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Italy justice minister denounces prosecutor 'pressure' on CIA extraditions
Italian Justice Minister Roberto Castelli has accused Milan prosecutors of unlawfully pressuring him to request the extradition from the US of 22 CIA agents allegedly responsible for the 2003 kidnapping and extraordinary rendition of Egyptian cle (More) |
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No proof of CIA secret prisons: Europe report
The Council of Europe said Wednesday that an investigation into allegations that the US Central Intelligence Agency operated secret prisons in Europe revealed no "smoking gun" evidence that proved the existence of the prisons. COE Secre (More) |
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Declassified Canadian memos raise new rendition suspicions
A series of internal Canadian government memos newly declassified under the Canadian Access to Information Act has increased speculation that the US Central Intelligence Agency has flown terror suspects through Canada as part of an extraordinary r (More) |
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EU lawmakers hear US renditions evidence
A Human Rights Watch expert Thursday told members of a European Parliament committee formed to investigate allegations that the US has transferred prisoners through Europe on secret extraordinary rendition flights that the United States has gone t (More) |
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Reports decry UK anti-terror policies on rights, torture, Guantanamo
Two separate reports issued in Britain Thursday strongly criticized the anti-terror strategy of Prime Minister Tony Blair's government, documenting domestic deprivations of human rights, condemning UK policy on torture, and urging the government (More) |
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UK air traffic controllers acknowledge CIA landings
National Air Traffic Services , the UK's air traffic control provider, have reported that three CIA flights possibly involved in rendition landed at British airports and received assistance from UK air traffic control since 2001. The admission b (More) |
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Canadian extraordinary rendition ruling [US DC]
Arar v. Ashcroft, United States District Court, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, February 16, 2006 . Read the full text of the opinion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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Federal judge dismisses Canadian extraordinary rendition suit
US District Judge David G. Trager has granted the US Justice Department's request for dismissal [memorandum, PDF; JURIST report] of a civil rights lawsuit filed by Maher Arar [advocacy website, CBC timeline], in what is believed to be the first (More) |
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Italy may try CIA agents in absentia for Milan abduction of imam
A senior Italian judicial source who asked not to be named has said that the 22 CIA agents accused of kidnapping Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr in Milan and transporting him out of the country in 2003 in an instance of extraordinary rendition may be tr (More) |
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EU probe of CIA prisons may ask Cheney, Rumsfeld to testify
The European Parliament , which has launched an investigation [press release; JURIST report] into allegations that the CIA illegally operated secret jails in Romania and Poland and covertly flew detainees through Italy, Germany and Poland, said on (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.
