LONDON: British-based advocacy group CAGE has demanded criminal proceedings following the release of a US Senate report that found CIA torture of Al Qaeda suspects was far more brutal than acknowledged.
“This provides clear evidence for prosecution,” said Amanda Thomas-Johnson, a spokesperson for CAGE, which campaigns against the “War on Terror”.
“This kind of dodging of accountability is not new,” she added. “We have recorded a series of crimes, identified victims and known perpetrators, but with no redress under the law. This shows that the US and its allies are operating outside the bounds of the law.”
CAGE’s Moazzam Begg, a British former detainee at both Bagram airbase and Guantanamo Bay, said “we are not any closer toward accountability.”
AFP
