Denmark bans CIA rendition flights

Tuesday, 30 August 2005, 19:23

Denmark has told the CIA it can no longer use its airspace for flights used to transport suspected terrorists to other countries for interrogation, the Copenhagen Post reports.

The practice, known as extraordinary rendition, involves CIA-chartered private jets used to transport suspects to friendly regimes that are more open to using torture in investigations than liberal democracies.

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