EU critcises UK for turning blind eye to US 'torture' flights
30.11.06
The government has been given a stinging rebuke by the European Parliament over its failure to aid an investigation into the CIA's transportation of terrorist suspects and their alleged torture in secret jails in Europe. CIA-operated flights have made 170 stopovers at British airports, including Prestwick Airport.
The UK and ten other EU countries were criticised by a committee of MEPs for complicity in the practice, known as rendition. Geoff Hoon, the UK's Europe minister, was singled out over his 'deplorably' poor co-operation.
Baroness Sarah Ludford, a Liberal Democrat MEP and vice-chairwoman of the committee, said the UK had turned a 'blind eye' to torture. 'Westminster must now call the Blair government properly to account,' she said.
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