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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWith US Accountability MIA, Poland to Make Payout for Torture of CIA
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/05/15/us-accountability-mia-poland-make-payout-tortureThe people of Poland are expressing outrage on Friday as news spread that their own government is on the verge of paying more than $250,000 to victims of CIA torture which took place at an agency black site in the country even as the U.S. government refuses to acknowledge the crime or take responsibility for the grave human rights abuses that took place under the Bush administration.
The European Court of Human Rights imposed the penalty against Poland for its role in the torture of two individuals Abu Zubaydah and Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiriboth of whom were rendered by the CIA to a secret location in Poland in the wake of 9/11 attacks. Taken into custody overseas as "suspected terrorists," the men remain detained by the U.S. government in the offshore prison at Guantanamo Bay.
According to the Associated Press, "It irks many in Poland that their country is facing legal repercussions for the secret rendition and detention program which the CIA operated under then-President George W. Bush in several countries across the world after the 9/11 attacks. So far no U.S. officials have been held accountable, but the European Court of Human Rights has shown that it doesn't want to let European powers that helped the program off the hook."
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With US Accountability MIA, Poland to Make Payout for Torture of CIA (Original Post)
eridani
May 2015
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Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)1. It's ironic an iron block country
Was turned into torture central, when exposed to FREEDOM.
eridani
(51,907 posts)2. Because George Bush didn't forget Poland! n/t
newfie11
(8,159 posts)3. Another reason for countries to hate us nt