A Human Rights Watch (HRW) official, testifying Wednesday before the European Parliament's Subcommittee on Human Rights , said that a "very credible" source has informed HRW of a third alleged US detention facility located in a...
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President George W. Bush on Friday signed a $453.3 billion defense spending bill which contains provisions banning the cruel and inhumane treatment of detainees in US custody, but also eliminates the ability of Guantanamo Bay [JURIST...
Recent US-led inspections of Iraqi-run prisons in Baghdad and Tal Afar have revealed signs of prisoner abuse and overcrowding, a US military official said Friday. Maj. Gen. William Webster, who commands security forces in Baghdad, confirmed...
The European Parliament agreed Thursday to open an investigation into allegations that the CIA illegally operated secret jails in Romania and Poland and covertly flew detainees through Italy, Germany and Poland. Lawmakers approved the...
Europe rights watchdog calls CIA secret prisons allegations 'credible'
Swiss senator Dick Marty submitted a report to the Council of Europe (CoE) Tuesday, concluding that allegations that the CIA operated secret prisons in Europe and abducted and illegally transported terror suspects across Europe are...
JURIST Guest Columnist Chandra Lekha Sriram, Chair of Human Rights at the University of East London School of Law (UK) currently visiting at the University of Maryland School of Law, says that tensions between Europe and the US over American...
Polish Prime Minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz said Saturday in a television interview that he will order an investigation into reports that the CIA ran a secret detention facility in Poland. Allegations have been circulating in press reports and...
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said Friday that it is in intense dialogue with US authorities to visit all detainees held by the US in the war on terror. The US State Department [official...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said that Poland housed the main CIA secret detention facility in Europe, with approximately 100 detainees. The accusations, published in the Polish daily, Gazeta Wyborcza , are...
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan Thursday defended contentious statements made by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour on US terrorist rendition practices , saying through a spokesperson that she has...
