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AZERBAIJAN COOPERATED WITH CIA ON SECRET DETENTION PROGRAM
NEWS.AM
February 06, 2013 | 19:40
Azerbaijan permitted use of its airports and airspace for flights
associated with CIA extraordinary rendition operations, says the
report issued by Open Society Foundation's Open Justice Initiative.
Globalizing Torture is the most comprehensive account yet assembled
of the human rights abuses associated with CIA secret detention and
extraordinary rendition operations. It details for the first time
what was done to the 136 known victims, and lists the 54 foreign
governments that participated in these operations.
The report says Azerbaijan also arrested an individual who was
subjected to secret CIA detention.
"Aircraft linked to the CIA landed in Azerbaijan 76 times between
the end of 2001 and the end of 2005.909 Azerbaijan's capital,
Baku, is reported to have been used as a common "staging point" for
extraordinary rendition operations, meaning that planes and crews
would often meet and prepare there," it mentions.
"Azerbaijani officials also arrested Saudi Arabian citizen Ahmed
Muhammed al- Darbi in June 2002 and transferred him to U.S. custody
in August 2002, after which he was transferred to Bagram, Afghanistan
and later to GuantŠ±namo Bay, where he remains imprisoned."
Among the countries listed as those cooperating with CIA are Turkey,
Georgia and Iran. Armenia is not included in the list.
NEWS.AM
February 06, 2013 | 19:40
Azerbaijan permitted use of its airports and airspace for flights
associated with CIA extraordinary rendition operations, says the
report issued by Open Society Foundation's Open Justice Initiative.
Globalizing Torture is the most comprehensive account yet assembled
of the human rights abuses associated with CIA secret detention and
extraordinary rendition operations. It details for the first time
what was done to the 136 known victims, and lists the 54 foreign
governments that participated in these operations.
The report says Azerbaijan also arrested an individual who was
subjected to secret CIA detention.
"Aircraft linked to the CIA landed in Azerbaijan 76 times between
the end of 2001 and the end of 2005.909 Azerbaijan's capital,
Baku, is reported to have been used as a common "staging point" for
extraordinary rendition operations, meaning that planes and crews
would often meet and prepare there," it mentions.
"Azerbaijani officials also arrested Saudi Arabian citizen Ahmed
Muhammed al- Darbi in June 2002 and transferred him to U.S. custody
in August 2002, after which he was transferred to Bagram, Afghanistan
and later to GuantŠ±namo Bay, where he remains imprisoned."
Among the countries listed as those cooperating with CIA are Turkey,
Georgia and Iran. Armenia is not included in the list.