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war on terror

September 18, 2020

MP demands access to secret hearings on torture

The Government’s push for secrecy follows the emergence of evidence revealing that there may be at least 15 further cases where the UK was complicit in torture and rendition.
March 6, 2020

ICC authorises Afghanistan war crimes investigation

The decision paves the way for an independent investigation of abuses committed by US, Taliban and Afghan forces during the conflict.
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’.
June 2, 2018

European Court rulings on CIA torture programmes

The European Court of Human Rights has found Lithuania and Romania were complicit in the CIA’s illegal torture and rendition programmes.
March 15, 2018

Gina Haspel is not fit to lead the CIA, says Reprieve

President Trump has announced that he will nominate Gina Haspel as the new Director of the CIA.
October 9, 2017

Guantanamo inmates starving under new policy, says Reprieve

The authorities at Guantánamo Bay have ceased the 10-year practice of force-feeding hunger-striking prisoners.
May 31, 2017

UK foreign policy: truth and defamation

We are all familiar with spin, with the attempt to conceal facts or to massage figures.
March 6, 2017

Government seeks secret hearing in rendition victims’ case

The Government is asking the High Court to use secret proceedings in a case brought by victims of a UK-US rendition during the ‘War on Terror’. This is the first time such powers are set to be used in a rendition victims’ case.
September 26, 2016

This Thursday, 6th Oct: Faith and resistance to the 'war on terror' - book NOW

At 6.45pm on Thursday 6 October former Guantanamo Bay prisoner, Moazzam Begg, and Chris Cole, Director of Drone Wars UK, join conversation with Pat Gaffney, co-ordinator of Pax Christi U
December 11, 2014

After CIA torture report: rebuilding a culture of rights

A US Senate report revealing widespread use of torture by the Central Intelligence Agency has stirred up heated debate. International human rights activists have called for those responsible to be held to account, though CIA director John Brennan has defended the agency’s record.