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US 'war on terror' threatens torture ban, UN human rights chief says
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour on Wednesday said that the US-led war on terror has threatened the world ban on torture and weakened the US' international standing on human rights. Arbour said that "unassailable" p (More) |
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CIA rendition lawsuit [ACLU]
Khaled el-Masri v. George J. Tenet et al., US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, December 6, 2005 . Read the full text of the complaint . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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Bush denies US rendition for torture but Rice acknowledges 'mistakes'
In response to growing scrutiny of his Administration's interrogation practices, President Bush Tuesday insisted that the United States does not secretly transfer terrorism suspects to foreign governments that engage in torture. The Bush Admin (More) |
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CIA sued over extraordinary rendition practices, wrongful imprisonment
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit [PDF complaint; press release] against former CIA Director George Tenet and other CIA officials Tuesday on behalf of Khaled el-Masri , a German man who claims he was wrongfully imprisoned in (More) |
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US used 20 UK airports for 'ghost flights': newspaper
CIA-owned or operated planes made over 210 "ghost flights" through nearly 20 different British airports that may have been used to transport terror detainees being relocated as part of the US practice of extraordinary rendition, according (More) |
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Extraordinary rendition briefing [UK APGER]
Torture by Proxy: International law applicable to 'Extraordinary Renditions', UK All Party Group on Extraordinary Rendition, December 2005 . Excerpt from the Foreward by Andrew Tyrie MP:This paper shows that there is a real and clear legal im (More) |
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Rice defends rendition practices prior to European trip
In official remarks prior to her departure for Europe Monday, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said that the US government's efforts to protect its citizens have been "misunderstood." Noting European officials' concerns ab (More) |
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Parliamentary group challenging legality of UK aid to CIA rendition flights
A UK parliamentary group comprised of members from all three major British political parties meets for the first time Monday to call for a formal inquiry into whether the British government has violated international law by aiding alleged CIA rendit (More) |
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Rights group presses for UK investigation of CIA rendition flights
UK rights group Liberty has threatened to take legal action against the British government and senior police officers unless they agree to investigate allegations that the US Central Intelligence Agency has operated "torture flights" th (More) |
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Spanish minister says US plane stops legal
Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said Thursday that media reports that US CIA planes had made secret illegal stops in Spain while carrying terror suspects were unjustified as the US stopovers were legal, but promised to check aircraf (More) |
Maurice Papon convicted of war crimes
On April 2, 1998, Maurice Papon was convicted of war crimes for his role in deporting French Jews to concentration camps during the Nazi occupation of France. Under German occupation, Papon served as the supervisor of the Service for Jewish Questions in Bordeaux from which he collaborated with the Nazi S.S. and oversaw the deportation of 1,560 Jewish men, women, and children to concentration camps.
Read an biography of Maurice Papon from the BBC.
