Posted AT 5:08 PM EST on 14/04/05
Report says deportations illegal
Western governments relying on the “fig leaf” of assurances that a deported terror suspect will not be tortured are nevertheless complicit in any resulting human-rights abuses, a highly critical report argues.
The paper from Human Rights Watch slams countries for ducking the “absolution prohibition” on torture by sending suspects abroad and using the flimsy promises of the recipient country to skirt their legal obligations.
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