European governments have known about secret US prison camps in Europe for at least two years, according to Swiss senator Dick Marty, who is leading a Council of Europe inquiry into the matter.
Speaking to journalists in Switzerland on Friday (13 January) Mr Marty accused European leaders of "shocking" passivity, arguing they knew about illegal detaining and transporting of prisoners taking place on their soil, media reports say.
"Since two, three years, the countries know what is...
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