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John Sifton, Researcher on Terrorism and Counter-terrorism comments on
U.S. Secret Detention Facilities in Europe

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Ghost Detention Centers 26 sec, 425 KB 29 sec, 4.8 MB
Why Respect Suspects' Rights? 48 sec, 773 KB 49 sec, 8.8 MB
Inadmissible Evidence 54 sec, 870 KB 55 sec, 9.3 MB
Council of Europe Investigation 37 sec, 593 KB 37 sec, 6.7 MB

Further Reading
  U.S.: License to Abuse Would Put CIA Above the Law
Press Release, October 26, 2005

The United States. .Disappeare.
The CIA’s Long-Term “Ghost Detainees”
Human Rights Watch Report, October 2004

U.S.: Reject Torture as Policy Option
Press Release, November 2, 2005

Torture: A Human Rights Perspective
Report, November 2005
  • Kenneth Roth, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch,
    comments on Torture (MP3, 5 mins, 5.1 MB)


More HRW Work on Torture
Latest press releases, letters to government officials, background briefings, and op-eds.

U.S. Torture and Abuse of Detainees
Help Human Rights Watch end the abuse of detainees in U.S. custody in Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay, and Iraq.

Torture Worldwide
Human Rights Watch reports on torture around the world.
  

  


HRW Work on Renditions and “Diplomatic Assurances”
  Still at Risk: Diplomatic Assurances No Safeguard Against Torture

Statement on U.S. Rendition Legislation

UK: Promises on Torture Don't Work

Congress Should Reject the Outsourcing of Torture

Renditions and the Road to Abu Ghraib

Terrorism Suspects Sent Back to Countries that Torture

"Empty Promises:"
Diplomatic Assurances No Safeguard against Torture


Sweden: Torture Inquiry Must Be Under U.N. Auspices


Sweden Implicated in Egypt's Abuse of Suspected Militant

Sweden: Call for Full and Fair Asylum Determination

U.K.: Detention Policy Undermines Anti-Terrorism Aims
Framework Agreements

U.S.: Don't Send Detainees Back to China

United States: Alleged Transfer of Maher Arar to Syria

United States: Stop Handing Over Detainees to Torturers

U.S. State Department Criticism of Torture in Countries to Which Detainees Have Allegedly Been Rendered

Halt El Sayegh Deportation to Saudi Arabia






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