CIA prisons and renditions report [European Parliament]

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CIA prisons and renditions report [European Parliament]

November 29, 2006 07:13:00 pm

Draft report on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners, European Parliament, November 28, 2006 [claiming that many European countries were aware that the US CIA operated secret prisons or used their territory for the transfer of terror suspects]. Read the full text of the report [DOC]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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