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Verbatim report of proceedings
Monday, 10 September 2012 - Strasbourg OJ edition

Alleged transportation and illegal detention of prisoners in European countries by the CIA (debate)
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  Paul Murphy (GUE/NGL). – Mr President, the EU and its Member States often like to talk about democratic values and respect for human rights. The involvement of a broad range of European states in a practice that flagrantly breaches the most basic democratic rights reveals this to be hollow rhetoric. These states are accomplices to state kidnapping, extrajudicial incarceration and torture. All of this is documented and known to the governments involved.

Guantánamo Bay and all of the secret centres in Europe should be shut down immediately. All of the prisoners should face a fair trial or else be released. Last year, 20 000 US troops travelled through Shannon airport in Ireland and there is not much doubt that, at the very least, the airport facilitated rendition flights. I call for the use of Shannon airport by the US military to be ended immediately. I also call for the immediate inspection of all military aircraft going through Shannon airport and I remind Eamonn Gilmore and the Labour Party of their support for this call when they were in opposition.

 
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