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Solly Mack

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7. Poland 'helped in CIA rendition', European court rules

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Wed Dec 10, 2014, 03:51 AM

Dec 2014

Poland broke the European human rights convention in helping the CIA to render two terror suspects, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled.

The judges said Poland had co-operated with the secret illegal transfers in 2002-2003, allowing two suspects to be interrogated on its territory.

It is the first such case concerning a CIA "black site" prison in Poland.

Polish officials called the ruling "embarrassing for Poland", but also "premature" because Poland's investigation into the prison allegations was still going on.

The court held that "the treatment to which the applicants had been subjected by the CIA during their detention in Poland had amounted to torture".

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CIA torture report: Europe must come clean about its own complicity [View all] Solly Mack Dec 2014 OP

First we know there had been secret prisons in Poland and Germany. mylye2222 Dec 2014 #1

We know about several countries. Not just in Europe either. Solly Mack Dec 2014 #2

54 countries that reportedly participated in the CIA’s rendition program Solly Mack Dec 2014 #3

LOL. As IF Europe would come clean about ANYTHING if the result would be to absolve the US of guilt cherokeeprogressive Dec 2014 #4

It wouldn't absolve America of guilt. That isn't possible. Solly Mack Dec 2014 #5

Conceded. "complicit in America's war crimes." Not absolution... that was the wrong word to use. cherokeeprogressive Dec 2014 #6

Poland 'helped in CIA rendition', European court rules Solly Mack Dec 2014 #7

Sounds like a kid trying to justify what he did newfie11 Dec 2014 #8

The author is a Frenchwoman writing in a British newspaper muriel_volestrangler Dec 2014 #9

K&R! G_j Dec 2014 #10