Thursday, 08 December 2005

JUSTICE MINISTER DENIES SECRET PRISONS LOCATED ON AZERBAIJANI TERRITORY

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By empty (12/8/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)

Reports of a secret CIA prison on Azerbaijani territory are \"an invention,\" Azerbaijani Justice Minister Fikret Mamedov told journalists in Baku on 8 December. Mamedov added that the investigation launched by the Council of Europe last month following the publication in \"The Washington Times\" of a report that the CIA transfers maintains a network of secret prisons in Europe and elsewhere where suspected terrorists are detained and questioned has nothing to do with Azerbaijan. (day.
Reports of a secret CIA prison on Azerbaijani territory are \"an invention,\" Azerbaijani Justice Minister Fikret Mamedov told journalists in Baku on 8 December. Mamedov added that the investigation launched by the Council of Europe last month following the publication in \"The Washington Times\" of a report that the CIA transfers maintains a network of secret prisons in Europe and elsewhere where suspected terrorists are detained and questioned has nothing to do with Azerbaijan. (day.az)
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