Showing posts with label UN Convention against Torture. Show all posts
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Thursday, December 11, 2014

Concerns on alleged CIA prison in Lithuania reemerges

VILNIUS, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- Lithuanian officials expressed their willingness to once again examine allegations on possible detention center of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) within Lithuanian territory on Wednesday.

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

US should ‘correct its ways’: Chinese FM (Statement comes in response to brutal CIA interrogation method report)

China urged the US on Wednesday to "correct its ways," after the US Senate said in a report that the CIA had misled the White House and the American public about its torture of detainees and acted more brutally and pervasively than it acknowledged.

CIA Directors Should Face Criminal Charges (Former State Dep't Official)

Multiple CIA directors, responsible for unlawful practices should face criminal charges, former Marine Captain and State Department official Matthew Hoh has told Sputnik.

"At a minimum, intelligence officials, who clearly broke American law, should be investigated and have criminal charges brought against them.

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

US Senate report condemns CIA’s 'brutal' interrogations

The CIA misled the White House and Congress over its harsh interrogation programme for terrorism suspects, and its methods, which included waterboarding, were more brutal than the agency acknowledged, a Senate report declassified Tuesday said.

CIA Torture Report Could Endanger US Foreign Facilities (White House)

US facilities and individuals around the globe can be threatened after the release of CIA's torture report on Tuesday, the White House spokesperson, Josh Earnest, said Monday.

"There are some indications that the release of the report could lead to greater risk that is posed to US facilities and individuals all around the world," Earnest told journalists during a press briefing.

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