European Parliament Calls for Investigation of Secret CIA Torture Sites

European Parliament Calls for Investigation of Secret CIA Torture Sites

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Excerpts from the article:

“A non-binding resolution, which passed 329-299, urged member states to “investigate, insuring full transparency, the allegations that there were secret prisons on their territory in which people were held under the CIA programme.” It also called on the European Union to undertake fact-finding missions into countries that were known to house American black sites.

The resolution named Lithuania, Poland, Italy, and the United Kingdom as countries complicit in CIA operations.

The Parliament also expressed “regret” that none of the architects of the U.S. torture program faced criminal charges, and that the U.S. has failed to cooperate with European criminal probes.

Despite banning torture when he came into office, President Obama has fought all attempts to hold Bush administration officials accountable, including by invoking the state secrets privilege to block lawsuits and delaying the release of the Senate Torture Report.“ [1]

Source: Open Society Foundation – https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/reports/globalizing-torture-cia-secret-detention-and-extraordinary-rendition

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 Footnotes:

1) Emmons, Alex. “European Parliament Calls for Investigation of Secret CIA Torture Sites.” Theintercept.com. The Intercept, 08 June 2016. Web. 09 June 2016.