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"Mr President, Amnesty International confirmed that Shannon Airport in Ireland had been used by the CIA and the US military for extraordinary rendition flights. Torture techniques used by the CIA and the Bush administration were due to the European Court ruling which concluded that the 14 Irishmen, known as the Hooded Men, suffered inhumane and degrading treatment, but not torture. So that gave the Bush administration ‘cover’ to use the five torture techniques. But the British Government told lies to the European Court and the British Secretary of State has now been compelled to give further evidence.
The 14 Irishmen underwent horrific interrogations from which they never recovered. Hundreds more like them have been tortured by the CIA. The rapporteur is right. It was torture. It breached international law and such criminal behaviour must be exposed and challenged, at the very least to prevent other Member States from torturing and – as was the case in Ireland – governments being involved in the murder of people."@en1
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