Category Torture

The CIA has defended the rendition program, which dates to the 1980s, as a swift, effective way to neutralize terrorists and foil plots. The agency expanded the use of renditions after the Sept. 11 attacks, when it was under pressure…

 A German car salesman says that a year ago he was kidnapped in Europe, beaten and flown to a US-controlled jail in Afghanistan. Now the German government is collecting evidence to back up his story. US defence of tactic makes…

Blair Watch asks If Condi and Jack are telling the truth and detainees are not being sent to secret prisons or other regimes to be tortured… Why are they sending them anywhere? They also appear to have uncovered the unexpurgated…

The US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has denied allegations that America has been flying terror suspects around the world to torture them. Dr Rice confirmed that the US had long participated in the movement of terror suspects between countries…

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) says the intelligence agency has broken both US and international law. It is acting for a man allegedly flown to a secret CIA prison in Afghanistan. "The lawsuit will charge that CIA officials at…