Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-12-14-Speech-3-122"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-12-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Presumed use of European countries by the CIA for the transportation and illegal detention of prisoners2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20051214.14.3-122"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-12-14-Speech-3-1232
lpv:speaker	lp:Giusto Catania2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; AGRI (2005-09-13--2006-07-03)3 substitute; REGI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Partito della Rifondazione Comunista - Sinistra Europea (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with Iran (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; LIBE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; EUL/NGL (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I should like to inform Minister Alexander that today we are not talking about the fight against terrorism, but about hundreds of flights throughout Europe, about kidnappings and torture carried out by the CIA against European citizens or refugees, and about torture practised in prisons on European soil. All of this has already emerged from certain elements of the Council of Europe investigation. Commissioner Frattini quite rightly calls on us to look into these events more thoroughly because we have to be able to prove them. There is an emblematic case which itself contains all these elements and which demonstrates that evidence does exist for all these events. It is the case of Abu Omar, who was kidnapped by CIA agents right in the centre of Milan, transferred to an American base in Italy and tortured for 12 hours; he was then transferred to Egypt, where he was detained and tortured for more than a year. He was finally released and warned not to talk about the abuse and violence he had suffered. He disobeyed the order and 22 days later he disappeared and has not been heard of since. All that is proven by the clues left behind by the CIA agents who kidnapped him: intercepted mobile telephone calls, calls home, calls to CIA headquarters, hotel credit card payments and even details left on the computer with the route taken by the car. In my view, all these points need to be looked into; there are 22 arrest warrants out for CIA agents, and we are still waiting for the Italian Government to issue the extradition requests. Clearly, therefore, the Italian authorities knew about the Abu Omar case, and it is also clear that a great many European governments know about these events. Indeed, the agreement signed between the United States and the European Union in Athens in January 2003 states that the use of transit sites for the transfer of foreign criminals needs to be stepped up. I believe that we have to find out the truth; we have to find out about the torture and detentions; we have to find out about the flights and transfers. A committee of inquiry needs to be set up to shed light on all these points. We have a duty to find out, and that will be for the good of Europe, because it cannot preach human rights and yet tolerate violations and abuse."@en1

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