EU complicity with US rendition and surveillance programs must end: European Parliament
The European Parliament said Thursday that EU member states' complicity with the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) rendition program has led to violations of fundamental rights and must end immediately. Members of European Parliament...
The office of Italy's president on Thursday confirmed that it has received a pardon request from a former Milan Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) station chief who was sentenced to nine years in prison...
The Egyptian Revolution began on January 25, 2011, when demonstrations arose throughout Egypt, including tens of thousands protesters gathering in the country's capital, Cairo. Inspired by the successful revolution in Tunisia that ended with the resignation of President Zine al-Abidine...
Italy pardons US colonel in CIA extraordinary rendition case
Italian president Giorgio Napolitano on Friday pardoned US Air Force Colonel Joseph Romano of his conviction related to the US Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) abduction and extraordinary rendition of Egyptian cleric...
Milan court convicts Italy spy chief for role in CIA extraordinary rendition
A Milan appeals court on Tuesday sentenced Niccolo Pollari, the former Italian spy chief, to 10 years in prison for his role in the kidnapping of a terror suspect as part of the US Central Intelligence Agency ...
Italy court convicts 3 Americans for 2003 rendition kidnapping
The Milan Court of Appeals on Friday convicted three Americans for their roles in the 2003 rendition kidnapping of Egyptian cleric and terror suspect Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr. Due to diplomatic immunity,...
Italy high court upholds sentences of 23 former CIA agents in rendition case
The Italian Court of Cassation on Wednesday upheld the convictions of 23 former CIA officers for the 2003 kidnapping and rendition of Egyptian terror suspect Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr. Former Milan CIA...
Amnesty International (AI) on Tuesday asked EU member states to reconsider their involvement in the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) extraordinary rendition program of forced transfer and secret detention....
Federal judge dismisses ex-State Department employee's diplomatic immunity suit
A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit brought by a former State Department employee demanding diplomatic immunity against charges she participated in the...
ICC prosecutor urges international cooperation in arresting Darfur suspects
International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Thursday urged international cooperation in executing arrest warrants for suspects accused in the Darfur conflict . Presenting his report to the UN Security...
