European court rules against Poland over secret CIA jail
The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Thursday that the CIA ran a secret jail on Polish soil, a judgment that adds to pressure on the United States and its allies to reveal the truth about the global program for detaining al Qaeda suspects. ... The Strasbourg-based court ruled that Poland had violated Articles of the European Convention on Human Rights that cover torture, the right to liberty, and the right to an effective remedy for victims of crime.... | ... The court ruling did not cover the United States, which is outside its jurisdiction. Thursday’s decision puts the Polish government in an awkward position. It has a close security relationship with the United States and Polish officials have always denied the existence of any CIA jail on their territory. The ruling may also have implications for other European states alleged to have hosted CIA prisons: similar cases have been lodged with the court in Strasbourg against Romania and Lithuania. Source - The Global Mail - here. |
OMG!
CIA prisons all over Europe?
Now that the US is all over Europe, shouldn't they be bound to join the EU so that they're no longer out of EU jurisdiction?
LOL
