“The government’s plans for an inquiry into the UK’s role in torture and rendition after 9/11 are in disarray after human rights groups queued up to denounce it as a sham and lawyers for the victims said they were boycotting the hearings.”
The Guardian, 6th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The UK’s Security Service wrongly gathered information about innocent telephone users during criminal surveillance, a report into the interception of communications has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 5th July 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“British intelligence officers who question prisoners at risk of torture while in the hands of foreign governments are committing no offence, lawyers for the government have argued at the high court.”
The Guardian, 29th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A battle over the legality of instructions issued to British intelligence officers attempting to obtain information from prisoners held by countries with poor human rights records has opened in the high court.”
The Guardian, 28th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Intelligence officers could be prosecuted for aiding and abetting torture overseas because new guidelines are not clear enough, the Equality and Human Rights Commission has claimed.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th June 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Asians tell of being targeted and cajoled by officers from MI5 and special branch.”
The Guardian, 23rd May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Lady Justice Hallett has produced a series of recommendations under rule 43 of the Coroners Rules 1984.”
The Guardian, 6th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The coroner of the 7 July inquests, Lady Justice Hallett, will reveal today how she has responded to relatives of the victims who say MI5 could have taken steps to prevent the bombings, and the security service’s insistence that it cannot be blamed.”
The Guardian, 6th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“MI5 has rejected calls from the families of the 52 victims of the 7/7 bombings for a review of its working practices in light of the inquests.”
BBC News, 11th March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The secret services, backed by a little-noticed judgment, have given the go-ahead to using torture-induced intelligence.”
The Guardian, 3rd March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Appeal court rejects Rangzieb Ahmed’s claim that British authorities ‘outsourced’ his torture to Pakistan.”
The Guardian, 25th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Lawyers for families of those killed in the 7/7 bombings suggest MI5 is trying to ‘gag’ justice by restricting the verdicts of the inquest into the attacks.”
The Independent, 17th February 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Proposals by MI5 and MI6 to extend courtroom secrecy to civil trials would unfairly restrict the right of the media to act as the ‘eyes and ears’ of the public, the supreme court heard today (25 January).”
The Guardian, 25th January 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“MI5 and MI6 will argue in a test case before the supreme court tomorrow that in future no intelligence gathered abroad, even if initially obtained through torture, should ever be disclosed in a British court.”
The Guardian, 23rd January 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A former senior KGB agent is suing MI5 over invasion of his privacy, alleging his family members were victims of a campaign of harassment and unlawful surveillance.”
The Independent, 6th January 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The British government faces a legal challenge over allegations it was complicit in the torture of Bangladeshi MP Salauddin Chowdhury, who was arrested by the country’s security forces earlier this month.”
The Guardian, 31st December 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man convicted of serious terrorism offences is to launch an appeal against his conviction today on the grounds that the British government was complicit in the torture he suffered before being put on trial.”
The Guardian, 30th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The home secretary, Theresa May, has lost her legal attempt to force the coroner for the 7 July inquests to hold some sessions in secret.”
The Guardian, 22nd November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Crown Prosecution Service has dropped its investigation into an MI5 officer accused of complicity in the mistreatment of Binyam Mohamed.”
BBC News, 17th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Compensation payments and legal costs for 16 British citizens and residents who claim they were tortured at Guantanamo Bay could leave the Government footing a bill of up to £30m.”
The Independent, 17th November 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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