The Bush administration's war on terror has 'inspired' other countries to adopt similar tactics, a report has argued.
New evidence claims that 150 citizens were rendered by the Kenyan government in the space of three months around December 2006 to secret United States prisons.
This illegal detention and rendering sacrificed the hard-won civil liberties in the region, the joint report from Reprieve and Redress said. According to both groups, Nairobi only acted in this way after becoming emboldened by the policies Washington was pursuing.
The legal action charity and human rights organisation say the group of suspects, which included children, were mostly refugees from Somalia.
"Held beyond the rule of law, some were tortured and subjected to cruel and degrading treatment, while up to 120 were rendered to Somalia and Ethiopia outside of any legal process," the report explained.
At least one suspect handed over to US forces was rendered to a secret prison in Djibouti, Bagram air force base in Afghanistan and then another 'dark' site in Kabul.
He remains in Guantanamo Bay, the charities said.
"This incident demonstrates the pernicious effect of US counterterrorism policies worldwide, and the urgent need for the Obama administration to publicly renounce the illegal practice of extraordinary renditions," they go on to claim.
Redress and Reprieve are demanding:
Full transparency into the incident and a review of Kenya's counterterrorism polcies
A renouncing of extraordinary rendition by the US
A full review into counterterrorism policies from the African Union and the United Nations
Source: InTheNews
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