Europe ‘aided US in CIA flights’

Fourteen European states colluded with the CIA in secret US flights for terror suspects, a report by Swiss Senator Dick Marty for the Council of Europe concludes, June 2006.

• Primary Source

Council of Europe: Press Release, 7.6.06: Marty exposes global ‘spider’s web’ of US detentions and transfers, alleges active collusion by Council of Europe states http://www.coe.int/T/DC/Press/NoteRedac2006/20060607_marty_en.asp

Council of Europe: Files: Alleged secret detentions in Council of Europe member states http://www.coe.int/T/E/Com/Files/Events/2006-cia/

Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly: Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights: Alleged secret detentions and unlawful inter-state transfers involving Council of Europe member states: Draft report – Part II (Explanatory memorandum), June 2006 http://assembly.coe.int/CommitteeDocs/2006/20060606_Ejdoc162006PartII-FINAL.pdf

BBC News, 7.6.06: Secret CIA jail claims rejected http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5056614.stm

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