Poland appeals CIA prisons verdict

Poland has lodged an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights in the CIA prisons case, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Friday. “Pursuant to the rules of procedure in proceedings before the Court, it is the Court – not the Government – that has discretion to make public the content of submitted documents. Therefore, the Government does not make public the appeal requests submitted to the Court or comment on their content,” the statement said. In July this year, the ECHR ruled against Poland in cases filed by Guantanamo detainees, Abd Al Rahim Hussayn Muhammad Al Nashiri, a Saudi of Yemeni descent, and Zayn Al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn, a stateless Palestinian known as Abu Zubaydah. They claimed that they had been detained and tortured in CIA prisons on Polish territory. The court ordered Poland to pay €100,000 to each of the applicants, with an additional €30,000 to be paid to Abu Zubaydah for expenses.