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CPT Urged To Probe Scottish and Irish Police Inertia on Rendition Torture Issue

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September 20, 2012

News from Celtic League Press The Celtic League has urged the European Committee on the Prevention of Torture (CPT) to probe the apparent reluctance of police forces in Scotland and Ireland to probe rendition flights which led to those detained being tortured. (see

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Rendition: Irish Police Sitting on their Thumbs Over Issue

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September 20, 2012

News from Celtic League Press The Irish Justice Minister has been asked why no serious investigation has been carried out into Irelands links to rendition torture flights. The move comes following new clear evidence that aircraft which used Shannon during the rendition episodes

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Scotland: New Call for Rendition Probe

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September 20, 2012

News from Celtic League Press The Celtic League has asked Scottish Police if they will open enquiries into possible criminal activity related to rendition flights. The move follows new evidence that intelligence services were using specific identified aeroplanes involved in the rendition process.

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‘Highly Questionable” Choice of Candidate GS Tells EU

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September 9, 2012

News from Celtic Press The General Secretary (GS) has called the appointment by the European Union of Stavros Lambrinidis as the new EU Special Representative for Human Rights “highly questionable”. The GS, Rhisiart Tal-e-bot, argues in his letter to the High Representative for

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Spanish Colonel Threatens Catalunya with Military Action

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September 3, 2012

News from Celtic Press The Spanish Defence Minister has been called on bytwo Catalan political parties to discharge with immediate effect a Colonel inthe Spanish army who has stated in an interview that if Catalonia becameindependent it would be threatened with military action.

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