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"Mr President, it is self-evident that terrorism must be fought effectively, and that this fight must therefore be ruthless in certain respects. Intelligence activities, special units and, in many cases, operations on the fringes of the law play a key role in the fight against terrorism. At the same time, however, the war on terror is being waged in defence of fundamental liberal and democratic values. The foundations upon which these values are based include the
or in other words the right to personal inviolability, the ban on holding anyone in prison without a warrant and the ban on the use of force to extract testimonies during interrogations, which equates to an absolute ban on torture.
The CIA-run centres operate outside the reach both of the Geneva Conventions and of the American justice system, civil and military alike. The same authorities carry out investigations, make arrests, detain people for months on end, stop at nothing when interrogating them and, in some cases, decide to release them. The level of control exercised over the activities of the intelligence services is one of the chief indicators of the quality of democracy in this new global era.
A dangerous trend can be observed in Europe. I refer to the fact that the European Union is being treated like an economic club, the sole aim of which is to develop the common market. The European Union is not merely a club of this kind, however, but also a political community. Membership of this community requires the signature of the Treaty on European Union, which guarantees the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms.
I say these words exactly 24 years after martial law was imposed in my home country, Poland. One of the characteristic features of this period was the fact that those suspected of carrying out trade union activities would be held in detention centres for months on end without having been sentenced.
I am speaking today on behalf of all the citizens of the European Union for whom human rights, political freedoms and civil liberties constitute the very reason for the existence of the Community. We have a right to know the truth. The European Union’s institutions must investigate this matter thoroughly, and ensure that the governments of the Member States abide by the Treaty on European Union within the territory of the EU."@en1
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