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April 12, 2014

Government must clarify whether British territory was used for torture

The legal charity Reprieve has written to the Foreign Secretary asking for clarification following reports that the CIA ran a torture 'black-site' on the UK territory of Diego Garcia.
April 6, 2014

Senate Select Committee on Intelligence votes to declassify CIA torture report

The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) has voted to declassify their report on the CIA’s unlawful torture programme.
April 4, 2014

CIA torture victim calls for declassification of Senate report

Ahead of a US Senate vote over whether to declassify a major report on CIA torture, one of the Agency’s victims has called for the “open acknowledgement of past wrongs.”
December 23, 2013

UK torture inquiry handover to intelligence committee condemned

The announcement about how the UK government now intends to address torture allegation is as disappointing as it is predictable, says Amnesty.
December 20, 2013

Torture inquiry report called an 'expensive waste of time'

Lawyers for the Libyan Abdul-Hakim Belhaj have called the Gibson Inquiry report into the improper treatment of detainees ‘a waste of time and money’.
December 19, 2013

Government U-turn on torture inquiry promise 'scandalous'

The legal charity Reprieve has criticised the government's decision not to hold a judge-led enquiry into UK rendition to torture.
September 5, 2013

Legal aid cuts will still shut out torture victims

Despite concessions announced today,the Justice Secretary’s planned cuts to legal aid will still deny justice to a wide range of people wronged by the UK Government.
August 1, 2013

UK resident Shaker Aamer must be 'next on list' for Guantanamo release

Lawyers for Shaker Aamer, a British resident still held in the prison, have called for the UK Government to ensure that he is next in line for release.
July 21, 2013

CIA agent must face justice in Italy over rendition, says Amnesty

Amnesty International is calling for the return of the CIA agent Robert Seldon Lady to Italy to face justice for his part in the US-led rendition programme.
May 28, 2013

Concern over Scottish involvement in rendition flights

Questions are being asked following a report which claims that Scottish airports were used as part of a US programme of rendition flights.