Council of Europe report lists Czech Republic as a CIA-flight stopover country

The Czech Republic is among those states listed in a new Council of Europe report that names countries suspected of participation in secret CIA operations. The CIA is thought to have secretly transported terrorist suspects across the globe and imprisoned them for interrogation. While the report names Poland and Romania as countries where secret CIA prisons were or are likely located—allegations both countries deny—the Czech Republic is named as a country which allowed refueling stopovers for CIA planes. The Czech Ministry of the Interior denies knowledge of such incidents, and declared so formally in a letter to Amnesty International in April. The Council of Europe investigation was led by Swiss senator Dick Marty, and its report is the result of a seven-month inquiry that began last November following an outcry over allegations of CIA detention centers in central Europe.