We’re obliged to defend basic human rights

DICK Marty did everyone a grave injustice in underplaying his Council of Europe report into CIA renditions.

He insisted that his report contained no proof in the classical, Anglo-Saxon legal sense, as he put it.

This allowed the Irish Government to dismiss it with an “it wasn’t me” response and to arrogantly add, “if Marty has proof he should report it to the gardaí”, as one government spokesperson advised.