. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/khaled-el-Masri.pdfu0022u003eMasri: Summary of the case from the lawyersu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e157. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/article-CIA-Belgique.pdfu0022u003eArticle from Le Soir on the CIA and Belgiumu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e156. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/letter-romania-perm-rep.pdfu0022u003eLetter to the Committee from the Permanent Representative of Romaniau003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e155. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/borrell-PM-romania.pdfu0022u003eLetter from Mr Borrell, the President of the European Parliament to the Prime Minister of Romaniau003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e154. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/wash-post-story-submitted.pdfu0022u003eArticle submitted to the Committee: White House Trains Efforts on Media Leaks – Sources, Reporters Could Be Prosecuted by Dan Eggen, Washington Post Staff Writer, Sunday, March 5, 2006u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e153. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/europol-director-letter-02-03-06.pdfu0022u003eLetter to the Committee from the Director of Europolu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e152. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/ai-speaking-notes-black-sites-23-02-06.pdfu0022u003eAmnesty international: presentation to the European parliament, 23 February 2006, check against deliveryu003cbr /u003eRendition and Secret Detention in CIA u0022Black Sitesu0022u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e151. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/letter-Dick-Marty-27-02-06.pdfu0022u003eLetter to the Chair of the Committee from Dick Marty, Council of Europe, 27 February 2006u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e150. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/uk-hoc-foreign-aff-rep.pdfu0022u003eUK: House of Commons, Select Committee on Foreign Affairs reportu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e149. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/franco-frattini-letter-23-02-06.pdfu0022u003eLetter from Mr Frattini on EU transit facilities for USAu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e148. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/hrw-letter-CoE-09-01-06.pdfu0022u003eHuman Rights Watch letter to the Council of Europe, 09.01.06u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e147. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/ai-hrw-joint-statement.pdfu0022u003eCall for Action against the Use of Diplomatic Assurances in Transfers to Risk of Torture and Ill-Treatment: Joint Statement by Amnesty International, Association for the Prevention of Torture, Human Rights Watch, International Commission of Jurists, International Federation of Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture, International Federation for Human Rights, International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, and World Organisation Against Tortureu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e146. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/hrw-ghost-detainees-30-11-05.pdfu0022u003eU.S. Holding at Least Twenty-Six “Ghost Detainees”: List of Detainees Published by Human Rights Watch, 01.12.05u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e145. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/sweden0Violated-torture-ban-US-help.pdfu0022u003eSweden Violated Torture Ban with U.S. Help: U.N. Committee Rebukes Sweden for Sending Terror Suspect to Tortureu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e144. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/spataro-CV-1febr-2006.pdfu0022u003eCurriculum Vitae del dr. Armando SPATARO: Procuratore della Repubblica Aggiunto in Milanou003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e143. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/milan-documento-spatarol.pdfu0022u003eMilan court: Naming 23 US citizens wanted for questioningu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e142. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/milan-tribunal-3-us-citizens-sought-2.pdfu0022u003eMilan: Tribunale di Milano: Naming three US citizensu003c/au003e (245 pages)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e141. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/milan-tribunal-3-us-citizens-sought.pdfu0022u003eMilan: Tribunale di Milano: Sezione Giudice per le indagini preliminariu003c/au003e (226 pages)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e140. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/milan-tribunal-6-us-citizens-sought-en.pdfu0022u003eMilan: Repubblica Italiana Tribunale Ordinario di Milano – Section XI criminal court as Review Judge, re: six US citizens: re three US citizens linked to nineteen othersu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e139. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/milan-tribunal-6-us-citizens-sought.pdfu0022u003eMilan: Repubblica Italiana Tribunale Oordinario di Milano sezione XI penale in funzione di giudice del riesame, re: six US citizensu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e138. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/milan-tribunal-abu-omar.pdfu0022u003eMilan: Abu Omar – Tribunale Ordinario di Milanou003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e137. u003ca href=u0022https://statewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/milan-tribunal-19-us-citizens-sought.pdfu0022u003eMilan: Tribunale di Milano: Sezione Giudice per le indagini preliminari, re: nineteen US citizensu003c/au003e (210 pages)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e136. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/milan-tribunal-prima-0rdinanza.pdfu0022u003eMilan: Tribunale di Milano: Sezione Giudice per le indagini preliminari, re: nineteen US citizensu003c/au003e (231 pages)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e135. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/ai-prel-secret-flights.pdfu0022u003eAmnesty International Press Release, 5 December 2005: USA: 800 secret CIA flights into and out of Europeu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e134. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/ai-press-statement-yemen.pdfu0022u003eAmnesty International, Public Statement, 10 November 2005: Yemen: Amnesty International calls on President Saleh to end illegal detention of Yemenis u0022disappearedu0022 by the USAu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e132. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/AI-report-Yemen-Nov-05.pdfu0022u003eAmnesty’s Report on Yemen: 8 November 2005: Secret Detention in CIA u0022Black Sitesu0022u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e131. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/ai-renditions-detention-Q-%26-A.pdfu0022u003eAmnesty International: u0022Renditionu0022 and secret detention: A global system of human rights violations, Questions and Answers 1 January 2006u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e130. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/Statewatch-tony-bunyan-speech-inquiry.pdfu0022u003eTony Bunyan, Statewatch Director, speech to the European Parliament hearing in Brussels on 23 January 2006u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e129. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/Statewatch-uk-foreign-office-memo.pdfu0022u003eUK Foreign Office memorandumu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e128. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/Statewatch-eu-usa-removals.pdfu0022u003eEU-USA: Rendition and removing refugees raise the same issue: Censored document reveals increased transit facilities for the USA to use EU airports to move people around the world (Statewatch)u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e127. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/Statewatch-sweden-abuction.pdfu0022u003eSweden: Expulsions carried out by US agents, men tortured in Egypt (Statewatch)u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e126. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/Statewatch-sweden-abuction-5.pdfu0022u003eUpdate: Sweden: Expulsions carried out by US agents, men tortured in Egypt – second Swedish TV4 transcript with more details on the US abduction (Statewatch)u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e125. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/comparece-Moratinos-CO.pdfu0022u003eCongreso 24 de noviembre de 2005.—Núm. 425: Cortes Generales Diario de Sesiones del Congreso de los Diputados Comisiones, Año 2005 VIII Legislatura Núm. 425, Asuntos Exterioresu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e124. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/spain-G-Civil-palma.pdfu0022u003eSpain: Guardia Civil report on Palma de Mallorca airportu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e123. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/frattini-speech-24-01-06.pdfu0022u003eSofia, 24 January 2006: Statement by Vice-President Franco Frattini in regard to the information memorandum issued by Mr Marty on u0022alleged secret detentions in Council of Europe Member Statesu0022u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e122. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/romania-letter-PM-10-01-06.pdfu0022u003eRomania: Letter from the Prime Minister to the Committee, 10 January 2006u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e121. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/romania-letter-senate.pdfu0022u003eRomania: Letter from the Romanian Mission to the EU, 13 January 2006u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e120. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/romania-letter-parl-committee.pdfu0022u003eRomania: Letter from Senat Committee on defence, public order and national security, 12 January 2006u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e119. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/romania-report-on-camps.pdfu0022u003eRomania: Report on camps from OADO with letter from Romanian Presidentu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e118. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/scotland-letter-first-minister.pdfu0022u003eLetter plus evidence to the Scottish First Minister from SNP MPu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e117. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/greece-hum-rights-com-appeals.pdfu0022u003eGreece: National Commission for Human Rights: Two appeals. 20 December 2005u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e116. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/letter-greece-pakistani-men-Borrell.pdfu0022u003eGreece: Letter from MEP to President of the EP on the abduction and interrogation of Pakistani men, 13.01.06u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e115. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/letter-Greens-ALDE-Pre-TDIP.pdfu0022u003eLetter from Sarah Ludford, 1st Vice-President of the TDIP committee, Cem Özdemir, Vice-President of the TDIP committee, Kathalijne Buitenweg, Greens/ALE co-ordinator, Cecilia Malmström, ALDE co-ordinator expressing concernsu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e114. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/canada-maher-arar-fin-sub-to-Comm.pdfu0022u003eCanada: Maher Arar: Submissions to Commissioner O’Connor Commission of Inquiry into the Actions of Canadian Officials in relation to Maher Araru003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e113. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/maher-arar-fact-finder.pdfu0022u003eCanada: Maher Arar: Commission of inquiry into the actions of Canadian officials in relation to Maher Arar: Report of Professor Stephen J Toope: Fact finder, 14 October 2005u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e112. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/maher-arar-chronology.pdfu0022u003eCanada: Maher Arar: Maher Arar: Chronology of events: September 26, 2002 to October 5, 2003u003cbr /u003eu003c/au003eu003cbr /u003e111. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/canada-maher-arar-06-06-05.pdfu0022u003eCanada: Maher Arar: Commission of Inquiry into the Actions of Canadian Officials in Relation to Maher Arar, 6 June 2005u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e110. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/canada-maher-arar-07-06-05.pdfu0022u003eCanada: Maher Arar: Commission of Inquiry into the Actions of Canadian Officials in Relation to Maher Arar, 7 June 2005u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e109. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/canada-maher-arar-08-06-05.pdfu0022u003eCanada: Maher Arar: Commission of Inquiry into the Actions of Canadian Officials in Relation to Maher Arar, 8 June 2005u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e108. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/canada-maher-arar-09-06-05.pdfu0022u003eCanada: Maher Arar: Commission of Inquiry into the Actions of Canadian Officials in Relation to Maher Arar, 9 June 2005u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e107. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/documents-list-23-03-06.pdfu0022u003eDocument list for the meeting of the Committee on: 23 March 2006u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e106. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/us-embassy-damascus-Arar%27s-release.pdfu0022u003eDocument from US Embassy in Damascus to Washingtonu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e105. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/letter-perm-rep-ireland.pdfu0022u003eIreland: Letter from Permanent Representative in Brusselsu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e104. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/BBC-report-20-03-06.pdfu0022u003eBBC: Monday, 20 March 2006: CIA renditions strain Europe goodwill, by Gordon Corera, BBC security correspondentu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e103. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/letter-perm-rep-spain-plus-evidence.pdfu0022u003eSpain: Letter from Permanent Representative in Brussels (with evidence)u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e102. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/amnesty-report-below-the-radar-05-04-06.pdfu0022u003eAmnesty International: USA – Below the radar: Secret flights to torture and ‘disappearance’ – report, 5 April 2006u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e101. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/letter-germany-A(2006)4728.pdfu0022u003eGermany: Letter from Bundesminister, 20 April 2006u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e100. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/letter-roberts-usa.pdfu0022u003eUSA: Letter from Select Committee on Intelligence, US Senate, 25 April 2006u003c/au003e.u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e99. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/alde-working-table-3.pdfu0022u003eALDE Working Table on alleged CIA flights/Secret prisons: draft, 30.03.2006u003c/au003e (25 pages)u003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e98. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/cyprus-perm-rep-letter.pdfu0022u003eCyprus: Letter from Permanent Representative in Brusselsu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e97. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/nota-x-conf-stampa.pdfu0022u003eClaudio Fava, relatore della Commissione d’inchiesta sulla Cia: u0022Le extraordinary renditions non furono episodi ma una pratica diffusa e condivisa anche da molti paesi europeiu0022u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e96. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/conections-cia-spain.pdfu0022u003eSpain: CIA connectionsu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e95. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/ascertain-flights.pdfu0022u003eNotes on flight logs in seventeen European countriesu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e94. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/flights-eurocontrol.pdfu0022u003eNotes on flight logs sent by Eurocontrol to the European Commissionu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e93. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/bbc-Amnesty-Northern-Ireland-Rendition.pdfu0022u003eNorthern Ireland: BBC story: Amnesty seeks NI rendition probeu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e92. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/amnesty-Irish-survey-on-rendition.pdfu0022u003eIreland: Amnesty International: u0022New research finds that 76% of Irish people think that planes linked to rendition should be checkedu0022u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e91. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/indymedia-arrests-US-planes-Shannon.pdfu0022u003eIndymedia reports: USAF Hercules crew lodge at Limerick hotel by Shannon Watch Wednesday, Jan 4 2006, 3:33pm and Emergency Landing at Shannon Airportu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e90. u003ca 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href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/nat-part-replies/Germany-questionnaire-Bundestag.pdfu0022u003eGermany – Bundestagu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e21. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/nat-part-replies/Hungary-questionnaire.pdfu0022u003eHungary – National Assemblyu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e20. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/nat-part-replies/Italy-questionnaire-CHoD.pdfu0022u003eItaly – Chamber of Deputiesu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e19. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/nat-part-replies/Italy-questionnaire-Senate.pdfu0022u003eItaly – Senateu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e18. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/nat-part-replies/Latvia-questionnaire.pdfu0022u003eLatvia – Saeimau003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e17. u003ca href=u0022http://www.statewatch.org/cia/nat-part-replies/Lithuania-questionnaire.pdfu0022u003eLithunania – Seimasu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003cpu003e16.. u003ca 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