Washington seeks EU aid to refute rendition flights

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Series Details 5.5.06
Publication Date 05/05/2006
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John Bellinger, senior adviser to US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, wants European Union governments to assist the US refute claims that CIA flights used European airspace and airports to transport detainees to third countries in which they may face torture.

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BBC News, 4.5.06: Rendition row 'hurts US-EU ties' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4974386.stm
Amnesty International: Press Release, No.109, 2006: US: Government creating 'climate of torture', 3.5.06 http://news.amnesty.org/index/ENGAMR510702006/$FILE/newsrelease.pdf
United Nations: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: Meetings and Events: Committee Against Torture, 36th Session (1-19 May 2006) http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/898586b1dc7b4043c1256a450044f331/e2d4f5b2dccc0a4cc12571ee00290ce0/$FILE/G0643225.pdf

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