Germany denies existence of secret CIA jails
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Berlin, Oct 6, IRNA
Germany-US-CIA Prisoners
The German government on Friday denied the existence of secret CIA jails on its soil following the latest allegations by the British prisoner aid organization 'Reprieve'.
Addressing the press in Berlin, German deputy government spokesman Thomas Steg said, "There is nothing to these accusations. There have not been and there are no such facilities in Germany."
He added the government had earlier this year reported "comprehensively" to a secret parliamentary committee on the issue of secret CIA flights.
Citing reports from prisoners, Reprieve claimed that German territory and airspace may have been used to detain inmates transferred to the US prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
"We call upon the German government to order an independent investigation," said Clive Stafford Smith, who is legal director for Reprieve.
A delegation of the European parliament visited Berlin last month to investigate the extent of the German government's complicity with illegal CIA activities in Europe.
Berlin has consistently denied any involvement in the CIA's controversial rendition practices.
American President George W. Bush admitted last month that clandestine jails existed, but refused to say where.
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