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Romania commission reports no official cooperation with CIA rendition program
A Romanian parliamentary commission announced Wednesday that it had found no evidence that Romania cooperated with the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in operating illegal secret prisons and extraordinary rendition flights in Europe, or that (More) |
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Italy unlikely to press for extradition in CIA kidnapping case
Italian Justice Minister Clemente Mastella told Rome's Il Messaggero daily on Monday that it is unlikely that Italy will seek extradition of 26 Americans who were indicted last week for their alleged role in the February 2003 abduction [Washin (More) |
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Italy judge indicts 31 in CIA kidnapping case
Italian Judge Caterina Interlandi issued indictments Friday for 31 US and Italian intelligence agents for their alleged role in the February 17, 2003 abduction [JURIST news archive; WP timeline] and extraordinary rendition of alleged terror suspect (More) |
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CIA contacted Italy about renditions after 9/11: testimony
The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) contacted Italian intelligence about the possibility of performing extraordinary renditions in the days following the September 11 attacks, according to testimony during Italian judicial proceedings against (More) |
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Switzerland probing unlawful US use of Swiss airspace for renditions
Switzerland is launching a criminal probe into the alleged unlawful use of Swiss airspace by US agents in anti-terrorist operations after authorization Wednesday by the Swiss Federal Council , which said in a statement that there was evidence that & (More) |
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EU parliament condemns member states complicity with CIA rendition, secret prisons
The European Parliament voted 382-256 Wednesday to approve a report condemning member states for cooperating with the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in operating illegal secret prisons and extraordinary rendition flights in Europe. Seventy-f (More) |
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Released Egyptian cleric plans lawsuit against US, Italy
Freed Egyptian cleric Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr [Wikipedia profile; JURIST news archive], the victim of an alleged 2003 CIA kidnapping [JURIST news archive; WP timeline] and extraordinary rendition from Milan, is planning a lawsuit against the Unit (More) |
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Egypt cleric at center of Italy CIA kidnapping case freed from prison
Egyptian officials on Sunday released from detention Muslim cleric Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr , the man at the heart of Italian judicial proceedings against US and Italian intelligence agents implicated in his alleged 2003 kidnapping [JURIST news ar (More) |
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Portugal to conduct probe of CIA extraordinary rendition flights
Portugal is the latest country to open an investigation into alleged stopovers of secret CIA rendition flights transporting terror suspects, according to a report from state-owned news agency Lusa Monday. Last month, a report adopted by a Europea (More) |
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Apologizing to Maher Arar: A Beginning, Not an End
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Faisal Kutty, vice-chair and counsel to the Canadian Council on American Islamic Relations and a doctoral candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School York University in Toronto where he also practices law, says that Canadian P (More) |
Charlemagne crowned Holy Roman Emporer
On December 25, 800 A.D., Charlemagne was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III in Rome, Italy. During his lifetime, Charlemagne united most of western Europe for the first time since the fall of the Western Roman Empire. He is credited with spreading the rule of law throughout his dominions as well as starting the French and German monarchies.
