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Terry Davis - EU states Italy and Belgium are in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights (Photo: European Commission)

EU states breach human rights law in CIA probe

Five European countries have failed to deliver answers to the Council of Europe, the human rights watchdog, on questions about secret CIA prisons and rendition flights on their territories.

By not replying, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Italy, San Marino and Georgia are all in breach of European human rights law, the secretary-general of the Council of Europe (CoE) Terry Davis said on Wednesday (22 February).

Referring to the 1950 European Convention on Human Rights, he indicated...

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Terry Davis - EU states Italy and Belgium are in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights (Photo: European Commission)

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