The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Lithuania and Romania violated the rights of two terror suspects by allowing the US CIA to torture them. American forces captured Abu Zubaydah and Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri after the September 2001 attacks, and they are now being held at Guantanamo Bay. Prior to this, they were detained at CIA "black sites" in Lithuania and Romania, where they were tortured. The ECtHR said both countries had violated European law prohibiting torture. Lithuania has previously come under scrutiny for its cooperation with the CIA, as has Poland.
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Lithuania and Romania Complicit in CIA Torture, Strasbourg Court Rules
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Lithuania and Romania violated the rights of two terror suspects by allowing the US CIA to torture them. American forces captured Abu Zubaydah and Abd al-Rahim...
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