U.N. Panel Seeks CIA Prison Info

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Source: Associated Press

U.N. Panel Seeks CIA Prison Info
By Associated Press

May 21, 2007, 3:27 PM EDT

GENEVA -- A U.N. anti-torture panel said Monday it was concerned
about allegations that Poland housed CIA-run prisons for terrorist
suspects, despite Warsaw's repeated denial of cooperating with the
U.S. secret detention program.

The U.N. Committee Against Torture urged Poland to share the details
of an investigation carried out by its parliament rejecting charges
of Polish participation in the secret CIA prison network.

The committee of 10 independent experts noted a Polish delegation
statement "emphatically refuting all allegations" of clandestine
detention centers on its soil, but said it needed more information
from the parliament's confidential inquiry "so that the matter can
be put to rest."

Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski shrugged aside the call for
Warsaw to share details of the parliamentary investigation. "We treat
this as a closed issue," Kaczynski said when asked about the request.

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