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Poland to Pay $262,000 to Inmates Held at Secret C.I.A. Prison Poland to Pay $262,000 to Inmates Held at Secret C.I.A. Prison
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WARSAW — Poland will abide by a European court ruling that ordered it to pay a total of $262,000 in reparations to two former inmates of a “black site” prison run by the Central Intelligence Agency, the minister of foreign affairs said on Wednesday. WARSAW — Poland will abide by a European court ruling that ordered it to pay a total of $262,000 in reparations to two former inmates of a “black site” prison run by the C.I.A., the minister of foreign affairs said on Wednesday.
“We have to do it,” the minister, Grzegorz Schetyna, said in an interview on the state-owned Polish Radio. “We are a law-abiding country.”“We have to do it,” the minister, Grzegorz Schetyna, said in an interview on the state-owned Polish Radio. “We are a law-abiding country.”
The European Court of Human Rights ruled in July that Poland had violated the rights of the two terrorism suspects by handing them over to the C.I.A. in 2002 at a now-closed secret facility in northeast Poland. While there, the court said, the men suffered “torture and inhuman or degrading treatment.” The European Court of Human Rights ruled in July that Poland had violated the rights of the two terrorism suspects by handing them over to the C.I.A. in 2002 at a secret facility, which is now closed, in northeast Poland. While there, the court said, the men suffered “torture and inhuman or degrading treatment.”
The two men — Abu Zubaydah, charged with running a Qaeda facility in Pakistan; and Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, accused of planning the attack in 2000 on the American destroyer Cole — are being held in the American military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. The two men — Abu Zubaydah, charged with running a Qaeda site in Pakistan; and Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, accused of planning the attack in 2000 on the American destroyer Cole — are being held in the American military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
Poland requested an appeal in October, but that appeal was denied. Poland requested an appeal in October, but it was denied.
The money will be paid within a month, Mr. Schetyna said on Wednesday, though he said some details still had to be resolved.The money will be paid within a month, Mr. Schetyna said on Wednesday, though he said some details still had to be resolved.
“There is a question of how the money will be spent and if we will have to pay it directly to the people who sued us,” the minister said. “They will have a hard time using it, as they are still in jail.” “There is a question of how the money will be spent and if we will have to pay it directly to the people who sued us,” Mr. Schetyna said. “They will have a hard time using it, as they are still in jail.”
Marcin Wojciechowski, chief spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, said that Poland would try to avoid paying the money directly to the two men, preferring to put it into accounts the men could access only if they are released.Marcin Wojciechowski, chief spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, said that Poland would try to avoid paying the money directly to the two men, preferring to put it into accounts the men could access only if they are released.