Ex PM & President face torture charges

7th August 2010

Kwasniewski could face war crime charges

Share:

A former president and a prime minister could both face war crimes charges connected to an alleged secret CIA base in Poland where inmates may have been subject to torture.

The newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza claimed prosecutors might press charges against Aleksander Kwasniewski, who served as president from 1995 to 2005, and Leszek Miller, prime minister from 2001 to 2004.

There is mounting evidence that the CIA used the Kiejkuty airfield near Szymany in the north-east as a staging post in the transport of terrorist suspects, and may have detained and possibly tortured them on Polish soil.

Both Mr Kwasniewski and Mr Miller have always denied knowledge of CIA prisons in Poland but have ad ...

The full text of articles over six months old is only available to members of My NPE

NPE Premium - go beyond the news

Seeing a different side to Krakow Architectural marvels beyond the obvious

Disregarding the famous cathedrals, castle, medieval market square and university, one could still spend years of their life wide-eyed wandering the side streets of Kraków, tripping on cobbles, taking in ... -

RIP Warsaw's Russian Market A Warsaw legend that is no more

As 2012 and the European Football Championships approach, Poland's new multi-million euro national stadium complex can be seen growing by the day over on the Praga, east bank, of the ... -


Username
Password
	or	Register