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"Mr President, the Council of Europe’s investigation into the existence of secret American detention centres in Europe has made no progress in five weeks. According to the Swiss Parliamentary rapporteur Dick Marty, all the information they have gathered tends to reinforce the credibility of the allegations, but he has been unable to get precise answers to his questions. It is therefore our duty, as the representatives of the European citizens, to demand that an investigation be conducted to find out the precise details, on a case-by-case basis, of circumstances that may give rise to offences and to violations of human rights.
If the information we are hearing is true, that means that serious crimes have been committed on EU territory. With regard to torture, let us not beat about the bush. The CIA admits that it uses sleep deprivation, exposure to cold and suffocation; if that is not torture, what is it? If these centres are admitted to exist, we will call for severe penalties for those responsible. If, on the other hand, the rumours turn out to be unfounded, we must remove the doubts for the sake of our credibility. All of our Member States are concerned and we must bear that in mind.
The EU, by way of its Charter of Fundamental Rights, can – as we all say so often – be a model. Therefore, we cannot tolerate any attacks on human rights on EU territory."@en1
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