European Union: Parliament condemns CIA extraordinary renditions

On 6 July, the European Parliament endorsed in a resolution the interim report of the “Temporary Committee inquiring into alleged secret detention and rendition by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Europe”. The report found the CIA directly responsible for the...

Turkey: Kurdish mayors tried for terrorism

On 26 September, 56 Kurdish mayors went on trial on charges of supporting the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) after they sent a joint letter to the Danish Prime Minister asking him to refuse the Turkish Government’s call to close down a Denmark-based Kurdish television...

Italy: Police arrest intelligence officials in CIA abduction case

On 5 July, Italian police arrested Italian intelligence officials for alleged involvement in the abduction of Abu Omar by the CIA in 2003. Arrest warrants for four Americans were also issued, adding to the 22 earlier warrants. The US authorities have refused to...
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