Amnesty Int'l: Poland should take responsibility for secret prisons

Poland's appeal to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg concerning the latter's decision regarding secret CIA prisons in Poland would be a waste of time, said Julia Hall, Anti-terrorism and Human Rights Specialist at Amnesty International. In her opinion, the country should prosecute the people responsible immediately. "Poland should bring to justice the responsible people," she said. Steven Watt of the American Civil Liberties Union said that detainees do not have the chance for a fair trial in the US, due to national security reasons. "Europe seems to open the road to responsibility," he said on the matter. The ECtHR has past judgement saying that Poland had breached a ban on torture and inhuman treatment of prisoners. The accusation was made on behalf of a Saudi and a Palestinian, both of whom were held in Stare Kiejkuty. Poland wants to appeal the decision due to the fact that it is still leading its own investigation of the case, reported Rzeczpospolita.