"Governments can no longer rely on unsubstantiated 'national security' grounds and claims of state secrecy to hide the truth about their roles in the torture and disappearance of people," said Amnesty counter-terrorism and human rights expert Julia Hall.
"It's time for justice for all those who have suffered the gruesome practices -- including water-boarding, sexual assault, and mock executions -- that characterised these illegal counter-terrorism operations."
The call comes in the wake of a damning US Senate report that showed how the CIA tortured terror suspects, which dragged British spy agencies into the spotlight, as Washington's closest partner in the "War on Terror".
Hall said the Senate report "makes it abundantly clear that foreign governments were essential to the 'success' of the CIA operations".
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