CIA interrogations report sparks prosecution calls

The UN and human rights groups have called for the prosecution of US officials involved in what a Senate report called the "brutal" CIA interrogation of al-Qaeda suspects.

A top UN human rights envoy said there had been a clear policy orchestrated at a high level.

The CIA has defended its actions in the years after the 9/11 attacks on the US, saying they saved lives.

UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism, Ben Emmerson, said senior officials from the administration of George W Bush who planned and sanctioned crimes must be prosecuted, as well as CIA and US government officials responsible for torture such as waterboarding.

BBC