Europe’s governments have repeatedly denied their complicity in the US programme of
renditions – an unlawful practice in which numerous men have been illegally detained and
secretly flown to countries where they have suffered additional crimes, including torture and
enforced disappearance. As evidence of this programme has come to light, however, it has
become clear that many European governments have adopted a “see no evil, hear no evil”
approach when it comes to rendition flights using their territory, and that some states have
been actively involved in individual rendition cases.