The Government has never delivered on promises to hold a fully independent, judge-led inquiry into UK complicity in US torture and extraordinary rendition of individuals as part of the so-called ‘war on terror’.
The Government today refused to hold a judge-led inquiry into UK involvement in rendition and torture, while presenting updated Whitehall guidance which campaigners says fails to expressly prohibit Ministers authorising action carrying a real risk of torture.
The Government will set out its decision on a judge-led inquiry into British complicity in US rendition and torture later this week, de facto Deputy Prime Minister David Lidington MP announced
A new report presents, for the first time, a comprehensive overview of the Central Intelligence Agency's black sites network, using new data derived from an unprecedented analysis of the Senate Intelligence Committee's 2014 study of CIA detention.