A group of Iraqi civilians are to sue the Danish Army for damages, after new evidence suggests that they were handed over to Iraqi forces following their arrests in south Basra and subsequently tortured.
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Iraqi ‘torture victims’ to sue Denmark
Posted on 31 December 2011.
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Iceland silent on CIA torture flight info request while Norway, Denmark and Finland co-operate
Posted on 28 December 2011.
Iceland is among the European countries which have not responded to an information request from two international human rights organisations about so-called CIA torture flights connected to the USA’s War on Terror. Denmark, Norway and Finland, however, did respond.
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‘Half-hearted’ CIA flights inquiry takes off
Posted on 10 November 2011.
An inquiry into so-called ‘CIA rendition flights’ in Greenlandic airspace will go ahead, but will not be the formal investigation that the country hoped for.
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New Danish ministers backtrack on rendition flight promises
Posted on 14 October 2011.
Danish political parties, which called for an investigation into alleged double-dealing over CIA rendition flights in Denmark and Greenland when in opposition, have been criticised for backtracking now they are in power.
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Rwanda genocide appeal seeks to discredit ‘torture’ testimony
Posted on 01 September 2011.
The defence team in an appeal case against the conviction of a Rwandan pastor on genocide charges has reiterated to a Helsinki court their belief that witness statements were obtained through torture.
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Doctor: torture victims handed death sentences
Posted on 04 July 2011.
The director of a specialised healthcare centre claims Finland’s immigration service has a callous disregard for torture victims, as dozens are deported back to their homeland each year.
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Swedish tourist ‘tortured in Egyptian jail’
Posted on 02 February 2011.
A Swedish tourist claims he was beaten up and electrocuted in an Egyptian prison for four days before escaping when protesters set fire to the building.
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Military saw Afghan abuse pics in 2005, says officer
Posted on 23 September 2010.
A Danish officer says the military has been sitting on pictures showing the abuse of Afghani prisoners by American soldiers for five years. According to reports on the information provided to the Parliamentary Foreign Policy Committee by defence minister Gitte Lillelund-Bech, the senior army official said he viewed the “Abu Ghraib-like” images on a CD [...]
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