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The United Nations has said that officials who committed rights violations against terror suspects must be prosecuted. Several countries expressed outrage at a US Senate report on the CIA's counterterrorism program.
The UN's special rapporteur on counterterrorism and human rights, Ben Emmerson, said on Wednesday that senior US officials who authorized and tortured prisoners in consonance with former President George W. Bush's security policy after the September 11, 2001 attacks should be made accountable for committing human rights violations.
"The individuals responsible for the criminal conspiracy ... must be brought to justice and must face criminal penalties commensurate with the gravity of their crimes," he said, according to the Associated Press.
International law prohibits granting immunity to government officials who allow the use of torture, Emmerson said, referring to the Senate Intelligence Committee report on the CIA's harsh interrogation techniques of terror suspects at secret overseas facilities.
The document, released on Tuesday claimed that the CIA's detention and interrogation program of al Qaeda suspects following the 9/11 attacks included harsh techniques such as waterboarding and "Russian roulette" to force detainees into admission.
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