Europe: Victims of rendition and secret detention still seeking justice

Europe: Victims of rendition and secret detention still seeking justice

Index Number: EUR 01/012/2008
Date Published: 24 June 2008
Categories: Bosnia-herzegovina, Europe And Central Asia, Germany, Italy, Macedonia, Sweden, UK, USA

This report provides detailed information on six cases of rendition and secret detention – involving 13 individuals – which demonstrate both the pattern of illegal apprehension and transfer to unlawful detention and torture or other ill-treatment for the victims, and the continuing secrecy, denial and obfuscation by European states in the face of growing evidence of their involvement in the US rendition programme.