EU urges U.S. to follow law on detainees
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The European Union on Friday called on the United States to respect international law in its handling of terror suspects after President Bush acknowledged his country had operated secret prisons abroad.
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A new extradition treaty between the European Union and the United States could be used to legitimize extra-judicial transfers of terrorist suspects and needs clarification, a U.N. expert said on Tuesday.
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The European Union and the United States should try to reach a deal quickly on the way financial transactions are monitored to help the fight against terrorism, the European Commission's security chief said.
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President George W. Bush, seeking to  reassure Europeans over the treatment of prisoners at  Guantanamo Bay, said on Wednesday that he wanted eventually to  shut the prison and send inmates back to their home countries.
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A human rights group says the United States needs to need act faster and more transparently in its investigation into the abuse of prisoners held by the US military in Afghanistan.
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The United Nations top anti-torture body   told the United States on Friday that any secret jails it ran   for foreign terrorism suspects, along with the Guantanamo Bay   facility, were illegal and should be closed.
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Some saw the beginning of the end for Guantanamo Bay, others a vindication for Europeans who have condemned the U.S. prison camp. Still others saw a toothless ruling that will ultimately make no difference in a climate where they believe Washington is determined to have its way.
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Relatives and rights lawyers urged Prime  Minister Tony Blair on Tuesday to demand the release of all  Britons and other Europeans from the U.S. prison camp at  Guantanamo Bay when he meets President Bush this week.
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U.S. President George W. Bush, under fire over the treatment of CIA detainees, on Friday ordered that agency interrogators comply with Geneva Conventions against torture.
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The European Union is set to yield to U.S. demands to give law enforcement agencies easier access to transatlantic air passenger data to clinch a deal by the end of the week, EU diplomats said on Wednesday.
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The government must act quickly to announce what it will do to end the detention of 12 foreign terrorist suspects if it is to avoid an embarrassing defeat at the European court of human rights, a leading human rights QC said yesterday.
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BRUSSELS, Sep 27 (IPS) - Seven months after a major investigation spelt out  Europe's involvement in a murky U.S. torture and kidnapping  programme, the EU's governments have claimed they are  powerless to prevent such human rights abuses in the future.
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The UN anti-torture watchdog called on the United States to close any secret prisons it operates around the world and shut down its Guantanamo Bay centre because they breach international law.
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Guantanamo prisoners and other foreigners got a step closer to regaining the right to challenge their detention in the U.S. courts in a bill approved in a U.S. Senate committee on Thursday.
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Two foreign prisoners at the US &quot;war on terror&quot; detention camp at the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have asked the US Supreme Court to rule on their legal rights under the US Constitution.
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European lawmakers demanded  on Thursday that their governments reveal the location of  secret CIA prisons after U.S. President George Bush admitted  Washington held terrorist suspects in jails abroad.
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The United States must set a better example for the world in areas ranging from its treatment of Latin American migrants to its handling of detainees in the war on terror, U.N. human rights experts said Monday.