European governments must take a principled stand on the issue of human rights as a key part of the global strategy for combating terrorism, Gijs de Vries, the European Union’s counter-terrorism co-ordinator, said on Thursday. He told a seminar organised by the Centre for European Reform that, while he had no doubt violent extremists and terrorist recruiters could be beaten, an essential tool of the strategy had to be winning the battle for hearts and minds, and engaging the support of moderate Muslim opinion worldwide.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\u00bb We need to engage with them [Muslims] on the basis of the values we share: respect for human life, respect for democratic standards, respect for individual liberty and dignity. He went on: This means that our policies to combat terrorism must respect the rights and values we have pledged to defend, including the rights of prisoners.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\u00bb While he used his speech to refer also to the improved co-operation on intelligence and law enforcement between European governments and the US, Mr de Vries’s central comments underlined the extent to which alleged mistreatment of prisoners and the US strategy of rendition has provoked tension between the EU and the US. Mr de Vries was pressed by delegates to comment specifically on the US strategy. He said: If you look at the affect Abu Ghraib, Guant\u00e1namo and the policy of [extraordinary] rendition [has had] on public opinion, it is quite clear that it has been negative. <\/em> \u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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