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European Parliament investigates CIA overflights in Portugal
LISBON, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- The European Parliament said Thursday it was investigating whether alleged Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) flights transporting prisoners to the military base in Guantanamo, Cuba, landed at Portugal's airports or passed through its airspace.
European Parliament's commission for
CIA prisons visits Poland
WARSAW, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- A delegation of
the special commission of the European Parliament for CIA secret flights and
prisons in Europe began its three-day visit in Poland on Wednesday, the PAP news
agency reported.
U.S. seeks silence on CIA prisons
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- The U.S.
government has been seeking to keep the secret prisons operated by the Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the dark by telling a federal judge that terrorism
suspects held in the jails should not be allowed to reveal the interrogation
methods used on them, The Washington Post reported Saturday.
Report: CIA flights land at Danish
airports regularly
STOCKHOLM, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Dozens of planes
linked to the CIA's rendition of terror suspects landed regularly at Danish
airports, said a report reaching here from Copenhagen on Friday.
Bush defends CIA's questioning
techniques
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President George W.
Bush on Friday defended the questioning techniques used by the Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA) on terror suspects, saying the techniques were
necessary to get "precise intelligence, good information." Full Story
EU urges further investigation into
alleged CIA illegal flights in Romania
BUCHAREST, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- A special
committee of the European Parliament urged on Thursday a thorough investigation
of alleged illegal flights of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on
Romania's territory.
Senator: No CIA detention centers in
Romania
BUCHAREST, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- There were no CIA
detention centers on Romania's territory, a senior Romanian lawmaker who led the
country's investigation into the alleged CIA secret prisons in eastern Europe
said on Tuesday.
Bush acknowledges existence of secret CIA
prisons
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- By announcing transfer of
14 key terror suspects from secret CIA custody to U.S. naval base at Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba, U.S. President George W. Bush acknowledged on Wednesday the prisons'
existence. Full Story
Germany investigates U.S. military
prison claims
BERLIN, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Germany's
prosecutors confirmed Saturday that they are investigating claims the U.S. army
illegally held terrorist suspects at a military prison in Germany. Full story
Barroso denies involvement in secret
CIA flights in Portugal
BRUSSELS, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- European
Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has denied any involvement in, or
knowledge of, secret CIA flights in Portugal, when he was prime minister of the
country, Barroso's spokesman Johannes Laitenberger said on Monday.
Dutch FM welcomes Bush admission over
secret CIA jails
BRUSSELS, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- Dutch
Foreign Minister Ben Bot on Thursday welcomed the admission by U.S. President
George W. Bush that the CIA operates secret prisons outside America, Dutch media
reported.
Bush acknowledges existence of secret
CIA prisons
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- By announcing
transfer of 14 key terror suspects from secret CIA custody to U.S. naval base at
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, U.S. President George W. Bush acknowledged on Wednesday
the prisons' existence. full story>>
Europe colluded with CIA over
prisoners
Council of Europe investigator
Dick Marty of Switzerland gestures at a news conference in Paris June 7,
2006. The investigator said on Wednesday that more than a dozen
European countries colluded in a "global spider's web" of secret CIA
prisons and transfers of terrorism suspects.(Xinhua/Reuters
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GENEVA, June 7 (Xinhua) -- A Swiss investigator
said on Wednesday that more than a dozen European countries colluded in a
"global spider's web" of secret CIA prisons and transfers of terrorism suspects.
Full story
US dismisses EU report on secret
prisons as "rehash"
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This map indicating flight routes
was released by Council of Europe investigator Dick Marty of Switzerland
during his news conference in Paris, June 7, 2006. The investigator
said that more than a dozen European countries colluded in a "global
spider's web" of secret CIA prisons and transfers of terrorism
suspects.(Xinhua/Reuters photo)
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WASHINGTON, June 7 (Xinhua) -- The United
States on Wednesday refuted a European Union (EU) report on alleged CIA secret
prisons in Europe as a "rehash." Full story
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EU slams secret CIA
flights
BRUSSELS, April 26 (Xinhua) -- The United
States' Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had run more than 1,000 secret flights
in and out of Europe since 2001, an interim report by the European Parliament
probe team said Wednesday. <<Full story
Secret CIA flights pass over Belgium:
report
BRUSSELS, March 9 (Xinhuanet) -- At least two
secret Central Intelligence Agency flights have passed through Belgium, local
newspaper Le Soir reported on Thursday amid growing concerns that the U.S. may
have clandestinely set up detention facilities in European countries to imprison
terrorist suspects. <<Full stroy
EU lawmakers agree to form committee
to probe secret CIA jails in Europe
BRUSSELS, Jan. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- Legislators of
the European Union(EU)voted Wednesday for the establishment of a temporary
committee to investigate the alleged jails secretly set up in Europe by the U.S.
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). <<Full story
CIA probes cases of "erroneous
rendition"
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 (Xinhuanet) -- The internal watchdog
of U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is looking into several cases of
"erroneous rendition," in which foreigners were mistakenly arrested and sent to
a third country, U.S. media reported Tuesday. <<Full story
European Council urges inquiry against
CIA
VIENNA, Nov. 23 (Xinhuanet) -- The Council of
Europe on Wednesday urged European countries to provide full information for a
probe into alleged secret US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) detention centers
and covert flights in Europe as Austria joined a flurry of investigations into
the issue. <<Full story
CIA operating secret prisons abroad:
newspaper report
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (Xinhuanet) -- Immediately after The
Washington Post revealed last week that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
has been operating a secret prison system abroad, the spy agency sent a report
to the Justice Department requesting a review of the story to determine whether
classified information was leaked. <<Full story
CIA runs secret prisons in eight
countries
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 (Xinhuanet) -- The US spy
agency CIA is operating a covert prison system covering eight countries for
holding terror suspects, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. <<Full story
UN investigates secret US
prisons
BEIJING, June 30 -- United Nations human rights
experts have begun investigating allegations that US terror suspects are being
held in secret locations. <<Full story
US running secret jails worldwide:
Amnesty
BEIJING, June 6 -- The chief of Amnesty International USA
alleged Sunday that the Guantanamo Bay detention camp is part of an
"archipelago" of U.S. prisons worldwide, "many of them secret," where detainees
are mistreated and even killed. <<Full story
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