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Para
78.
Country
Germany
Date
18/12/06
Type
JAL
Mandate
TERR;
TOR
Allegations transmitted
Government response
The police also targeted journalists covering the
events as well as independent observers. Two
cameramen from Imedi TV were also hospitalized.
The Public Defender (Ombudsman) of Georgia,
Sozar Subari, was also attacked by the riot police
with rubber truncheons. He was present in the
protest to document the police actions. The riot
police also raided the offices of two television
stations, Imedi TV and Kavkasia, taking them off
the air. Imedi radio station and Internet website
were also suspended. Demonstrators who
gathered outside Imedi TV headquarters to
protest its suspension were dispersed by the
police with tear gas and physical attacks. Later in
the evening of 7 November, the Government
declared a state of emergency for 48 hours,
suspending a number of fundamental rights. The
state of emergency was later extended to 15
days. In particular, all public demonstrations in the
country were banned and only the state television
was allowed to broadcast news. It is believed that
around 500 protesters were injured, 100 of which
remain hospitalized.
Organization of secret transfers of terrorist
suspects by the United States European
Command (EUCOM) headquarters, StuttgartVaihingen. EUCOM played a central role in the
secret transfer of six suspected terrorists to
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. EUCOM organized from
Germany the abduction of six prisoners of
Algerian origin, namely Bensayah Belkacem,
Hadj Boudellaa, Saber Lahmar, Mustafa Ait
Idir, Boumediene Lakhdar and Mohamed
By letter dated 16/02/07, the Government
informed that the transfer of the terror suspects to
the U.S. authorities by the Bosnia and
Herzegovina authorities in January 2002 became
known to the public through media reports in
November 2006 and had led to violent protests in
Sarajevo. The Government does not have further
detailed information to conclude whether the
allegations are accurate. It is correct that at the
time two German liaison officers were deployed to
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