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extraordinary rendition

October 11, 2019

MPs and Reprieve take Government to court over refusal to hold torture inquiry

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’.
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’.
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.
December 14, 2012

Reprieve hails forcible rendition settlement victory

Legal charity Reprieve has welcomed a settlement the al Saadi family have accepted from the UK Government, which forcibly ‘rendering’ them to Gaddafi’s Libya.
September 30, 2011

Lithuania urged to re-open secret prison investigation

Human rights NGOs have uncovered new data about rendition flights and related links between landings in Lithuania and other European countries.
July 8, 2010

Government faces scrutiny over inquiry into complicity in torture

The UK government is facing strong calls to ensure that its inquiry into UK complicity in torture and other violations since 9/11 is independent and transparent.
February 26, 2009

UK government finally admits Iraq rendition

Though Foreign Secretary David Miliband has said the UK government "opposes toture", Ministers have now admitted that they handed over terror suspects in Iraq to US authorities.
June 25, 2008

Campaigners to back International Day in Support of Torture Victims

Campaigners are being urged to mark tomorrow's International Day in Support of Torture Victims. It comes as Amnesty International publishes a new report on the complicity of European government's in US rendition.
June 9, 2007

Liberty reacts with disbelief to police claims about UK torture flights

Civil rights group Liberty is furious that the Association of Chief Police Officers appears to have undermined a Council of Europe statement on Britain's involvement in CIA 'torture flights'. It wants a proper investigation.